Lawliet1996
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Hi, does these RSS Feed works? for gaming niche?
do you guys have any site that allow RSS submission? or not worth?
do you guys have any site that allow RSS submission? or not worth?
RSS FEED Backlinks Worth?
- Thread starter Lawliet1996
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- Jul 20, 2025
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Rss feeds can still work for gaming niche sites, but they’re not as powerful as they used to be. Some directories still allow Rss submissions, though most of them don’t pass much Seo value anymore. If you’re just looking for extra indexing or a bit of traffic, it can be worth testing, but I wouldn’t rely on it as a main strategy.
morganmadison366
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- Feb 22, 2024
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I don't believe from what i see rss can make a big difference in seo now since they where badly nerfed by the big G
Andre Costa
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- Apr 8, 2025
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RSS feed submissions for backlinks are largely an outdated strategy. They provide very little SEO value in 2025, as Google has become adept at devaluing these types of links, which are often non-editorial and come from low-quality, spammy sites.
Your time is much better spent on earning a single high-quality backlink from a relevant gaming blog or website. Focus on creating valuable, linkable content like original data, guides, or game reviews that others will want to naturally link to. This is a far more effective and sustainable strategy.
Your time is much better spent on earning a single high-quality backlink from a relevant gaming blog or website. Focus on creating valuable, linkable content like original data, guides, or game reviews that others will want to naturally link to. This is a far more effective and sustainable strategy.
Ranking Expert
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Not worth in these days! 
macgizmoguy
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- Nov 13, 2009
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RSS is as powerful as it ever was! Don’t listen to those who tell you otherwise. Get your RSS feed .xml submitted to every existing feed directory you can find.
Then just focus on posting new content and let the RSS automation make it discoverable far and wide.
As soon as you publish a new blog, post, copy it URL and submit it to a ping tool to get it read quickly. Paste the URL into Google search console and Bing Webmaster tools to directly request crawling. Then immediately switch to your social accounts and share that URL far and wide. Use sharing apps like Buffer, Publer, Metricool, Fedica to make that easier and use the ‘Share Now’ option. If you have access to a link indexing tool paste, your blog, post URL into that too. The idea here is to make your Blog post URL the primary canonical source.
The underlying RSS syndication network that you have built will automatically reach new eyeballs and corners of the Open Web and get you traffic from sources far far beyond just Google and Bing. If you do it right, you’ll see automatic back links showing up in your profile and direct site visitors showing up in your website traffic sourcestatistics.
- Jun 9, 2026
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Google accepts RSS/Atom feeds as sitemaps for URL discovery, but feeds usually cover only recent URLs and submission doesn't guarantee indexing. For directories, I'd test a relevant gaming aggregator and measure referral visits before spending time on bulk submissions. Google's docs: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap
GoogleAlchemist
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- Nov 25, 2009
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I'd love to see even 5 let alone 10+...and I'm being genuine here vs sacrastic...current, live rss aggs. I see you regged for this forum back in '09 just like me ie been doing it a while including when rss was HUGE, but last I checked my old lists, and for new ones (though admitadly not a super deep dive)...most were no longer alive.
Shout out to the og Brute Force era of RSS AGGS
macgizmoguy
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- Nov 13, 2009
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I’ve spent months unearthing the CURRENT ecosystem of RSS directories and places that can get your feeds surfaced and searchable in 2026. I worked through all those obsolete, stupid ‘175 Best RSS Directories Of [Insert Current Year Here]’ articles that still rank on page one of SERPS - And I reduce them all down to about a dozen that still exist, and found more than a handful of *NEW* ones that developers have launched recently.
One notable innovation are the new wave of hybrid AI feed reader apps that actually SHARE the feeds you add to the main database that is searchable by everyone - not just for your own private reading list like most feed readers do.
I’m putting the finishing touches on my rssdirectories dot com domain launching this week. I intend to run an absolutely accurate, curated, up-to-date shortlist of the only ones that matter. There’s about a dozen and thensome general sites, and another dozen plus podcast-only specific directories for podcast feeds.
CyberSmithh
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- Jun 30, 2026
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most of the RSS directory lists I have come across are full of dead links thus, an updated list would be gud to have. I am just wondering if the new ones generate traffic or just help with discovery.
Kathefa Isen
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- Oct 7, 2026
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RSS can help distribute gaming updates, but dont expect much SEO impact from submissions alone. I’d focus more on relevant gaming communities and quality links tbh.
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RSS submission can help with content discovery, but i would not rely on them as a direct ranking factor. For gaming sites, focus on relevant gaming feeds and genuine content syndication.
Pax Digital
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- Oct 4, 2026
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worth testing it. submit your feed to some directories and check GSC and analytics after sometime and see if you get any traffic or notice any improvementin indexing.
If there is no noticeable improvement so I wouldnt waste more time on it. I would use RSS for content discovery rather than for backlinks.
If there is no noticeable improvement so I wouldnt waste more time on it. I would use RSS for content discovery rather than for backlinks.
Shanau Zayn
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- Oct 13, 2026
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RSS feeds can help with content distribution in the gaming niche but I would not rely on them for backlinks alone
I would focus more on relevant gaming sites and quality guest posts for better SEO value
I would focus more on relevant gaming sites and quality guest posts for better SEO value