RSS Feeds

"The Internet is moving towards shared content and not only is RSS useful for content aggregation but its helpful in syndicating content. RSS has become the defined standard for content aggregation and syndication." Make RSS Feeds

What is an RSS Feed

RSS - A Primer for Publishers & Content Providers  "... In a nutshell RSS allows potential users to see some of your site's content without them actually having to visit it directly. Although at first glance this might not seem like the ideal way to encourage visitors it can actually vastly improve your site's visibility and reach by making content available in a more convenient manner."

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DayPop "... a current events search engine. Daypop crawls the living web at least once a day to bring you the latest information relevant to your searches.

"The living web is composed of sites that update on a daily basis: newspapers, online magazines, and weblogs. Weblogs are a new form of personal journalism. Think of them as opinion columns or slices of life. Newspapers give you the international headlines and weblogs give you both a subjective view of current events and a personal view of the author's life."

"Currently, Daypop indexes over 59000 of the best news sites and weblogs on the net every day. If you know of a site that should be included in the Daypop index, feel free to submit it."

Feedster  "... a rapidly growing news search engine that provides easy access to relevant and up-to-date information. Mainstream information providers, as well as hundreds of thousands of weblogs..."

IntraVNews Feed Reader & RSS Aggregator for Outlook™ Keep up with hundreds of websites and have RSS and Atom news items delivered into your Outlook folders, as easy as email.  Free trial.

NewsIsFree  "Your personal news portal... Keep track of thousands of news sources and blogs on custom pages you can create in a few clicks. Find out what's new & hot in your area. Send headlines to your friends and colleagues by email."

RSS Express RSS channel editor and directory "... Use this service to create, modify and register your RSS news channel(s). Please register your UK channels! UKOLN are particularly keen to maintain a directory of RSS channels in the UK HE/FE community, the UK cultural sector (galleries, libraries and museums) and in related organisations.

Syndic8.com   RSS and Atom news feeds on a wide variety of topics.

FeedForAll "... allows users to easily create, edit and publish RSS feeds.

Make RSS Feeds  "Making an RSS feed can be a complex process. If you find the process difficult, use FeedForAll software, as it will do the feed creation for you!  The Internet is moving towards shared content and not only is RSS useful for content aggregation but its helpful in syndicating content. RSS has become the defined standard for content aggregation and syndication."

RSS Workshop  "In this workshop you'll learn how to create, validate, parse, publish, and syndicate your own RSS news channel. The emphasis will be the practical application of the two most popular varieties of RSS for dynamic publishing. "

"You can use RSS channels to allow customers to keep up on industry specific news, check weather, look for jobs, view upcoming concerts or university lectures, monitor specific websites, and much more."

RSS News Aggregators and Readers

Pluck  RSS Reader "... Seamlessly integrated with Internet Explorer, Pluck retrieves, organizes, and automatically delivers your favorite web stuff in a single-view. Pluck lets you browse multiple sites at once, share stories and folders with anyone, and it even finds things when you are not online. Pluck also organizes and stores all your Web information so you can access it from anywhere... With Pluck's RSS Reader, you control your daily news. Stay in touch with dozens or hundreds of sites - reading the web like you read email. And everything Pluck collects is searchable - so you can find it later."

• Don't make the rounds - read all your news and blogs in one place
• Pluck fetches new stories from your favorite sites as they are posted
• Jump into RSS - we preload Pluck with today's best feeds from sites like ESPN, The New York Times, Slashdot, and many more
• Subscriptions to feeds are free, anonymous and controlled by you
• Find new feeds via the integrated RSS directory and search engine

RSS Digest ".... Place items and headlines from any RSS or Atom enabled site (or del.icio.us) onto your site, no programming required. It can use either JavaScript, PHP, or an IFRAME as the inclusion method. Get no ugly ads, and use ANY feed!"

Topix.net  "RSS: The top 9 headlines from any Topix.net page are available for those who prefer to read their news via an XML based RSS. In addition, Topix.net XML feeds are available to webmasters for display only on personal, non-commercial site."

Web Feeds, Blogs & Search Engines  "Simple Syndication of blogs has shifted the choice of visible content over to site visitors. By using RSS feeds, blogs give visitors the ability to use blog aggregators such as Topix.net, Bloglines, Yahoo's blog aggregator or a desktop tool such as FeedDemon to view regular updates of their favorite blogs."

10 Reasons RSS is Not Ready for Prime Time

RSS Feeds in Government  "... After creating the feed, an agency can let users know it is available by simply placing an XML or RSS icon on a frequently visited page that links to the RSS page. Webmasters can also submit the link to an RSS directory, such as Syndic8 at www.syndic8.com."  This site lists a number or resources like aggregators.

RSS: Your Gateway to News & Blog Content
 

XML Validator  W-3 org service

Feedster's "Get Your Links"  "... Ever wonder who's linking to you today? ...   Just enter your blog url, feed url, domain or exact link below and Feedster will report everyone we've found that is linking to you. You can also use this to quickly navigate through different blogs with the Get Links link which tells you who, in turn, is linking to that blog. And, yes, you can even get a feed of who's linking to you...."