Comments on: Ask the Reader: Partial or Full Post in RSS Feed?

By: Ethan

Ethan — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:27:49 +0000

If we look at this question from the reader’s point of view, I guess full post is the way to go.

One of the main reasons readers subscribing to any rss is for them to read offline/on-the-go. In this case, i don’t see a point for blogs even publishing the RSS icon if they’re giving partial post.

Most likely your loyal reader can get the title and partial post from the facebook page any where.

By: Greg Miliates

Greg Miliates — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:55:08 +0000

I prefer full feeds, and I see that the vast majority of comments echo that preference.

However, I’m curious if anyone’s actually tested whether a full or partial feed results in more unsubscribes and/or lower traffic.

I think that most of the readers here are pretty tech-savvy, but the same may not be true of readers of blogs in general.

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By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:37:24 +0000

I use RSS reader only to have notifications of new posts because I prefer read by the browser;) so for me it doesn’t matter.

Sorry for my english if is incorrect, I’m still learning;)

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:07:20 +0000

of course full text!!!

By: Reto Stuber | Erfolg im Netz

Reto Stuber | Erfolg im Netz — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:34:14 +0000

As a consumer, I prefer full feeds for easy reading.
As a publisher, I prefer the partial feeds to have better stats.

Hint: with the service http://fullfeeds.org you can get any feed in full.

By: MakingAMillionDollars

MakingAMillionDollars — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:35:26 +0000

I have my financial money blog set up to show the current 2 posts as full and the older ones as partials. It seems to work out good. I really don’t mind the partials as I can scan through them and if I see something I like I will then click through.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:01:14 +0000

I will offer my anecdotal experience: a few months ago, I tried to switch my RSS feed from the full post to an excerpt. I have about 6000 RSS subscribers and they staged a full-on REVOLT. People were angry and very vocal about how much they hated a partial post. I reverted after a couple weeks.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:37:39 +0000

Hi Pat!

Thanks for another FAB post! I never really understood the difference between full post or summary in the feeder… Now I totally get it! =) I love learning new things!

Personally, I only use the RSS feeder to check if there’s any new content. If so, I head over to the blog. I find it more personal, and that’s the way I like it. Anyways, just changed my setting to full text, so hopefully some people will be happy about that… =)

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:10:56 +0000

full post – partial posts piss me off. More so if reading off iphone