Yesterday, http://del.icio.us/hublicious and the Waxy.org link blog linked to my RSS directory, which contains the "bootleg" (their words, not mine; I contacted Pitchfork earlier this year about adding RSS feeds and received no response) Pitchfork RSS feeds. While I wish they linked to an actual post (instead of an directory listing), I am still happy for the traffic. As of the time of this post, this site has received over a thousand unique visitors. In the month of July, we had just over eight hundred.
Update: Official Pitchfork Feeds
# At 1:19 on August 14, 2004, Andy Baio wrote:
And the indie-rock world thanks you for it! Nice work.
# At 20:10 on August 16, 2004, Matthew Gotth-Olsen wrote:
I love your RSS script for Pitchfork media, and I'm currently using it on my site. However, I'd like to run it off of my own server, instead of leeching off of yours. Is the source available for the Pitchfork RSS feeds you've made? Thanks again for a great script.
# At 0:02 on August 17, 2004, Martey wrote:
Sure thing. I have made an archive of all of the Pitchfork scripts. If you have any questions (I know I do not write the cleanest code...), just write me an email or something.
# At 20:54 on January 13, 2005, stech wrote:
This doesn't seem to work since the pitchfork redesign. Can this be confirmed? Thanks.
# At 23:11 on January 13, 2005, Martey wrote:
As I noted on my post about the Pitchfork redesign, the new site would probably break the RSS feeds. Since Someoddpilot and the Pitchfork staff did not see fit to include RSS feeds, I will retool my screen scraper when I have time. I have a 20 page paper I need to finish writing which is due tomorrow, and a couple of exams next week, so it might take a while.
# At 12:09 on January 15, 2005, This is Martey Dodoo wrote:
Pitchfork Returns
The news feed needed no modifications, the size of the script grabbing album reviews actually decreased substantially, and the "We Are the World" feed (now pointing at the Track Reviews section) uses a hack, but they all work.