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April 18, 2006

RSS Data From Ad Age

RSS is currently used or is planned to be used within the next 12 months by 63% of consumer product marketers, 65% media and communications marketers, 37% retail marketers, 37% financial services marketers and 38% equipment and tech marketers.

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New Stats on Podcast Growth by FeedBurner

According to FeedBurner, who manage 44,000 podcast feeds, they now total 1.6 million podcast subscribers, which averages only to 36 subscribers per feed, but is growing at a 20% monthly rate.

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April 3, 2006

RSS Becoming a Hit With Marketers

40% of marketers are definitely planning on investing in adding RSS feeds to their marketing mix in 2006, while 19% plan to spend more than a year out. Don't be left out ...

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March 16, 2006

34.4 Percent of Chineese Internet Users Use RSS

According to TechNewsWorld 34.4% of the Chineese internet population already uses RSS. Of course, the study, conducted by polling 2,689 people is hardly conclussive, but at least the indications are here.

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December 19, 2005

Standalone RSS Ads More Successful Than Inline Ads

Pheedo's research shows that standalone ads in RSS feeds are over 9 times more successful than inline ads. Read the article for more of the latest stats, their interpretation and "how-to" advice for marketers.

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October 10, 2005

Analyzing the New Yahoo RSS Whitepaper for Marketers

We were waiting for something like this to happen for a long time. Yahoo!, one of the key providers of mass-market RSS aggregators, finally took a step forward and published their RSS whitepaper, covering their own findings with RSS, based on their usage data. In this article, we analyze the whitepaper step-by-step, explaining what their findings mean for marketers.

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September 27, 2005

According to Forrester, 6% Use RSS

In an announcement of their Consumer Forum 2005 event, Forrester Research reports that RSS is now being used by 6% of consumers, compared with 2% in 2004.

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September 20, 2005

RSS Users Visit Three Times as Many News Web Sites as Non-Users

In yet another batch of RSS research, Nielsen/NetRatings reports that RSS users are significantly more engaged in online news than non-users, visiting an average of 10.6 news sites compared with 3.4 news sites for non-users.

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September 5, 2005

A Challenge to the RSS Industry: RSS Stats Unacceptable

Forrester Research recently released the final version of their report, claiming that only 2% of American households online use RSS. And naturally, these numbers are far apart from much of the other research statistics available on the market. For marketers, the situation is nearning the unacceptable phase, with no one really knowing how adopted RSS really is. NewsGator and FeedDemon, Yahoo!, Pluck, Attensa, Bloglines, FireFox, Pheedo, Nooked, Syndicate IQ and others ... please save us of our misery --> start providing some real-life numbers on how many people are really using RSS.

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August 31, 2005

Survey: Tangible Marketing Results from Blogging Only With Frequent Posting

The latest small business survey shows that small business bloggers posting anywhere from 3 times a week to once a day are actually seeing hard marketing results, such as increased search engine traffic, lead generation and direct sales activities. 57% actually have no plans of implementing a blog in the near future, and 36% of those that are blogging are claiming that their blogging activities aren't producing any marketing results at all. At the same time, findings from another survey show that bloggers in fact do need an e-mail newsletter.

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Recent Articles in "RSS Statistics"

[August 29, 2005]
87% of Influencers Are Using RSS

[August 27, 2005]
Jupiter Researches' Survey Finds Only 3% Use RSS - A Highly Desirable Demographic

[August 24, 2005]
Only 11% of Blog Readers Use RSS According to Nielsen/NetRatings

[August 1, 2005]
Only 2 Percent Use RSS?

[July 25, 2005]
Real RSS Usage Data from Pheedo

[July 21, 2005]
RSS Still Not Recognized by End-users

[July 11, 2005]
30% of Consumer Magazine Websites Already Offer RSS

[July 6, 2005]
Surprising RSS Reader Usage Stats: What Do They Mean for Marketers?

[July 4, 2005]
$100 Million RSS Investment Fund Announced

[June 19, 2005]
RSS Metrics Focus: Interview With Dick Costolo and Stuart Watson, Part 3 - Concrete Feedburner Metrics, RSS Measurements Step-by-Step and Average Daily Readership

[June 6, 2005]
75 Million RSS Users?

[May 26, 2005]
The Gartner Group More Hopeful About RSS Than Jupiter Research

[May 12, 2005]
No RSS for UK Companies

[April 19, 2005]
A 342% Increase in RSS Readership for NYTimes.com

[April 14, 2005]
What's With All the Research Lately?

[April 13, 2005]
RSS Not The Next Big Thing?

[March 22, 2005]
Slashdot Survey Predicts Dramatic RSS Growth, While RSS "Wars" Continue

[March 14, 2005]
Hard-core Bloggers, RSS Marginal and Podcasting Overhyped

[March 8, 2005]
Only 0.03% of Blogs Driving Sales & 7 Practical Tactics to Turn Your Blog Into a Sales Machine

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