I got a Firefox extension that looks for rss in a page and gives you a little icon in the titlebar. Some webmasters don't even bother to put the link in their page visibly.
I got a Firefox extension that looks for rss in a page and gives you a little icon in the titlebar.
This used to be the default condition for all web browsers. Even Safari did it.
I forget which browser dropped that feature first. My guess is that it was Google Chrome, and everyone else just did the same thing because following is easier than leading.
Back in the day all major browser provided their own "feed available" icon so including an extra icon on your site was pointless. The browser's icon was consistent across sites instead of the user needing to look around for a feed link on your site.
Of course now most popular browsers don't show this icon so it is more important to advertise it yourself. (Although there are extensions to bring this icon back)
