Comments on: Related Posts in Feeds are Clutter?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:49:05 +0000

I forgot:

When the Google Ads interrupt the flow of the article

Yeah, I must confess I strongly dislike ads “in” the article too.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:04:02 +0000

@Rich – wow, that’s a great analogy. And yes, that’s kinda spooky considering how recently we chatted about that!

Thanks for the link!

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:02:45 +0000

@Collin – See, there’s the rub. We’re a bit different. I’m much more casual about adding feeds. I find an article from an author on a new blog (that I like) I’ll sub to the feed. Then I’ll decide if I’m keeping it as the articles come in.

But I definitely can see it from your angle too. Almost makes me wish there were an easy way to add two versions of the same feed: One “enhanced” with related posts and one not.

And perhaps there is… something to ponder.

By: Rich G.

Rich G. — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:14:44 +0000

http://www.converstations.com/2007/03/truncated_conve.html

I found a post I thought you may find interesting on truncated feeds that make the reader click through that you can link to when you decide to make a post on the subject.

We’d recently talked about it ourselves via IM. Must be something in the air. neh?

By: Collin

Collin — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:35:39 +0000

Yes. If I sign up to a feed it’s because I like the writing of the blogger. If I like the writing it’s because I’ve read what they’ve written before. Therefore, it’s a probability that I have already read much of what they’ve previously written. I don’t need to see links to the same posts again.

Re: Your digression: What I can’t believe is the amount of advertising that JohnTP has in his blog. I tell ya, it’s one of the quickest ways to get me to leave a website. When the Google Ads interrupt the flow of the article

By: Rich G.

Rich G. — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:52:32 +0000

I don’t consider them clutter. I consider them added value and I use them. I just used some today to find the thing I just blogged about. I find a lot that way. If the original post is a dud sometimes the gems are in the ‘related’ especially if it’s an author I usually like… sometimes they have an off day and need to 2.0 a post.