How To Set Up RSS Feeds On Hubpages – Step By Step Guide
It took me a little while to understand how to do RSS on hubpages. In fact it actually took me about 4 weeks before the penny finally dropped. Now that I get it, I wanted to make it really easy for other hubbers to be able to do it. I’ve included several pictures with arrows to help.
First of all what does RSS stand for?
It stands for “Really Simple Syndication”.
I can’t say I found it very simple to start with but it’s really not so bad now that I’ve got the hang of it.
Why is it good to use RSS on Hubpages?
Once your RSS is set up on your desired page, it gives Google the impression that you have new content on your hubpage. This is because your RSS changes the links that are shown (I’ll explain that more further down the page). The main thing here is that Google likes new content and it will help your page to be seen in the search engines better. It also shows your visitors what other articles you have written.
How to set up your RSS
I am going to assume that you have already written at least one article on hubpages just for the sake of explaining it.
I will show you it in steps, that way you can bookmark this page if you want to, then go check it out and come back again to follow the next step, if you prefer to do things that way.
You can view the images in a bigger size by clicking on them.
One
Decide on what hubpage you want to add your RSS feed to.
Two
Go to your profile page and hover your mouse over the bit that says “subscribe to (your profile name) RSS feed”.
Then look at the bottom left hand side of your screen. You will see something that looks like this: http://hubpages.com/author/victoria+stephens/latest/?rss.
The one shown here is mine. This is the “URL feed” link. But yours will have your profile name in it.
Grab a pen and paper and paper and write the URL down or you can right click on the "subscribe to (your profile name) RSS feed" and click "copy short cut". (It may say "copy link" instead).
Three
Now go to the hubpage that you want to add an RSS feed to and click edit.
You will see on the right hand side of the page you have the “Add more capsules” box. Click on the icon that says RSS.
It will automatically put it to the bottom of your page but you can move it up to where you want it, the same way as you can do with a photo or a text capsule.
Four
Scroll down your page and click “edit” on the bar. You will see a section that says “Feed URL”. Type in the URL that you just wrote down in step two or click paste if you used the "right click, copy short cut".
Five
Below that you will see the words “Maximum number of items to display”.
This is going to put links on your hubpage. These links are going to be to your other articles that you have published on hubpages. It will automatically display the latest articles that you have written. Because it always shows your latest articles, this is what gives Google the impression that you have new content on your page.
You can decide if you would like anything from 1 link to 8 links to be displayed on your hubpage.
I picked 3 for this example
Six
Below the maximum number of items to be displayed, you will see the text “Display method” and a drop down box. You can choose if you want to display a full description of your other articles, a shortened description or just one line from your description.
Pick which one you want to use.
Seven
Then click on “Preview RSS".
This will show you what your links are going to look like with or without the description, depending on which display method you have chosen to use.
Eight
Click save on the capsule. Then click on “done editing” when you have finished making your hubpage.
Nine
That’s it, you’re done!
You can preview your hubpage now and you should see the link(s) on your page.
Top Tip
Have a little practise with this. Then once you have got the hang of it, Edweirdo has wrote a brilliant article called Promote Your Older Hubs Using Tags To Create Custom RSS Feeds. It has some advanced techniques you can use to promote some of your older articles, your best, hot and even ones that not doing so well, instead of just displaying your latest articles.
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Comments
Thank you for the great, well-explained instructions!
Awesome. I love the details. Followed your directions and it worked like a charm. Appreciate it. This helps to learn what to do and what needs to be done. I had no idea about RSS Feeds. I will be recommending this hub! Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing your good idea.
Well explained Victoria. I too had a hard time getting the hang of RSS feeds till I read a hub by Victoria Lynn which taught me how to use them.
Just wanted to add if one has a matching tag then one can have RSS feeds related to this tag in a hub on the same topic.
Voted up, interesting & useful.
Very good, simple and clear instructions! This is valuable information and helpful! Thanks!
Victoria,
This is a very useful hub which will benefit anyone who is interested in RSS and promoting their own hubs. You have explained the process of adding RSS on Hubpage articles very clearly. Voted up and sharing.
Very nice topic. It is informative and helpful. Great hub. Voted up.
Thank you very much Victoria Stephens for sharing I will try it.
You have really made it simple here to understand, thanks.
