When I make a substantial update (not just correcting a typo) to an article in my blog, I want to ensure that readers see the updated article again in their news feed. From what I have read, here are some of the options I see:
- Create an entirely new article (largely a duplicate of the original). Apparently a bad idea -- duplicate content would be bad for SEO.
- Change the published and/or updated timestamp of the article. It seems that, in most readers, this will not make the article show up as unread.
- Change the RSS item GUID or Atom entry id. This is a big NO-NO according to the Atom specs, but I'm not sure about RSS.
So, there doesn't seem to be a good option, unless I'm missing something.
What are the ramifications of changing RSS item GUID or Atom entry id? Are the Feed Police going to show up at my door for changing an article ID?
