Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:00 AM
Charlie Wood, formerly of
Newsgator and now heading up
Spanning Partners, revisits a topic related to RSS feeds which I think will be debated for some time to come.
In a recent weblog posting, Charlie notes that "Publishers want to maximize their RSS advertising revenue and users want full-content feeds. Registration-required feeds may help them meet in the middle."
He continues, "I've had several requests from clients to create a service that would allow feed publishers to require users to register in order to get full-content feeds. Publishers want higher advertising rates and a better idea of their audience, and users want full-content feeds. (The publishers I'm working with plan to also provide summary-only feeds which won't require registration.) "
I'm running short on time this week and haven't really had a chance to formulate my own thoughts on this topic. I plan on covering this subject in the weeks to come. For anyone interested right now, read Charlie's full post.