RSS and Atom feed discovery

Feeds help subscribers and aggregators track updates. When a feed exists on your origin but the homepage does not declare <link rel="alternate"> for RSS or Atom, discovery is harder. We may flag that mismatch when our probes confirm a feed while the homepage lacks the declaration (per product rules).

What we look for

We probe common feed paths and compare results with homepage <head> link tags. Sites with no detectable feed do not receive this suggestion.

What to do

Add a proper alternate link in the homepage head pointing at your canonical feed URL. Ensure the feed responds reliably over HTTPS.

Example

On your homepage, declare the feed in <head> (RSS shown; Atom uses type="application/atom+xml"):

<head>

<link
rel="alternate"
type="application/rss+xml"
title="Acme Handbags — new products"
href="https://example.com/feeds/new-products.xml"
/>
</head>

Technical details

See How the crawler works and RSS probe logic in the product sources if you self-host edge cases.