Blog Experiment

wankmaster · 2006-04-20, 07:04 AM

Hi,

I hacked this up as an experiment and I'd like a few opinions.

http://blogsucker.com/

It takes full RSS2 feed from a few of my blogs and some friend blogs.

I'm feeding it on purchased traffic and using it as a sort of hub to filter the traffic to niches.

If anyone wants to help me out by providing a feed please PM me.
I currently only coded it up for RSS2 ( Wordpress feeds this by default ), but if anyone wants to feed me ATOM or RSS I can try to code that up to.

It refreshes every 15 minutes, then caches the info, so you won't get any big bandwidth costs.

thanks.

walrus · 2006-04-20, 09:22 AM

Should be a cool experiment. I pm'd you my feedburner feed from my new blog and will be checking out your other plugin over the weekend. I'll let you know what I find out.

wankmaster · 2006-04-20, 09:47 AM

Thank's Walrus,

I'll check that out, I'll try to figure out feedburner type feeds, don't they just link to feedburner.?

I'm just figuring out how to work RSS at the moment....so this is all a bit new.

walrus · 2006-04-20, 10:16 AM

As far as a reader goes it should appear as a standard RSS2 feed. They repackage it, making it a kinder, gentler feed.

alessandro · 2006-04-20, 10:45 AM

Hey wankmaster, I just sent you a PM with a daily updated feed.

wankmaster · 2006-04-20, 10:49 AM

Thanks, I fixed it up and it works fine.

I just had to hack around the feedburner html til I found the url of your feed. I used usm2 and it works fine.

Your feed is on the blog now.

I have a few ideas how to develop this concept once I get all the glitches out. But it looks good so far!

thanks again!

wankmaster · 2006-04-20, 10:50 AM

Thanks alessandro!

This is great, I'll take a look and see if I can figure out how to display it.

Edit:

yep that worked first time. The way I have it for a standard wordpress rss2 feed all I need to do is add your url to the list in the sidebar and the script does it.

For non rss2 I have to do a little hack to tell my script the type of feed, but eventually I want to make it so all I have to do is add a blog to the "contributing blogs" list.

The problem at the moment is when it updates it's very slow, so the first surfer in the time period has to wait. After that it's as fast as any other blog.

I'm wondering if I can put a cron job onto it or something, but I'm unsure how to make cron simulate a browser. Basically all I'm doing is using the wp-cache plugin so the blog just needs to think it has been hit every now and then. Anyone know how to do that?

thanks

walrus · 2006-04-20, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wankmaster

Thanks, I fixed it up and it works fine.

I just had to hack around the feedburner html til I found the url of your feed. I used usm2 and it works fine.

Your feed is on the blog now.

I have a few ideas how to develop this concept once I get all the glitches out. But it looks good so far!

thanks again!

Me too, maybe if your around over the weekend, we can fire up the old ICQ and discuss

wankmaster · 2006-04-20, 01:45 PM

Yep, I'll be around most of the time.

I'm on GMT+1 time zone. Skype works better for me, but if you don't have it and don't want to get it I'll download ICQ ( I usually end up deleting the darn thing, to many bells and whistles for my poor head ).

;-)

walrus · 2006-04-20, 02:10 PM

I can download skype, not really a big ICQ fan, I have it and the only time I ever run it is when I want to talk to another webmaster. I'm GMT-8 so I guess you'll be drinking pints and I'll be recovering from them

wankmaster · 2006-04-20, 02:43 PM

I have the odd half of beer now and then for medicinal purposes.

xLaborJames · 2006-04-20, 04:26 PM

pm sent

wankmaster · 2006-04-20, 04:34 PM

Thanks James,

I added you feed, works like a charm.

( also replied to your pm ).

xLaborJames · 2006-04-21, 01:13 AM

Thanks wankmaster good luck with the experiment!

walrus · 2006-04-21, 01:46 AM

must be working, im seeing traffic

wankmaster · 2006-04-21, 01:59 AM

It won't come fast, it's from traffic-out, but the quality should be good.

I've been up all night rewriting the cache, the way it was was no good. I've gotten it now to run as a file from the command line, but I'm having problems setting up the cron job, It works fine manually, just can't figure the crontab.

Edit: Think I've fixed the crontab now.

