RSS - Increase website traffic for eBay Stores


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Even a new site will be indexed rapidly, if it has incoming links. Our Search Engine Optimizing (SEO) strategy will focus on the importance of incoming links. Each page will have relevant text links (better for indexing).
What is RSS?			My example RSS Feed in HTML
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is used by web sites to share and distribute their latest content. Web sites create a list — a feed — of the contents on their site. For eBay sellers that means all of your products.
Benefits of syndicating your content * Turn your visitors into subscribers * Drive traffic to your site and increase page views and registrations * Expand page inventory with less ongoing work * Enable syndication of your content to other publishers * New content format for embedding advertising and other revenue programs * Make your content more discoverable by search engines and emerging applications
How To Create Your RSS Feed * Login to your eBay account, go to My eBay, click on Manage My Store. * Click the link for Listing Feeds is on the left hand menu. * Choose the radio button - RSS feeds section, choose distribute your listings via RSS * Choose the radio button - Search engines and comparison sites - Make a file of your Store inventory listings available then click APPLY at the bottom. * Go to your store page * Located at the bottom of your Store Page- click it - it will bring you to your RSS feed. This page is written in code - in the browser bar at the top - copy the url. Burn your feed Go to feedburner.com and paste the url into the space provided. It's free - you must set up an account - it's fast and easy. Name your feed - i.e. your store name Click Optimze at the top of the page On the left panel choose Browser Friendly Choose Clear Feed from the drop down menu Choose Title and content from the next drop down menu You can enable a text box below by checking the box Click SAVE Click SmartFeed in the left panel (it will take you to the next page) Click ACTIVATE button Publicize Your Feed Chickletize your web site. Click on friendly graphic Choose a button or text link Copy the text generated and post it in blogs, web pages, and any site that will post it for you. This is what your text link will look like: Subscribe to By the Bay (note: I use the orange square for my about me page - people recognize it - but we are requesting you use text for this site - if coping several codes for you links copy them onto a text file i.e. Notepad - you can only paste onto a text file - very important! Encourage people to subscribe to your feed by posting it in an easy-to-find location. I encourage people to check out this bog by jewelry-collectibles for information on RSS feeds for more information. Remember the more places you have your information posted the better your chances are; so with that in mind check out The Marketplace ~ dedicated promotion for eBay store owners! Remember, "You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."