If you are an avid internet reader and like to use Rss feeds for this purpose you may have noticed that some websites don’t offer full feed inside feed readers like Google Reader. For example, BBC News only ofgfers headlines with a short descrition and them you have to follow the link to the main main page if you want to read more . This looses all the essence of feed readers. But, there are some work arounds that may help you to covert partial feeds into full feed.
Method#1
Websites like FeedEx, FullTextRSSFeed,WizardRSS, and FiveFilters transforms partial feeds into full feed in a matter of seconds. These services are free to use. They just require you to insert the original feed url and they convert it into a new feed that is full feed. FiveFilters also offers you a Bookmarklet that you can place on the bookmark bar and make the process really simple by using and drag and drop method.
Limitations:
1. These websites can only process a limited number of feed items per day so the transformation may not work with high-volume feeds.
2. when you convert a partial feed into a full feed, you are actually creating a new RSS feed and this will only exist as long as the conversion service is in business.
Method#2
If you are a Google Chrome user, Super Google Reader is the best way to convert short feeds into full feed without going through the hassle of transformation. You will be able to read the full text of a story inside Google Reader itself .
Super Google Reader is an extension for Google Chrome users. Whe you install the Super Google Reader extension, it adds a new menu called “Super Settings” to your feeds page in Google reader.Now to read the full feed, choose the “Readable” option.
That is it. The next time you expand a partial item inside Google Reader, this extension will automatically fetch the full content of that page in real-time and will display it in place of excerpts.
You can also use Pre-Fetching option that works in the background and saves time by pre-converting all the partial feeds into full feed.
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