Full or Partial Feeds?


	Full or Partial Feeds?

mirzania

8-18-2007 11:57 AM

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rss, blogging

mirzania says:

Of course, the choice isn't always yours to make as some blog sites only let you publish a partial feed. Interesting debate here though.

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