Comments on: HOWTO Let Google Blog Search Access Your Full RSS Feed http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-896 fivecentnickel.com Sat, 17 Sep 2005 01:52:56 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-896 Okay, it works. Just be sure to put the conditional redirect ahead of any other redirects of feed requests (such as redirecting to FeedBurner). Otherwise the request will get shunted off to FeedBurner before the Googlebot redirect gets evaluated. Thanks! Okay, it works. Just be sure to put the conditional redirect ahead of any other redirects of feed requests (such as redirecting to FeedBurner). Otherwise the request will get shunted off to FeedBurner before the Googlebot redirect gets evaluated. Thanks!

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-895 Flexo Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:16:16 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-895 I answered this by email. If you have <a href="http://chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/" rel="nofollow">User Agent Switcher</a> and you want to spoof Googlebot, use these settings: Description: Googlebot User Agent: Googlebot/2.1 App name: Googlebot Version: 2.1 Everything else can be left blank. I answered this by email. If you have User Agent Switcher and you want to spoof Googlebot, use these settings:

Description: Googlebot
User Agent: Googlebot/2.1
App name: Googlebot
Version: 2.1

Everything else can be left blank.

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-894 fivecentnickel.com Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:33:31 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-894 I couldn't get it to work. How did you configure the extension? I just put Googlebot and for the description and user agent and left the other fields blank. I couldn’t get it to work. How did you configure the extension? I just put Googlebot and for the description and user agent and left the other fields blank.

]]> By: Irishwonder.syndk8.co.uk http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-897 Irishwonder.syndk8.co.uk Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:26:29 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-897 <strong>RSS Tip for Google Blog Search</strong> I have come across this tip that shows how to make the best out of your RSS feed and the new Google blog Search. If you have a popular blog that generates income through advertising, chances are you offer an RSS feed that contains only an exceprt of... RSS Tip for Google Blog Search

I have come across this tip that shows how to make the best out of your RSS feed and the new Google blog Search.
If you have a popular blog that generates income through advertising, chances are you offer an RSS feed that contains only an exceprt of…

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-893 Flexo Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:05:18 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-893 There is an <a href="http://chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/" rel="nofollow">extension for Mozilla and Firefox</a> that allows you to spoof any browser software. Just tested it out here... it works! :> There is an extension for Mozilla and Firefox that allows you to spoof any browser software. Just tested it out here… it works! :>

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-892 fivecentnickel.com Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:47:31 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-892 Is there a good way of testing this out to make sure that it works once you set it up? For example, is there some way of spoofing the googlebot user agent to see if your conditional redirect works? Is there a good way of testing this out to make sure that it works once you set it up? For example, is there some way of spoofing the googlebot user agent to see if your conditional redirect works?

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-891 Flexo Fri, 16 Sep 2005 05:30:07 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-891 That's correct, the .htaccess file cannot be viewed over the web. That’s correct, the .htaccess file cannot be viewed over the web.

]]> By: Jonathan@MyMoneyBlog http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-890 Jonathan@MyMoneyBlog Fri, 16 Sep 2005 05:27:28 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-890 Great idea, I'm assuming other people can't read your .htaccess files? Great idea, I’m assuming other people can’t read your .htaccess files?

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/15/howto-let-google-blog-search-access-your-full-rss-feed/#comment-889 Flexo Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:08:42 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=505#comment-889 Another tip: change "30" in the line <b><MTEntries lastn="30"></b> (in the private RSS template) to another number to give Google more entries. I don't know if there's a benefit, but it couldn't hurt. Another tip: change “30″ in the line <MTEntries lastn=”30″> (in the private RSS template) to another number to give Google more entries. I don’t know if there’s a benefit, but it couldn’t hurt.

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