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Re: [syndication] shared feed lists

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:42:42AM -0400, Bill Kearney wrote:
> 
> Why is using a <head> section <link> tag not sufficient?

It is sufficient if one has the ability to add <link> tags to their
<head>.  But what if you cannot?

> Where robots.txt works, in that it's intended as a tool that something
> potentially causing TREMENDOUS amount of traffic can use as a guide, is useful
> the same can hardly be said of an index file of this nature.  The favicon.ico
> thing is little more than just another vendor embrace and extend hack.

The analogy isn't quite right here.  favicon.ico generates a lot of
traffic because most browsers request it.  robots.txt is requested by
most well-behaved robots.  This file is intended to be a simple
bootstrap--a way of finding the feeds.  It should be requested
infrequently and by relatively specific tools.

Jeremy
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