Oh wow thanks! This is a super useful hub. I didn't even know you could set up rss feeds for hubpages! Thanks for the information! Voted up!
This is awesome, thank-you for really breaking down the information to make sense. I appreciate it. I vote up and will share too.
nicely explained thankyou.
All links and products listed in a Hub must be related to the content of the Hub - including RSS Feeds. This means that you can not include links to your latest or best Hubs unless they are directly related to the subject of the current Hub.
I found this out today and one of my hubs is not being published because of it. I have revised so we will see what happens. What a pain.
This is a very helpful hub thank you.
Once again your article explains very simply, something that appeared to be difficult. Will try it out.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Excellent Hub Victoria!
Thanks for laying out how to use this feature for everyone! Perhaps you'll create a whole series of how to posts like this on other key skills to help follow hubbers! It would be wildy sucessful no doubt :-)
Cheers!
Thank you so much for this. I've seen this on other hubs and had no idea how to do it.
Finally, a simple explanation on how to set up RSS feed. Well done and I give you a five star rating for this article; THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thank you so much. It took me a few tries to get it, but I GOT IT!
I have applied to my latest hub. I never used this before for almost 22 months here on HubPges. Usually I use this "You can also read or related hub" to remind my old hub which has the same topic. I learn much from you, Victoria. Vote up.
Love, Peace & Blessings!
Prasetio
Thank you for your tips I have bookmarked for future reference!
Thank you for this hub Victoria. I have been trying to figure out how to add RRS with no luck at all. I'll try your instructions, thanks
Thank you for the explanation. Very useful for me. Great.
Great Hub. I liked your article and the instructions were easy to follow.
Thanks
Thank you for this tutorial. It was very helpful!
I have read several hubs on rss and I think you have done the best job of explaining just how to do it with simple steps. Thank you.
Thank you for this, you did a wonderful job explaining RSS setup. I have to admit I had not much idea how to do this. Now I am setting them up on my old articles too.
Regards
Kez:)
absolutely great hub. thanks for explaining it so nicely.
Thank you for this easy to get information! I didn´t know that I can use the rss to promote my one hubs! You made it very clear! Thanks for sharing after you have had the trouble to figure it out!I´m glad you are here at hubpages!
Gongratulations for the nomination!
Thank you for the wonderful detail on adding RSS to a hub.
I especially appreciate your sharing the step by step.
Congratulations on your nomination!
Thank you ... just the kind of information I've been looking for (easy). This is wonderful and you are wonderful for sharing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Victoria!!! This has been one of those 'Greek' things for me, and you cleared it up in less than five minutes. Can't wait to see how this affects my traffic. The step-by-step instructions were perfect, and you have my eternal gratitude and my vote! Congrats on the HubNugget nomination!
Thanks for the important information. I still haven't grasped all of it yet, but I thought it was so helpful that I posted a link on one of my pages. Thank you for sharing this bit of information.
Very useful for new and old hubbers. I had trouble with it myself and still do on my mac - so I have to go between my mac and pc - congrats on the nomination and good luck.
Thanks for this hub. I have had a difficult time understanding how to utilize the rss feed and your instructions seem very clear, so I'll try once again.
Thanks Victoria for this very well written and useful hub:)I've only recently just started to implement links within my articles and have only ever used the links capsule.Maybe the RSS feed will bring more traffic,I'II definately give it a try and I shall also be giving your hub a link in my next relevant article to this subject matter:)Voted your hub useful!
Thank you for this very clear and useful hub> I was very mystified by RSS before reading this
I finally understand the point of them and how to do it.
Thankyou very much.
Awesome information,easy to follow and explained and illustrated well. Thumbs up!!!
Now THATS how you set up RSS on HubPages . Excellent excellent hub you won my vote with this hub for your nomination congratulations Victoria
U-oh I haven't been doing this..so I should..thank you for this hub!
Congratulations on your Hubnuggets nomination! This is exciting and you can view it right here: http://bit.ly/9KP8R0 Enjoy the Hubnuggets!
Thank you for this hub. You are my hero. :)
Thanks Victoria... This article is very useful to me ... i really appreciate it ... keep the good work for newbies ..
Thank you for the clear, easy to follow step by step instructions. Great job. Rated up, useful and bookmarked.
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