Comments on: Americans clueless about RSS: study

By: www dot james mckay dot net » RSS? Why bother?

www dot james mckay dot net » RSS? Why bother? — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:20:24 +0000

[...] echno-literate nation on earth, only two percent of the population use RSS, and a whopping 91% have no idea what it is in the first place? The fac [...]

By: Search Engine Journal » Microsoft Renaming of RSS to Web Feeds is Market Friendly

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:47:10 +0000

[...] ted back on August 5 from Forrster Research found that only 2% of Americans use RSS feeds. July 21, a study from Pew Internet found that 91% of Ame [...]

By: Jim Elve

Jim Elve — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:51:02 +0000

MS’s new operating system, Longhorn (Windows Vista), is said to be capitalizing on and integrating RSS technology. I suspect that will help make it more well-known. It’s also likely that many people consume and use RSS without really being able to define what it is or what the “R.S.S.” stands for – sort of like using an iPod and having no clue whatsoever as to the definition of “MP3.”

By: Blinker

Blinker — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:59:34 +0000

Yup exactly ! – Our sites are all RSS based and its hard to get the average user to understand. But I say, give the world 1 more year and that number will fall to 50% clueless

By: Marianne Richmond

Marianne Richmond — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:51:57 +0000

I would agree that RSS and even blog are not exactly a household words (st least around my neighborhood, St. Louis MO) but I do not understand why the pollsters such as PEW seem to focus on the clueless rather than the clued….those who “get it” are setting the direction of the future while those who don’t should be history books not in polls.

By: Cary

Cary — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:09:50 +0000

Hi Duncan, this isn’t particularly surprising to anyone living in the US. I live in Northern California, not far from Silicon Valley, and I can tell you that even among my so-called hipster young friends, the word “blog” is only just starting to become known. For middle America it is still a long, long way from being a household word. RSS is even farther from the mainstream, though perhaps Microsoft will change that ; ) I know they’d like to…

By: John (SYNTAGMA)

John (SYNTAGMA) — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:53:56 +0000

Dave Sifry has said that when the term RSS has disappeared completely, i.e. when the process is seamlessly interwoven with the browser, then it will be popular and successful [Blogspotting]. Can’t argue with that.