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Aug 17, 2005

RSS Mystifies Most Blog Readers

wow, 18 million blogs and the Nielsen folks poll 1,000 people. I won't quibble with the basic thesis of the results, but I also won't attach much weight to it either given that RSS is still building the early adopter base.

Link: RSS Mystifies Most Blog Readers.

Nielsen/NetRatings polled 1,000 members of its research panel who read blogs. It found that nearly two-thirds of the respondents either never heard of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) or did not know what the technology is used for. The study found only 11% of Web log readers use RSS to monitor blogs.

Aug 17, 2005 at 11:22 PM |

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