May 21, 2006
Take my RSS feed... Please, Redux
Paul Scrivens of Wisdump (the blog formerly known as Whitespace) and CEO of 9rules has a great post on the "second S of RSS" entitled "Steal My Content…Please." I like what he has written a great deal and I suggest you read it.Why? Because I said so. Oh wait. I mean, I think it would be valuable for you to read it for two primary reasons (and no doubt, you have already guessed that one of the reasons will be for my own selfish ends):
- Because it sounds very similar to my own rantings and ravings, like Take my RSS feed... Please and An Immodest Proposal: Where Blogging and RSS are headed, and...
- Because Scrivs gets a lot more traffic than this little blog, so hopefully the ideas will percolate.
I was going to respond to Scrivs in comments, until I discovered that I had launched into a full-on ramble. And, apparently, I like him more than you, gentle reader, because I'm perfectly willing to subject you to that self-same ramble from which I spared him. (But, secretly, I know you like it.)
So here's what I wrote, and then deleted, from the comments. Enjoy:
It's interesting that you post this, because I had always assumed that this was where you were going with the 9rules stuff, originally. (I was thinking that way, so I assumed everyone was thinking that way.) Sort of an AP or UPI wire that provides premium content to publishers, on the Web or otherwise.
It's the classic publishing model. Subscribe to the wire: you get the content you need and the writers get paid.
Like you, I tend to lean toward open syndication of my content, summarized or otherwise. The value is not in getting people to my blog; the value is in getting my content to the people. My blog just happens to be one venue for doing that.
I think that's one of the many reasons 9rules works. I can rely on 9rules as a publication that provides great content from all sorts of journalists, covering all sorts of venues.
Agree? Disagree? Feel free to comment here, but also head over to Wisdump. I'm sure there will be a good discussion there.
Take my RSS feed... Please, Redux
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