Comments on: My new conceptual model of FeedDemon http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/my-new-conceptual-model-of-feeddemon/ The Revd Gareth J M Saunders' weblog Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Jack Brewster http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/my-new-conceptual-model-of-feeddemon/#comment-46118 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:24:50 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/my-new-conceptual-model-of-feeddemon/#comment-46118 It's worth noting that you don't necessarily have to ping NewsGator directly. You can use a centralized ping service such as <a href="http://pingomatic.com/" rel="nofollow">Ping-o-Matic!</a> to update multiple services at once. I believe WordPress blogs are configured to do this automatically, though it may not be a default. It’s worth noting that you don’t necessarily have to ping NewsGator directly. You can use a centralized ping service such as Ping-o-Matic! to update multiple services at once. I believe WordPress blogs are configured to do this automatically, though it may not be a default.

]]> by: Gareth J M Saunders http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/my-new-conceptual-model-of-feeddemon/#comment-46097 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:36:23 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/my-new-conceptual-model-of-feeddemon/#comment-46097 Thanks Nick for clarifying that -- most helpful. And keep up the good work, FeedDemon is great software. Thanks Nick for clarifying that — most helpful.

And keep up the good work, FeedDemon is great software.

]]> by: Nick Bradbury http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/my-new-conceptual-model-of-feeddemon/#comment-46082 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:48:30 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/my-new-conceptual-model-of-feeddemon/#comment-46082 Nice post, Gareth! You're mostly correct in your assessment, with the exception that posts in feeds which ping us when they're updated will appear more quickly. My blog, for example, automatically pings NewsGator after I add a new post, so posts in my blog show up faster. Treating NewsGator as the source of all feeds has several benefits, the most obvious being that we can synchronize read items that way. In addition, bandwidth usage is reduced because NewsGator tells FeedDemon which feeds have been updated, so FeedDemon only downloads those feeds (non-synched RSS readers have to check every single feed to see if anything has changed). Finally, when FeedDemon downloads feeds from NewsGator, only new/changed items are received - which also saves a lot of bandwidth. BTW, the one-hour updating schedule is staggered, so it's rare that you'll have to wait exactly an hour for a new post to "arrive." Nice post, Gareth! You’re mostly correct in your assessment, with the exception that posts in feeds which ping us when they’re updated will appear more quickly. My blog, for example, automatically pings NewsGator after I add a new post, so posts in my blog show up faster.

Treating NewsGator as the source of all feeds has several benefits, the most obvious being that we can synchronize read items that way. In addition, bandwidth usage is reduced because NewsGator tells FeedDemon which feeds have been updated, so FeedDemon only downloads those feeds (non-synched RSS readers have to check every single feed to see if anything has changed). Finally, when FeedDemon downloads feeds from NewsGator, only new/changed items are received - which also saves a lot of bandwidth.

BTW, the one-hour updating schedule is staggered, so it’s rare that you’ll have to wait exactly an hour for a new post to “arrive.”

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