Way too many RSS feeds?

  • I’ve got a blog that I’m running, and I’m noticing that there are oodles of different RSS feeds sprawling out from this thing, and they’re taking up more processing power than I would expect. I’m using Media Temple for hosting, so they count the processing power in units called “GPU”. Here’s a chart of just the RSS feeds:

    https://files.darin-tenbruggencate.com/rss_gpu_chart.png
    *EDIT: The chart looks fine here on my window, but it doesn’t when posted so here’s a screenshot of the spreadsheet.

    —————————————————————
    Method Path HTTP Response Hits GPUs/hit % of Total GPUs
    ===================================================
    GET /feed/ 302 7675 0.0007 5.11% 5.0994
    GET /feed/ 304 4476 0.0006 2.54% 2.5355
    GET /feed/atom/ 302 3009 0.0007 2% 1.9961
    GET /feed/ 200 3362 0.0005 1.70% 1.6971
    GET /feed/atom/ 304 2807 0.0006 1.67% 1
    GET /feed/rss2 302 1291 0.0007 0.86% 0.8565
    GET /feed/rss2 302 1140 0.0007 0.76% 0.761
    GET /feed/atom/ 200 757 0.0007 0.65% 0.5406
    GET /feed/ 302 671 0.0007 0.44% 0.4427
    GET /feed/atom/ 302 422 0.0007 0.28% 0.2794
    GET /feed/ 200 134 0.0018 0.24% 0.237
    GET /feed/rss2 200 151 0.0011 0.17% 0.1727
    GET /feed/rss2 304 192 0.0006 0.12% 0.1196
    GET /feed/rss 304 132 0.0006 0.08% 0.0802
    GET /feed/rss 200 153 0.0005 0.07% 0.0719
    GET /feed/rss2 302 104 0.0006 0.07% 0.066
    GET /feed/atom/ 200 24 0.0025 0.06% 0.0602
    ===================================================
    TOTAL 26500 16.82% 16.0159
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    I think it’s kinda silly that there are 17 different RSS requests coming in, and that it’s using 16% of my total processing time.

    I installed WP-Cache and FeedBurner thinking that would reduce the load, but I haven’t seen any real change.

    My understanding is that HTTP Response 302 means that the resource isn’t there and is being redirected, but by looking at the chart, it seems to be getting 200’s and 304’s for the same location. I’m guessing that’s a difference in https:// vs feed:// for that location?

    Is there anything I can do to consolidate these guys, perhaps with a redirect in the .htaccess?

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  • Unless you’ve got a popular site, those hits are probably mostly Google and other bots following links. Try removing links to your feed from your template. They’re probably in the sidebar or footer. That will keep the bots from doing that. Setting up a feedburner alternative does you no good if the links to your site’s native feeds are still there.

    Assuming that’s your goal, at least.

    I am having the same problem. I used FeedBurner and all my feed links to FeedBurner link. Still the same problem. Takes about 10% of my resources.

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.ads-software.com Admin

    If you use FeedBurner, then use the FeedSmith plugin. It will redirect your feed traffic there, eliminating any processing on your end.

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