Crawling Frequency
Feed Reader automatically checks for new articles by regularly reading the data of the RSS feed it was configured with. This is called crawling. The crawling frequency depends on the RSS feed popularity, activity, source, or rules.
RSS Feed Characteristics | Crawling Frequency |
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Popular RSS feeds; that is, RSS feeds that are crawled by many Feed Reader widgets across the platform. | Usually varies from every 10 minutes to every 4 hours. The more popular an RSS feed, the more often it is crawled. |
Active RSS feeds; that is, the RSS feeds that publish the highest number of articles. | Usually varies from every 10 minutes to every 4 hours. The more active an RSS feed, the more often it is crawled. |
Inactive RSS feeds; that is, RSS feeds that have not published any new articles in a very long time. | Varies from a few times a day to a few times a week. |
RSS feeds in error. | Varies from a few times a day to a few times a week. |
3DSwym RSS feeds. | Not supported. |
Limitations
Some RSS feeds limit the number of times they can be crawled over a certain period of time. In this case, Feed Reader automatically adjusts its crawling frequency to abide by the RSS feed rules.
An RSS feed can forbid Feed Reader from crawling it at any time. In this case, Feed Reader displays an error message to inform you and never tries to crawl this RSS feed ever again.