A series that runs every Tuesday, where I ask questions unrelated to the environment, fair trade, or local politics that I’ve been wondering about but haven’t been able to google the answers to. Any advice is appreciated.

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My feed theory: Syndicate your whole post, damnit. If you only syndicate the first para or so, chances are, I’ll likely read fewer of your posts, and over time, will probably delete you from my feed reader altogether from annoyance.

Which is why I complained to Jeff at Sustainablog when only first part of his post started showing up in my Bloglines. Turns out the snafu occurred inadverdently while Jeff was re-formatting his blog a bit. We’re back to full sustainablog posts — yay!

Anyway — My contention is that — if more hits are what you’re seeking — limiting your feed content will prolly not increase your hits — it may even decrease them. In my opinion, this partial-feed thing may work for major newspapers — and maybe gristmill — but for few single-author blogs…

However, I have not actually tried limiting my syndication to test this theory — and was wondering if anyone else had stats or personal experience trying it…. Have you tried changing your feed from limited content to full content or vice versa? What effect did the change have on your hits?

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