2006-04-20, 07:04 AM	#1
wankmaster Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 96	Blog Experiment Hi, I hacked this up as an experiment and I'd like a few opinions. http://blogsucker.com/ It takes full RSS2 feed from a few of my blogs and some friend blogs. I'm feeding it on purchased traffic and using it as a sort of hub to filter the traffic to niches. If anyone wants to help me out by providing a feed please PM me. I currently only coded it up for RSS2 ( Wordpress feeds this by default ), but if anyone wants to feed me ATOM or RSS I can try to code that up to. It refreshes every 15 minutes, then caches the info, so you won't get any big bandwidth costs. thanks.

2006-04-20, 09:22 AM	#2
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	Should be a cool experiment. I pm'd you my feedburner feed from my new blog and will be checking out your other plugin over the weekend. I'll let you know what I find out. __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account

2006-04-20, 10:16 AM	#4
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	As far as a reader goes it should appear as a standard RSS2 feed. They repackage it, making it a kinder, gentler feed. __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account

2006-04-20, 10:50 AM	#7
wankmaster Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 96	Thanks alessandro! This is great, I'll take a look and see if I can figure out how to display it. Edit: yep that worked first time. The way I have it for a standard wordpress rss2 feed all I need to do is add your url to the list in the sidebar and the script does it. For non rss2 I have to do a little hack to tell my script the type of feed, but eventually I want to make it so all I have to do is add a blog to the "contributing blogs" list. The problem at the moment is when it updates it's very slow, so the first surfer in the time period has to wait. After that it's as fast as any other blog. I'm wondering if I can put a cron job onto it or something, but I'm unsure how to make cron simulate a browser. Basically all I'm doing is using the wp-cache plugin so the blog just needs to think it has been hit every now and then. Anyone know how to do that? thanks Last edited by wankmaster; 2006-04-20 at 11:04 AM..

2006-04-20, 02:10 PM	#10
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	I can download skype, not really a big ICQ fan, I have it and the only time I ever run it is when I want to talk to another webmaster. I'm GMT-8 so I guess you'll be drinking pints and I'll be recovering from them __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account Last edited by walrus; 2006-04-20 at 02:13 PM..

2006-04-20, 09:47 AM	#3
wankmaster Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 96	Thank's Walrus, I'll check that out, I'll try to figure out feedburner type feeds, don't they just link to feedburner.? I'm just figuring out how to work RSS at the moment....so this is all a bit new.

2006-04-20, 10:45 AM	#5
alessandro I don't have to be careful. I got a gun Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The 3rd planet from the sun :) Posts: 365	Hey wankmaster, I just sent you a PM with a daily updated feed.

2006-04-20, 10:49 AM	#6
wankmaster Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 96	Thanks, I fixed it up and it works fine. I just had to hack around the feedburner html til I found the url of your feed. I used usm2 and it works fine. Your feed is on the blog now. I have a few ideas how to develop this concept once I get all the glitches out. But it looks good so far! thanks again!

2006-04-20, 01:45 PM	#9
wankmaster Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 96	Yep, I'll be around most of the time. I'm on GMT+1 time zone. Skype works better for me, but if you don't have it and don't want to get it I'll download ICQ ( I usually end up deleting the darn thing, to many bells and whistles for my poor head ). ;-)

2006-04-20, 02:43 PM	#11
wankmaster Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 96	I have the odd half of beer now and then for medicinal purposes.

2006-04-20, 04:26 PM	#12
xLaborJames Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 8	pm sent __________________ Let Xlabor maintain your blogs!

2006-04-20, 04:34 PM	#13
wankmaster Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 96	Thanks James, I added you feed, works like a charm. ( also replied to your pm ).

2006-04-21, 01:13 AM	#14
xLaborJames Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 8	Thanks wankmaster good luck with the experiment! __________________ Let Xlabor maintain your blogs!

2006-04-21, 01:46 AM	#15
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	must be working, im seeing traffic __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account

2006-04-21, 01:59 AM	#16
wankmaster Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 96	It won't come fast, it's from traffic-out, but the quality should be good. I've been up all night rewriting the cache, the way it was was no good. I've gotten it now to run as a file from the command line, but I'm having problems setting up the cron job, It works fine manually, just can't figure the crontab. Edit: Think I've fixed the crontab now. Last edited by wankmaster; 2006-04-21 at 02:12 AM..