newsfeeds

[Dark_Matter]

I'm thinking of using a newsfeed on one of my sites and I'm wondering if you guys use them and what you think of em. Do they bring visitors more frequently? Do they compromise security?

The one I'm thinking about is a php RSS viewer, it looks pretty easy to install, has editable templates for customization, and an admin interface. Most importantly, it's GPU licensed so it's free: http://zvonnews.sourceforge.net/zfeeder.php#tips

I'm assuming these have no effect on search engine ranking because the script is called using a single line in the page, so the content isn't spiderable.

[SVB]

I use that on my website and it brings me alot of visotrs. For example, E3 2004 was on last month. The news feeds (using that same script) found here: www.gameplayzone.com/game-news.php where all about E3 2004, and brought alot of visitors from Google. Its fully spiderable and is indexed in Google fine.