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Category: Technology Author : Steven Hodson Posted: January 20, 2010
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Is a blog a blog if it doesn’t have an RSS feed – even if you’re Bill Gates?


Wow .. Old Billy Boy sure seems to be getting this social media thing down pat. He’s on Twitter as a verified account (@billgates) with some 238,000+ followers (he is only following 40 people) and he’s apparently restarted his Facebook page.

Then to really top it off it seems that he has launched a blog called Gates Notes. This is were he is supposedly going to share his thoughts and travels around the world with us peons.

Don’t get me wrong I think this is a great idea and I’ve followed him on Twitter; even knowing the chances of him following back are nil. However when I went to add his blog to my feedreader I was stymied.

His blog doesn’t have an RSS feed.

I realize this isn’t earth shattering but after obviously putting out the effort to make himself accessible it is really strange that one of the cornerstones of social media isn’t available on his blog.

Hey Bill – how about turning on the RSS stream?










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2 Archived Responses to “ Is a blog a blog if it doesn’t have an RSS feed – even if you’re Bill Gates? ”

  1. fogofeternity
    Jan 20, 2010

    Interesting theory. Yes, such a site is still a blog, but you’re right that it’s not maximizing the potential to keep people informed.

    That being said, not sure if Gates’ site is really blog focused as such. Guess that will be somewhat dependent on if it’s something he updates on a regular basis, or if it’s far more feature orientated. Mind you, I do think it’s a really nicely put together site.

  2. Twixel
    Jan 20, 2010

    It’s probably ’cause the blog is on aspx, must be really difficult to do to enable RSS feed on that platform ;-)