RSS reality check

I know RSS is a good idea and it very well may be the wave of the future. In fact, you may be reading this via RSS.

That being said, here’s the math from Europe according to Rebecca Jennings of Forrester, a normally reliable tech research firm…

Percent of European Internet users who subscribe to RSS feeds:  1%

Of course, this estimate may be off and in other markets, like North America, the percentage may be much higher, but it “feels” right.

Yes, among the technically adept folks I encounter which includes tech journalists and bloggers, the percentage is much, much higher. And these folks are influential well out of proportion to their small numbers, but the reality is that, currently at least, a very small number of your prospects and customers are RSS readers.

So if you’re sweating RSS, there’s still a lot of time on this slow moving and much-hyped technology.  If your resources are limited – and aren’t they always – this may be one technology you can put on the back burner.

– Ken McCarthy

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