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Rss Really Simple Syndication

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Let's discuss Really Simple Syndication. What is syndication? In the off line world, it is associated with comic strips or a particular feature writer in the newspaper such as Ann Landers. The comic or article was developed and for a fee was syndicated to any newspaper that wanted to carry it. It would appear simultaneously in many newspapers across the country.

On the Net, most of the syndication does not cost anything. Most sites or companies that supply ?feed? for syndication do so for free because they are looking for the exposure from the information and advertising that is carried in the feed.

When you go to the home page on Yahoo, Google, or MSN, you will see news, weather, sports, etc. displayed on the page. This information is coming through a feed from other websites and will automatically update on the home page without the owner of that page having to do anything.

What do you need to read RSS? Simple answer ?? You need an RSS reader. The easiest way to get one is to subscribe to ?My Yahoo?. Sign in on your ?My Yahoo? page and it contains an RSS reader for you to use. Go to www.yahoo.com and click on the ?My Yahoo? icon to sign on or to register.

When get your ?My Yahoo? account set up and log in under your user name, look in the top left of the window and click ?Add Content?. You will be presented a form to complete for feeds by subject. Don't bother with this search box. To the right of the search box in small letters is ?Add RSS by URL?. Click that link and you will be presented another search page where you can set up the feed from a particular website. There are feeds from Retirement Jobs Online.com and Boomer-eZine if your want to experiment with setting up RSS in your Yahoo reader.

DO NOT CLICK THE FOLLOWING URL. Highlight it and right click on it. Select copy and then paste it into the search box on Yahoo. Then click the ?Add? box to the right of the search box. You now have added an RSS feed to your ?My Yahoo? page.

http://www.retirement-jobs-online.com/retirement-jobs-online.xml

OK you say. What is all the big fuss about RSS? Just stop and think about what this can do for you as a surfer on the Net. If you have particular sites that you check regularly for information, you have to spend time looking through the sites to see if new info has been posted.

If you set up an RSS feed from that site to your ?My Yahoo? or any other RSS reader that you choose (and there are hundreds of them) you do not waste time having to look for changes. You are notified when a change takes place by the RSS feed and you can click right to it. As we say in Texas, ?That is slicker than cow slobber?. I challenge you to find anything that is slicker than the slobber of a cow.

RSS is used extensively by bloggers to monitor blogs for new posts.

Now, on the flip side, if you have a website or a blog and you publish information, establishing a RSS feed will put your publication on the feeds on the Net so it can be picked up by additional people. These contacts will possibly become subscribers. This is a way to build additional traffic and it is free. Anyone who has a website or a blog or publishes a newsletter should establish an RSS feed for it.

RSS feeds are great tools for expanding your publishing options and I recommend that you set up a feed to help expand your online business.

I wish you the best in adding RSS to your website

Rss Really Simple Syndication

RSS is most commonly believed to stand for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. RSS formats are specified using a language called XML, a generic specification for the creation of data formats. This standardized XML format allows published content, or an RSS feed, to be viewed by various different programs. These programs are known as RSS readers, feed readers or aggregators. By entering a feeds URI or URL into a reader, or clicking on the RSS icon, a user subscribes to a feed and will be able to receive updates via the reader.

RSS feeds are good for a variety of different reasons. The website that provides the feed has the advantage of receiving free back links from other websites or feed directories. This can be good for increasing a sites popularity and can in turn result in the website making money for the owner through activities such as advertising. Web feeds also benefit publishers as they are able to syndicate content automatically. The benefit to readers of these feeds of RSS technology is that they can sign up to receive updates from favored fields without having to continuously check for updates themselves. And because RSS readers enable a user to subscribe to a number of different feeds, users are able to aggregate feeds from various sources in to one place.

The aim of all RSS modules is to extend the basic XML schema to enable a more robust form of syndication of content, which will allow for more standardized yet diverse transactions, without modifying the RSS specifications. This is done through tightly controlled vocabulary, giving names to concepts and creating relationships between each of these concepts. RSS feeds are also increasing in use through Bit Torrent based peer to peer file sharing applications. These feeds are known as Torrent/RSS-es or Torrent Casts, and allow users to download files the moment the RSS reader detects them. This is a process known as Broad Catching.

However, like any technological application, RSS feeds have their problems, particularly compatibility problems. The most serious compatibility problem is with the HTML mark-up, as some RSS readers do not filter out HTML mark-ups from feeds. As a result of this, some publishes decided to begin putting HTML mark-ups in the titles and descriptions of their RSS feeds. However, the RSS2.* specification was updated to include examples of entity encoded HTML, whilst allowing all prior plain text usages to remain valid.

Whilst RSS feeds may sound complicated to understand, they are relatively easy to use. By allowing websites to display content that is automatically and easily updated, as well as enabling subscribers to receive updates straight to their reader, RSS feeds really are taking the internet into a new era. Whether it is a celebrities blog or a world news site, by signing up to an RSS feed a user will never go with out the latest updates and information, all found in one place at the touch of a button.

By now, you may see that this is also a big advantage for webmasters too. They can produce one simple file, and make sure that internet visitors in many places get a constantly updated taste of their content.

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