What is an RSS feed?

RSS feed.

RSS, also known as rich website summaries or truly simple syndications, arrived on the scene many years ago, but was recently embroidered by webmasters as a means of effectively syndicating content. RSS feeds provide a way for webmasters and content providers to provide concise summaries for potential readers. Thousands of commercial websites and blogs now publish content summaries in RSS feeds. Each item in the feed usually contains a title; the article summary and links back to the online article.

The benefits of webmasters:
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  As the network becomes more crowded, webmasters have been working hard to provide fresh and up-to-date content to their website visitors. Many webmasters find that they can easily take advantage of the information in the RSS feed to provide fresh web content.

The RSS feed consists of XML, which is a very simple markup language. Similar to HTML, XML uses tags to identify fields. Webmasters can easily parse RSS feeds and dynamically create web pages with titles and summaries. The feed will be constantly updated to provide a steady stream of automatically generated fresh content.

RSS allows webmasters to:

1.] Provide fresh and relevant content on its website to encourage users to return.

2.] Changing content means that search engine spiders will access it more frequently.

3.] Automated content delivery.

The benefits of RSS feeds are not limited to webmasters, and surfers can benefit from this technology.

The benefits of web surfers:
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  The beauty of RSS is that readers can quickly scan the title What Are RSS Feeds and read articles of interest. Since the information is compressed and available in a single location, users can often view more information in less time. Get more information with just one click. The best readers choose the feed they want to see, no RSS spam. If you're not excited about what's displayed in your feed, just remove it from your news reader. The technology is a pull technology, not a push technology, which means that content is not imposed on consumers, they will pull what they want to see.

RSS allows users to:
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  1.] Easily find information.

2.] Read compressed information or sound bytes ' subject material with clear mark and date.

3.] Classify and classify information in an easy-to-navigate manner.

4.] Maximize their time without having to deal with spam.

The RSS feed can be viewed in a news aggregator or reader, which periodically updates and displays unread sources. I found the news reader to behave like a simple email client. Consumers typically enter the URL of any RSS feed they are interested in. Topics with common themes can be divided into related groups.

I highly recommend BradSoft's FeedDemon http://www.feeddemon.com as a news reader. FeedDemon is very easy to use and can quickly scan and index topics. FeedDemon allows users to quickly scan, sort and scroll headlines and article summaries while viewing actual content in a split-screen web browser.

Find topic-specific related feeds
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  To find feeds that provide niche information, users can search for Feedster. Feedster [http://www.feedster.com] is a fast-growing news search engine that indexes the information contained in RSS feeds. You can generate a search for a topic-specific feed and you can retrieve feeds for federation.

Benefit from content developers
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  While the benefits to users and webmasters are obvious, the distribution opportunities available to content developers should not be overlooked. The information contained in the RSS feed can be easily federated to increase content distribution and coverage.

RSS allows content developers:

1.] Increase the exposure of niche markets.

2.] Communicate with the user group and contact potential customers via alternate communication methods.

3.] Disseminate relevant information.

4.] Define yourself as an industry expert.

5.] Automated content delivery.

RSS effectively standardizes the format of content delivery and effectively defines recognized standards for content distribution and federation. RSS may use e-mail as a means of distributing content in the next few years. The simplicity of the cut makes the technique very attractive.

Although difficult to measure, distribution potential is still attractive to all parties, which will only increase RSS penetration.

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  Consider trying these feeds by entering a URL in your feed reader, and the feed will appear on almost any topic:

Small Business Feed - Small Business Tips and News
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  Http://www.small-business-software.net/blog-feed.xml

Software Marketing Blog Summary - Software Marketing and Online News
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  Http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog-feed.xml

SMS, wireless news related news. - News related to telecommunications, wireless industry and NotePage software
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  Http://www.notepage.net/blog-feed.xml

Free content articles - a collection of free content articles, updates when new articles are published.
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  Http://www.small-business-software.net/article-feed.xml

Software Marketing News - News related to software conferences, awards, software development and marketing
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  Http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/feed.xml

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