If I create RSS Feeds and they are picked up by users and news sites, do I get "credit" with Google/Yahoo for have more external links to my site?

depends on how the feed is used by the users. Are they reading it in thier blog reader?? If so probably not. If they reproduce the feed into webpages, then probably so.

I strongly believe you do, if your RSS was pulled by other people's website; also, if the RSS codes has the right "food" (meta tags and keyword-rich content), surely it will score points.

YES, your RSS can get you points, if it's properly coded. Wishing you all the best :).

Remember that RSS feeds are generaly shown for a short time on websites before the next set of links are put up. This means the links are not lasting so they will not be effective for long. I think press releases are a good way to create lasting links.

Remember that RSS feeds are generaly shown for a short time on websites before the next set of links are put up. This means the links are not lasting so they will not be effective for long.

This is a good point, although there's an easy way around this.

Create an RSS Feed Creation Wizard for Webmasters. This gives them the code needed to put your RSS feed on their site. Each feed will also include a static link back to your site. By coding a "wizard", you'll be able to rotate the link text used for each static linkback.

As a result you get:
- Static link back to your site.
- Varied link text making the linkbacks look more natural.

:cool:

RSS feeds will give you some backlinks, especially if you're blogging, and pinging each time you update. However, especially if you write for a corporate blog, your backlinks from blog directories and other such sites will approach critical mass in a few months, and stagnate around 400-500 or so. In my experience, these can be kind of garbagey links anyway. Plus, as has been previously mentioned, these often fade away.

The real value of RSS is not links, but traffic. Syndicating compelling content is a great way to attract natural links. If your site is deemed worth linking to by the general population at large, that is the very best kind of SEO. In this light, it's probably better to consider RSS to be more of a social networking tool than a way to simply "get backlinks".

Just my two cents.

So, following the logic from the earlier posts, it seems one could build Search engine friendly "mini-websites" that are entirely composed of a RSS or MRSS feed that is auto-applied into some CSS or other quickie layout , and by doing so crank your ranking over time...?

So, following the logic from the earlier posts, it seems one could build Search engine friendly "mini-websites" that are entirely composed of a RSS or MRSS feed that is auto-applied into some CSS or other quickie layout , and by doing so crank your ranking over time...?

I think you'll find that those are classed as doorway pages and therefore penalised by the engines. RSS should be used by other websites as a source of traffic and stickiness for your site, not just a quicker way to make dodgy self-made inbound links.

:rolleyes: