Kevin Cox outlines technical best practices for blog feeds, emphasizing standardized formats like Atom and RSS 2 for maximum compatibility. He recommends Atom for new feeds due to its clarity and lower ambiguity, while existing RSS 2 users can retain their format. Feeds should use absolute URLs (starting with https) to ensure proper resolution across all clients.
The Content-Type header must be set correctly—application/atom+xml for Atom, application/rss+xml for RSS, and application/feed+json for JSON Feed. Discovery is critical: include a <link rel="alternate"> tag in your HTML header on every page to advertise your feed. For multiple feeds, list them with descriptive titles, placing the most important (e.g., whole-site feed) first.
Avoid multiple formats; one feed is sufficient. These guidelines ensure broad reader support and search engine visibility.
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