scriptygoddessI was going to post this here, but it seemed less appropriate the more I wrote.
You can read the whole post on my site.
Here's a summary of what I wrote on my blog:
Now that you've gotten your RSS feed(s) set up, it's a good time to check out your site from the viewpoint of someone entering your site via an RSS reader.
1. Figure out where your RSS feed is sending your readers. Look at the <link> tag for your entries. I find that linking to the individual post is the best/easiest place to send your readers.
2. Once you know where you're readers are being sent, look over this page. Does it have links for next and previous? Can your reader get back to your front page easily?
3. Are the comments easily readable? If you link to the individual post, it's really handy to just display the comments there (I like oldest comments at the top). A link to the comments works as well, but it's more clicks for your reader.
4. Is it easy for your reader to leave you a new comment? Because that's probably why they left their cozy newsreader.
5. Now, look at that page. Should you add some of the lnks that you have on your front page to these other pages? Again, it depends. When I go to a blog from my newsreader, I don't usually hit the front page. Just the pages with posts that caught my eye.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
