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Understanding and Using RSS Feeds for your Blog
You love reading blogs but you dont have the time to search from blog to blog finding a story that interests you. Try setting up an RSS feed to that blog instead. Itll save you boatloads of time by making all the latest blog updates and news stories available for you right on one screen.
An RSS is basically is a set of web feed used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. It actually stands for really simple syndication and usually contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. An RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with your favorite websites in an automated manner that’s much easier than checking each website or blog manually.
One of the many positives about subscribing to RSS headlines and stories is they are immediate, and in real time. The moment a blog or news site publishes or updates their site with a feed at the source server, the next thing you know is it is on your screen. That is just one of the reasons why you need to start using RSS feeds. Here are some others:
- News – Get the latest news on your favorite sports team, upcoming election news made by a political candidate or a feed from the local newspaper in your town.
- Hobbies and interests – If you are interested in cooking, web design, painting, or perhaps cats, there are virtually hundreds if not thousands of conversations and bits of advice available to be fed directly to your computer screen.
- Photos – If youre one of those people who like to change your wallpaper daily or maybe update different pictures on your personal website, RSS feeds provide an excellent way to get the latest from photographers across the internet.
- Catching up with friends Maybe you have an old college roommate or a friend from high school that moved to the other side of the country and started up a blog. Now you can keep up with everything going on in their life by having all their latest entries fed directly to your screen.
Ok now that you know what makes these RSS so great and useful, here is how you can get yourself one and how they can work for you:
- First, you choose an easy to use RSS reader. Most RSS readers are available all over the internet, free to use, and extremely easy to get the hang of.
- Then, load up the RSS feeds into the reader you selected. You can do this any number of different ways. Depending on the blog or your own personal preference, you choices are through visiting the website feed directly, copy-pasting the special code from an email, or uploading copies from someone elses RSS reader screen.
- Youre all set and ready to start reading your web feed news. You only need to simply log in to your RSS reader page, or start your RSS software, and you can instantly scan all your web feeds. You can arrange and store the RSS feeds into folders, much in the same way you can with email, or you can set alerts and sounds for when a particular web feed is updated.
Internet Marketing While Using RSS (Page 1 of 2)
RSS? Internet marketing? Why and how?
You probably have seen RSS several times in the course of your internet surfing. What is RSS? RSS is a XML file format for syndicating content and news on the web. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary; syndicating means republishing an article that comes from another source such as a website.
Simply stated, RSS is a means of publicizing updates about any website. It may or may not include a summary and/or photos of the latest posting. Other than content, you can also attach multimedia files, like videos or pictures. Those that do provide summaries (thus Rich Site Summary) allow any user to skim through the article so that they could decide later on if they want to access the website source. The RSS feed usually contains both the title of the actual update as well as the link to the website source.
How exactly does RSS work?
To be able to use RSS, you first have to download software (content management system), so that the XML format can be read. The title, and excerpt of the actual article, and a link to the full article are shown.
For users to access any particular RSS feed, they will need to use a feed reader or an aggregator or a of some type. An aggregator searches for updates on RSS-enabled webpages then displays it. It can either be a standalone application or a web browser type extension, depending on your operating system.
What exactly are the real benefits of RSS?
1. It gives you the latest updates as soon as it comes out.
2. It gives the power of subscription to the user.
3. It saves on surfing time by helping the surfer to decide on which items to prioritize when reading or browsing the net.
4. It can be used as a powerful advertising or marketing tool.
5. It cuts down on the clutter in your inbox.
6. It is spam free and since RSS does not make use of your email address to send updates your privacy is kept safe from spam mails.
7. Unsubscribing from an RSS feed is hassle-free.
What exactly are the drawbacks of RSS?
1. Since it is a new technology, many sites still do not support RSS.
2. Graphics and photos do not appear in all RSS feeds.
3. Some users prefer receiving email updates over an RSS feed.
4. Publishers cannot determine how many users are subscribed to their feed and the frequency of their visits.
5. RSS feeds create higher traffic and demands on the server.
6. The identity of the source website can be confusing.
How exactly do I start using RSS?
Basically, there are two things you need: an RSS feed and an RSS aggregator or reader. The RSS feed comes from an RSS-supported website. There are also websites that provide a list of RSS feeds of different websites. An RSS aggregator is what is used to read the RSS feed from the source website. It goes out, scans and collects data on all the latest RSS feeds from the worldwide web.
Internet Marketing While Using RSS (Page 1 of 2)
RSS? Internet marketing? Why and how?
You probably have seen RSS several times in the course of your internet surfing. What is RSS? RSS is a XML file format for syndicating content and news on the web. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary; syndicating means republishing an article that comes from another source such as a website.
Simply stated, RSS is a means of publicizing updates about any website. It may or may not include a summary and/or photos of the latest posting. Other than content, you can also attach multimedia files, like videos or pictures. Those that do provide summaries (thus Rich Site Summary) allow any user to skim through the article so that they could decide later on if they want to access the website source. The RSS feed usually contains both the title of the actual update as well as the link to the website source.
How exactly does RSS work?
To be able to use RSS, you first have to download software (content management system), so that the XML format can be read. The title, and excerpt of the actual article, and a link to the full article are shown.
For users to access any particular RSS feed, they will need to use a feed reader or an aggregator or a of some type. An aggregator searches for updates on RSS-enabled webpages then displays it. It can either be a standalone application or a web browser type extension, depending on your operating system.
What exactly are the real benefits of RSS?
1. It gives you the latest updates as soon as it comes out.
2. It gives the power of subscription to the user.
3. It saves on surfing time by helping the surfer to decide on which items to prioritize when reading or browsing the net.
4. It can be used as a powerful advertising or marketing tool.
5. It cuts down on the clutter in your inbox.
6. It is spam free and since RSS does not make use of your email address to send updates your privacy is kept safe from spam mails.
7. Unsubscribing from an RSS feed is hassle-free.
What exactly are the drawbacks of RSS?
1. Since it is a new technology, many sites still do not support RSS.
2. Graphics and photos do not appear in all RSS feeds.
3. Some users prefer receiving email updates over an RSS feed.
4. Publishers cannot determine how many users are subscribed to their feed and the frequency of their visits.
5. RSS feeds create higher traffic and demands on the server.
6. The identity of the source website can be confusing.
How exactly do I start using RSS?
Basically, there are two things you need: an RSS feed and an RSS aggregator or reader. The RSS feed comes from an RSS-supported website. There are also websites that provide a list of RSS feeds of different websites. An RSS aggregator is what is used to read the RSS feed from the source website. It goes out, scans and collects data on all the latest RSS feeds from the worldwide web.