: Why is the title of a RSS Feed coming as "unknown title" in RSS feeds reader? The title of a feed is "unknown title" in Google reader. What could be the reason? Am I correct if I'm assuming

@Cofer257

Would have been helpful to post your feed link... Anyway RSS feeds need a <title> tag. Here is the basic format the feed should be in:

<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Your Title</title>
<link>http://example.com</link>
<description>Example</description>

<item>
<!-- item details -->
</item>
<!-- many more items -->

</channel>
</rss>

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@Harper822

Your feed is possibly missing the <title> tag. View the source for your feed page and search for the text "<title>" to confirm this. The tag will likely be missing or empty.

To help resolve it, you'd need to share what's generating the RSS feed, be it CMS software (which?) or a custom script.

If Google Reader can't find a title, the chances are high that other feed readers can't either.

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@Voss4911412

Make sure you validate the feed, at least:
validator.w3.org/feed/
Doesn't guarantee it will work, but certainly helps.

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