RSS Feeds Drive More Traffic to My Blog Than Google Search
By
Terence Eden
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The author reflects on a blog post by Susam suggesting that most traffic to personal websites comes from web feeds (RSS), and investigates whether this holds true for their own blog. They describe their approach to SEO as minimal—using semantic layout and metadata but avoiding aggressive tactics like keyword stuffing or AMP. The article is a personal data point comparing RSS feed traffic to Google search traffic, with the implication that RSS feeds may be a more significant traffic source than expected.
Key quotes
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I've never much bothered with 'aggressive' SEO - I have a fairly semantic layout, all my reviews have metadata, and stuff like that - but I'm not cramming in keywords, using AMP, or whatever other chickens Google requires to be sacrificed for a higher ranking.
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