RSS Feeds can increase traffic

RSS Feeds RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. One of the many things that makes sites like Wordpress really great is that they will automatically create an RSS feed for your blog. If someone subscribes to your RSS feed, the content from your blog will come to the user rather than vice versa. Creating an RSS feed will allow you to gain higher visibility in the Search Engines. Remember: High Search Engine rankings = More Traffic Currently, Yahoo and MSN will increase your Search Engine rankings in as little as 24 hours if a visitor to your site adds your RSS feed to their accounts.

Adding an RSS feed to a Yahoo or MSN account is not only freem, but easy to do:

1. The first thing you will need to do is create a Yahoo account. Go to Yahoo.com and click on the “My Yahoo” button in the top left corner

2. Next, you will need to click on the “Sign Up Now-It's FREE” link in the right hand part of the page.

3. On the next page you will be asked to “Choose your interests to get started.” Select whatever icon you like and click save.

4. On the next screen click on “Sign Up” in the bottom right corner

5. On the next screen fill in all of the required information and create some kind of User ID. It doesn't really matter what you chose so long as it is not already taken. Click on the “Check availability of this ID” to make sure that the ID has not yet been taken. Then enter the registration code and click in “I Agree” at the very bottom of the page.

6. On the next screen click on “Continue to My Yahoo”

7. In the top left corner of the next screen click on “Add Content”

8. On the next screen, click on “Add RSS by URL”

9. Last but not least you will need to enter the URL of your RSS feed. The URL of your RSS feed will look something like “www.yourdomain.com/blog/feed.” If you uploaded Wordpress directly into your root directory then your feed will be something like “www.yourdomain.com/feed.”

Now that you have submitted your RSS feed to Yahoo, it’s time to go to MSN and do exactly the same thing.

1. Go to msn.com and click on “My MSN” in the top left corner

2. On the next screen click on “Sign Up” in the right hand column

3. On the next screen select the “Yes, use my email address” option and then click on “Continue”

4. Then on the next screen enter the Yahoo email you created earlier and then fill in all of the remaining information, enter the registration code, and click “Continue”

5. On the next screen re-enter your email address and click on “I Accept”

6. On the next screen click “Continue”

7. Now you can either wait for the confirmation email which will contain a link to your My MSN page or you can type in http://my.msn.com/ into your browser. Unless you have disabled your cookies you should be taken to your My MSN page. Once at your My MSN page, click on “Add Content” in the top left corner

8. A small box will pop up on your screen. Now all you have to do is enter your RSS feed URL feed and click on “OK”

And that’s it! You're now on your way to getting higher Search Engine rankings with the help of RSS Feeds.