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Andy Beard - Internet Business Systems Discussion: Related Posts in Feeds With UTW – How to Encourage RSS Subscribers to Visit Your Blog

  • Leonard Chen · 2 years ago
    I've noticed the related posts while reading your entries in my feed reader, and was wondering how that could be done without any tweaking needed. Overall, it looks fine to me as well.

    I have intentions to use this plugin, but suppose it might take a while to fully implement it. As this plugin relies on UTW to get the related feeds, I would first have to add tags on all those previous entries again, since they were lost while switching domains.
  • Leonard Chen · 2 years ago
    I've noticed the related posts while reading your entries in my feed reader, and was wondering how that could be done without any tweaking needed. Overall, it looks fine to me as well.

    I have intentions to use this plugin, but suppose it might take a while to fully implement it. As this plugin relies on UTW to get the related feeds, I would first have to add tags on all those previous entries again, since they were lost while switching domains.
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    Leonard I am not sure how you handled the move in the end, but UTW stores its information along with the rest of your wordpress data, in the same MYSQL database table, so you shouldn't have had any problems with UTW working after a domain switch.

    As far as I know there are not fixed paths used in the tables
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    Leonard I am not sure how you handled the move in the end, but UTW stores its information along with the rest of your wordpress data, in the same MYSQL database table, so you shouldn't have had any problems with UTW working after a domain switch.

    As far as I know there are not fixed paths used in the tables
  • Dane Morgan · 2 years ago
    I'm going to guess that you're not real surprised that I read you in a feed. I don't think the plugin will increase me clicking through to older content, but then I have you set up in a Google search too because sometimes I go looking for older information on your blog and that's the quickest easiest way to it.

    As you know, my approach to feeds is different, supplying only the excerpt and making people click through if they want the full story. Actually the thing I'd like in a feed plug in is a second set of "feed" permalinks that lead to a counter and 301 redirect so i can track links from my feeds automatically.
  • Dane Morgan · 2 years ago
    I'm going to guess that you're not real surprised that I read you in a feed. I don't think the plugin will increase me clicking through to older content, but then I have you set up in a Google search too because sometimes I go looking for older information on your blog and that's the quickest easiest way to it.

    As you know, my approach to feeds is different, supplying only the excerpt and making people click through if they want the full story. Actually the thing I'd like in a feed plug in is a second set of "feed" permalinks that lead to a counter and 301 redirect so i can track links from my feeds automatically.
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    Feedburner are meant to provide some kind of SE friendly redirect if you read the pro service.

    Also you have probably been reading my blog, and vice versa for longer than most (all?) of my current readers, so those extra links don't help quite as much.

    I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to create such a plugin.
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    Feedburner are meant to provide some kind of SE friendly redirect if you read the pro service.

    Also you have probably been reading my blog, and vice versa for longer than most (all?) of my current readers, so those extra links don't help quite as much.

    I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to create such a plugin.
  • Leonard Chen · 2 years ago
    Weird though. I employed Wordpress' import and export feature but it appears the export didn't include UTW. I may or may not have done in correctly, I don't know. But since it has come to this, then I suppose I'll just have to add them manually.

    Thanks for letting me know however. Perhaps next time if there ever is a switch of domain with another site, I'll know what to look out for.
  • Leonard Chen · 2 years ago
    Weird though. I employed Wordpress' import and export feature but it appears the export didn't include UTW. I may or may not have done in correctly, I don't know. But since it has come to this, then I suppose I'll just have to add them manually.

    Thanks for letting me know however. Perhaps next time if there ever is a switch of domain with another site, I'll know what to look out for.
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    You might find this plugin helpful

    I haven't tested it, but I have seen Christine suggest it in the past

    http://fly.ingsparks.de/2006-09-20/retag-post-e...
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    You might find this plugin helpful

    I haven't tested it, but I have seen Christine suggest it in the past

    http://fly.ingsparks.de/2006-09-20/retag-post-e...
  • David Airey :: Creative Design · 2 years ago
    Hmmmm, just the info I've been looking for. I found it through your related posts on my feed reader too.

    I use the 'similar posts' plugin. Do you know of any way to add that to my feed?
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    There is a plugin for the WASABI plugin, or based on it to give you related posts in feeds, but I don't have a URL off-hand - I use UTW on all my blogs.
  • David Airey :: Creative Design · 2 years ago
    Hmmmm, just the info I've been looking for. I found it through your related posts on my feed reader too.

    I use the 'similar posts' plugin. Do you know of any way to add that to my feed?
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    There is a plugin for the WASABI plugin, or based on it to give you related posts in feeds, but I don't have a URL off-hand - I use UTW on all my blogs.
  • David Airey :: Creative Design · 2 years ago
    No worries Andy, thanks.
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    Hmm actually the same guys did a modified version that works with WASABI

    http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/02/16/...
  • David Airey :: Creative Design · 2 years ago
    No worries Andy, thanks.
  • AndyBeard · 2 years ago
    Hmm actually the same guys did a modified version that works with WASABI

    http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/02/16/...
  • David Airey :: Creative Design · 2 years ago
    I paid them a visit to ask if they had something like it for the 'similar posts' plugin that I use.

    Cheers.
  • David Airey :: Creative Design · 2 years ago
    I paid them a visit to ask if they had something like it for the 'similar posts' plugin that I use.

    Cheers.