Planet Spaghetti Western (we’ll call it ‘the planet’) is a special project by The Spaghetti Western Database (SWDB), started in April 2010 by the SWDB’s founder and executive editor, Sebastian Haselbeck.
What it is: The planet is a blog aggregator, which means that all updates posted here categorized under “syndicated” are actually blog posts published on other blogs, but as the category implies are syndicated and displayed here as excerpts. With a click on the title you get to the original source. The planet puts all the great Spaghetti Western blogs in one place, at your fingertips, and you can subscribe to the whole “Planet” via RSS. Syndicated blogs enter a special relationship with the planet. We syndicate their blog content in excerpts, and they get our seal of approval, an SWDB badge to be placed on their website (that links back to us). Everyone wins, as the planet generates increased viewership and exposure for everyone. It will bring the blogosphere more together, connect fans across the globe and helps readers get access to a wider variety of reviews.
How to get your blog syndicated?
If you have a blog about spaghetti westerns, or a movie blog where you sometimes publish content about them, send us an email. We will clarify the implementation with you, assign you a logo/icon/avatar and get your blog syndicated. If only parts of your blog deal with spaghetti westerns, the requirement is that those parts can be subscribed to by RSS/Atom, so that content has to be specially tagged or categorized.
We will require syndicated blogs to put up a special logo, badge that links back to our website. Permanent syndication will require permanent compliance with this prerequisite. We only aggregate the first 100 words of a blog post, and strip all formatting from it. Readers will be encouraged to click through to your original content. We do allow commenting on the planet.
Are there any selection criteria?
Yes. It has to be a regularly updated blog, that was not just started yesterday, with at least a fairly regular number of posts related to spaghetti westerns which can be subscribed to via tag or category. The blog can be in any language.
How to get your blog removed?
Send us an email that you want to quit, and we’ll stop the aggregation. You may then remove the badge from your website. You can re-enter the syndication at any time, following the steps above. Please carefully consider this decisions. The planet might not be an initial success within the first weeks or months, but bring lot more viewers to your content over the long term. Removing blogs from our aggregator and then re-adding it is also lots of work.
