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5 January 2010

Just something to watch out for. I wanted to link to Charlotte Britton's blog via the RSS Feed and put it into the Google reader, but I couldn't find the icon. It turns out I was using Chrome and the RSS Icon wasn't in the usual place.

Charlotte is an expert in Social Media trends and Marketing based in Yorkshire. Take a look at her website: www.charlottebritton.co.uk

Mozilla Firefox

Charlotte Britton website via Mozilla Firefox

Same view in Chrome (without the RSS Feed icon)

Charlotte Britton website in Chrome

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By Bob North, 14 Jan 10

I think this goes to show that you shouldn't rely on the browser to provide the links to RSS feeds, but you should embed them within the body of your webpage.

Not only will this give you more control over the appearance, but it will allow you to offer multiple feeds, and clearly explain what they are for: whilst RSS feeds aren't exactly new, many people are not aware of what they are, and will overlook subtle icons in the browser toolbars.

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