4 messages in com.googlegroups.google-gadgets-api[Google-Gadgets-API] Re: iGoogle uses...
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Weijian23 Jul 2008 04:02 
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Dan (Google Employee)24 Jul 2008 09:50 
Subject:[Google-Gadgets-API] Re: iGoogle uses RSS 2.0 <guid> instead of <link> as URL
From:String (ster@googlemail.com)
Date:07/23/2008 06:36:04 PM
List:com.googlegroups.google-gadgets-api

On Jul 23, 6:41 pm, "Dan (Google Employee)" <api.@google.com> wrote:

I don't know of the particular reasoning, but I assume you see the appropriate behavior when <guid> is not present? Have you found that <guid> is used both in instances when isPermaLink is set to false and when it's set to true?

Just had a look at one of my own feeds, and I can say that with isPermalink="false", the default iGoogle feed reader uses <link>, not <guid>.

On Jul 23, 4:03 am, Weijian <wjf@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

When displaying an RSS 2.0 feed in iGoogle, <guid> is used instead of <link> as the url when the title is clicked. According to the RSS 2.0 spec, <guid> is optional, and it "uniquely identifies the item. When present, an aggregator may choose to use this string to determine if an item is new."

Does anyone know the decision behind using <guid> instead of <link> as URL?

Many thanks in advance!