Subscribe via Google?

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 by Dave Winer.

I just tripped over a heretofore unknown feature of Google. 

Theoretically, unless I misunderstand, and I probably do, if you "subscribe" to Scripting News, then you'll be more likely to see results from this site in your Google searches? 

Oy it seems I have to add keywords to my RSS feed.  

Google doesn't need keywords. That's the whole point of Google. That's what makes it great, why it works. It can find stuff without keywords. 

This is 1/2 a great idea (I've been lobbying for something like it for years) but I'm not jumping through all these hoops.  

This is wrong in so many ways.  

Of course I could still be completely missing the point.  

PS: There was no need to invent a new namespace for the feature they added to RSS, it already has a category element that does what their new element does. They made the same mistake Apple made with iTunes. If they had looked before they lept they would both be using the same element and their feeds would be interchangeable.