By popular request, I’ve added a new bulk feed addition form here: http://www.feedagg.com/add_feed_bulk.php
Feeds can be separated by either spaces or commas, just like tags. These seem like the most common but if you use a different type of separator let me know.
Note: The tags you add will be applied to all the feeds you add through the bulk uploader.
When adding Tags to new feeds you now have the option to separate Tags with either spaces or commas. Tags added from the feed page or feed admin pages must be separated by commas. This is a widely requested feature and we’re happy to finally add it.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could update your twitter feed when you update your RSS/XML feed?
We thought so too.
Now when you look at your feeds list you will see a link for “Twitter.” When you click that link you will be taken to the 3 step setup process to integrate into Twitter. Enter the Twitter username you want to post to, authorize, then finally select your update frequency. From there we will check your feed at the frequency your specify and post any changes to your twitter account.
For those worried about handing over your Twitter password to another web site, worry not, we are using the OAuth protocol to verify against Twitter so you don’t need to give us your Twitter password.
If you haven’t been to your user account control panel in a while you should stop by. I recently made some pretty significant changes.
1. A new look. The old look was getting cramped and needed an update.
2. Feed Stats. A lot of them. Some of the stats available allow you to see what browsers people are using, what search strings people are using to get to your feed, and then what links people are clicking to leave your page.
3. Twitter Integration. Another post will follow detailing this more.
I’m really hoping that these changes will greatly help our publishers promote their feeds. Give me some feedback and let me know what you think!
I haven’t made a formal feed posting API but many people have reverse engineered the Add Feed page to essentially create one. One thing that was missing doing it this way however was that you would not be able to assign ownership to your feed. I’ve made some changes to the Add Feed page to allow ownership and thought that while I was at it I would make a more formal post on how to add feeds via REST.
While this isn’t a formal API, mainly because it doesn’t return anything, it will at least serve the basic purpose at this point in time.
Basics
Send a POST request to: http://www.feedagg.com/add_feed.php
Variables
FeedURL (Required)
Tags (At least one required)
UserName (Optional)
Example
http://www.feedagg.com/add_feed.php?FeedURL=http://example.com/feed.xml&Tags=tag-1 tag2 tag3&UserName=example
Notes
At this time there isn’t a response from the server but that will be coming in the future.
Given the nature of this there will be limited support of this feature for the time being.
Today I’ve added some new features to your feed management pages:
Check it out here.
A couple of weeks ago I quietly added a basic article publishing feature that probably would be classified as an alpha. After watching a handful of users interact with it I’ve made some changes and today I am releasing an updated version that I think is safe to call a beta. You can reach the publisher under your account page. Let me know what you think.
One of the primary goals of FeedAgg is to rate feeds and provide new feed discovery to its users. To that end, today you may have noticed we added a small Related Feeds section to feed displays to facilitate the finding of new feeds that may interest you. We are extremely excited about this since it goes a long way in achieving our primary mission. Additionally, the underlying technology behind this is also going to allow for more site enhancements in the future.
UPDATE: Had to remove it temporarily. Will be back after I fix a couple issues.