Set Up Rss Feed for Blog

How to Create an RSS Feed

Are you looking for an easy way to create a podcast only RSS feed? If so, check out our blog post here on how to create a RSS feed for your podcast.

If you are wanting to learn how to create an RSS feed for your website or blog, read on!

You work hard to build your audience for your website or blog. And when the ideal reader comes along — someone who fits all markers of your target audience — you don't want to lose them.

But the problem is we're all so bombarded with content and information from hundreds of sources every day.

Your ideal reader may love what they find on your website, but forget where they found it almost immediately. And that means you've lost the perfect reader — the one you've been making all this content for in the first place!

Having an RSS feed can solve this problem. RSS stands for really simple syndication, and it refers to a script you place on your website that your readers can subscribe to.

Once they've subscribed, they'll be notified whenever you post new content – it's that simple.

What Are the Benefits of Having an RSS Feed on Your Website?

As mentioned above, an RSS feed will keep your most devoted readers coming back for more. And that's a good thing when you're hoping to increase traffic to your website.

When your readers add your website to their RSS feed reader, they'll have an easy reason for clicking over to see what's new — your latest post headlines will be right in their reader! Your traffic will increase as your readers easily return to see everything you've posted, and you don't have to worry about losing audience members who are in your target market.

Similarly, an RSS feed helps keep you top of mind in your audience member's world. Without the reminder of your website in their feed, they may forget how much they enjoyed your content.

You may be writing the perfect post with the ideal solution that they would do anything for, but if you aren't top of mind, they won't think of you for their solutions.

An RSS feed helps you circumnavigate the issues you face in trying to reach your audience through email newsletters.

You may have a great email list, but are your readers actually opening the emails you send? Some of your newsletters may get lost by being tagged as spam, which means some on your list may never even know you've tried to reach them. And don't forget how inundated inboxes become. Some of your readers may delete your email before opening it, simply because they have too many other things to deal with in their inboxes.

How to Create (or Find) an RSS Feed

So how do you get an RSS feed and reap these awesome benefits which include increased traffic, return readers, and increased visibility?

If you are using WordPress simply add /feed/ to the end of your website's domain name. Example: https://rss.com/blog/feed/

Another way involves knowing quite a bit of code. RSS feeds are created using XML code. In the first node, you declare the channel and title of the feed, links back to the website, a description of the feed, and its language. You can also include an image (like a logo) within the XML code. This part of the code remains static.

To ensure your updates from your website are added to your feed, you'll need to create a new node. Within that node, you'll add a new item to the top of the list each time you update, including the title of the item, the publish date, a link to the item's webpage, and a CDATA description.

Check out the video below to learn how to write the code for your RSS feed.