The Shifted Librarian’s Jenny Levine posts about the experiences of a reader (Debra Overbey) who has been communicating with some companies about the amount of advertising coming up in various RSS feeds. One company, Abebooks.com appears to have taken Overbey’s comments to heart and adjusted their advertising policy - while other feed-offering companies haven’t done so. It seems that Moreover has an excess of advertising in their feeds, hovering at or above 50% of the items shown.
I’d say this is a pretty good example of how the RSS-chomping public feels about the situation, and I give kudos to site owners like Rafat Ali who have taken the step to advertise in their RSS while realizing that their readers are using feeds for a reason - speed. Personally, I think you actually digest the ads MORE when you have one or two in a daily run of postings/items, because you might actually take the time to look at them, not just be frustrated that they are in your way.
