RSS IS BACK, BABY!!!

The quarter-century trajectory of RSS - Really Simple Syndication - has spiked up recently. Renewed interest in the XML and RSS online publishing automation ecosystem has been steadily increasing over the past year, showing a level of interest we haven't seen since it's heyday during peak interest in the Mid-2000's.





Take a historical look at a Google Trends Keyword Chart encompassing the interest in RSS feeds, the XML file specifications, automated content feed distribution, and the RSS directory/discovery ecosystem - It's on a newfound upswing.

RSS rose to prominence when blogging first became popular on the web. Then the era of podcasting became all the rage as Apple almost single-handedly launched the Podcast revolution that persists today. Interest in RSS was highest around 2006.

Because of news agency updates, press release syndication, corporate and personal blogs, and episodic podcast streams - The interest in and usefulness of RSS XML feeds never 'Died". As you can see in the above chart, it has sustained a steady-state for 2 decades but recently there's an strong uptick unlike anything seen in years. That's a good signal that RSS indication is something webmasters, SEO's, and site owners ought to be paying attention to.