Comments on: Google Reader Subscribers http://inodes.org/blog/2007/07/26/google-reader-subscribers/ Moo - Development, Trouble-shooting and Random thoughts... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:54:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lachlan http://inodes.org/blog/2007/07/26/google-reader-subscribers/#comment-2437 Lachlan Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:48:44 +0000 http://inodes.org/blog/2007/07/26/google-reader-subscribers/#comment-2437 Actually, while Google Reader follows 301 redirects, and will immediately request the content at its redirect location, it doesn't update its links. To put it another way, Google Reader will always come back to the original URL each time, following the 301 - so a 301 doesn't stop the problem of requests being fired at discontinued feed locations. Annoying, really. Actually, while Google Reader follows 301 redirects, and will immediately request the content at its redirect location, it doesn’t update its links. To put it another way, Google Reader will always come back to the original URL each time, following the 301 - so a 301 doesn’t stop the problem of requests being fired at discontinued feed locations. Annoying, really.

]]> By: Zhasper http://inodes.org/blog/2007/07/26/google-reader-subscribers/#comment-1487 Zhasper Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:51:07 +0000 http://inodes.org/blog/2007/07/26/google-reader-subscribers/#comment-1487 *sigh* Such the corporate shill, I feel :( At least I resisted the temptation to suggest you use feedburner :( *sigh*

Such the corporate shill, I feel :(

At least I resisted the temptation to suggest you use feedburner :(

]]> By: Zhasper http://inodes.org/blog/2007/07/26/google-reader-subscribers/#comment-1486 Zhasper Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:28:09 +0000 http://inodes.org/blog/2007/07/26/google-reader-subscribers/#comment-1486 How would you suggest that Google reliably, infallibly, detect this? I've got a bunch of feeds on my site that are very similar. For instance, my user account has a feed, which records all my blog posts. There's also a site-wide feed, which, seeing as I'm the only user who regularly posts, is usually identical. It's not always though - every now and then some other account makes a post. I'd be pissed off if Google had assumed they were the same and decided to ignore one of them.. Stick in a couple of 301 (MOVED PERMANENTLY) redirects for the ones you don't want - Reader should update those feeds for you. How would you suggest that Google reliably, infallibly, detect this?

I’ve got a bunch of feeds on my site that are very similar. For instance, my user account has a feed, which records all my blog posts. There’s also a site-wide feed, which, seeing as I’m the only user who regularly posts, is usually identical.

It’s not always though - every now and then some other account makes a post. I’d be pissed off if Google had assumed they were the same and decided to ignore one of them..

Stick in a couple of 301 (MOVED PERMANENTLY) redirects for the ones you don’t want - Reader should update those feeds for you.

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