Regional Press & RSS Feeds

The RSS offerings of the UK’s regional press are the focus of a study series from blogger Martin Belam.

Internet consultant Belam has compared the type and range of RSS feeds provided by the websites of 20 leading regional newspapers.

Part One examines syndication services from ten of these titles – including the Belfast Telegraph, Liverpool Echo and Manchester Evening News – with a summary of what’s available.

In Part Two Belam looks at a further ten websites – including the Yorkshire Evening Post and the Birmingham Mail – and provides a table showing the number of feeds, the content displayed, and whether they include images or adverts.

Belam also considers the popularity of the feeds on offer by charting the current number of subscribers via Google Reader.

Check out the series on Belam’s currybetdotnet blog.