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Add Dynamic link rel=alternate RSS directive to ASP.NET Page

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"There are times when the best deals are those that aren't done" -- David Garrity  (re:MSFT-->YHOO) I have some pages on my "fun" site, ittyurl.net , that generate and display blog search results and offer a custom RSS feed of same. The url to the page that generates the RSS feed must be dynamic, with a search term on the querystring.  But how can you "turn on" the Feed icon in Internet Explorer so it will show that there is a feed available for the custom results page, and which will correctly point to the generated RSS page? It's pretty simple: First, let's put the <link .. tag into the HEAD of the ASP.NET ASPX page, and mark it runat="server": <head runat="server">     <title>Untitled Page</title>     <link id="rssLink" rel="Alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="" runat="server" /> </head> Next, after we...
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Analysis: Should You Publish Full or Partial RSS Feeds?

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"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." -- Aldous Huxley This is an argument that comes up frequently among those who author content of any kind and publish RSS feeds of same - which is better - to publish the full content in the description field, or just a summary with say, a "read more" link that forces interested readers to go directly to the site to read all of it? I've done some research on the subject, as well as having some actual data of my own with which to make comparisons, and I am of the opinion that publishing the full content is the best way to go. There are basically two concerns that webmasters have that target this subject: 1. Since with a full feed RSS Subscribers will get to read the full blog content inside their newsreader, they would not visit the actual site - meaning lower pageviews would impact advertising revenue negatively. 2. A more ominous threat is from blog plagiarists and "Made F...
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