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10 Powerful Points Proving Necessity Of RSS
When I first stumbled across RSS syndication while surfing the net, it piqued my curiosity to the point where I could not help myself, but, to look into this new form of site promotion further.
What I found out about this new technology will absolutely change the way you keep in touch with your subscribers and or readers, in many ways, for years to come.
Just to keep up with the times I recently built a webpage for my website specifically to promote my RSS feed in order to take on new subscribers, and… most important of all, to put this new technology to the test.
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FeedSifter
FeedSifter filters RSS feeds.
Social Media Advice
Before you do, you need to know that being a user of social media, and understanding its strategic applications for your PR, marketing, and communications initiatives, are two dramatically different skill sets.
Some mistakes to avoid:
No. 1: Diving in without a strategic plan
Don't start podcasting, blogging, tweeting, friending on Facebook, and posting YouTube videos until you know what your messages are, who will manage them, who your audience is, and how they and you are going to benefit from the content and relationships.
No. 2: Not having a social media policy
Your social media policy needs to outline how employees behave in the online universe during and outside of work. It should include education on style preferences and confidentiality. All messaging coming from employees should be aligned with your company's values and brand.
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250 RSS Feeds for Designers
Grab the OPML file or each RSS feed all for designers.
RSSMapper
Create your own embeddable RSS locator applications! rssmapper analyses RSS feeds and derives location information for every update. See where things are happening, and easily share your maps by adding them to your website in just a few clicks.
Accuweather RSS Feeds
Follow the weather via RSS feeds. Here you will find feeds for not only current conditions and weather forecasts for more than three million locations worldwide, but also for a variety of topical blogs, and global warming and entertainment news.
Are Displaying RSS Feeds Ethical?
Displaying RSS feeds on your website a.k.a. syndicating is an easy way to get an automated stream of fresh content for your site. But is it ethical?
RSS Chrome Extension
This extension auto-detects RSS feeds on the page you are reading and upon finding one will display an RSS icon in the Omnibox, allowing you to click on it to preview the feed content and subscribe. Google RSS Extension
FeedWind
FeedWind is a RSS feed widget. Simply copy & paste the snippet of code to embed into your web page.
Present Content Different Ways
Webmasters and marketers spend an inordinate amount of time building quality content that relates to their products or services. Yet the vast majority of these marketers fail to fully capitalize on the content they were so careful to create.
Webmasters can easily reformat their web content and present it to their customers in a variety of different ways. And different formats can be promoted through different channels. The different formats will often appeal to new and different audiences. For example: a video explanation may resonate with a younger technical customer, while an eBook in PDF format may appeal an older customer.
Present Content Different Ways
RSS2Post
RSS2Post automatically post your favorite RSS digest on your wordpress blog
ShowRSS
Select the shows you want to follow and add them to your list.Get your feed address and subscribe using ShowRSS.
A Way Around Censorship
A new tool will join the censorship circumvention arsenal this September.
Feed Over E-mail restricted content, in the form of RSS feeds, via email. The tool can not help a user browse censored sites or obtain large files. But its creator, Sho Ho, says that FOE could be particularly hard to block and could work in concert with other circumvention technologies. Ho, who is a researcher with the federal governments Broadcasting Board of Governors, gave a talk about FOE yesterday at Defcon, a hacker conference that takes place annually in Las Vegas.
Make an RSS Widget
If you want to get started on a new widget, the first thing to check out is Apples sample code. There you can find great sample widgets that will give you a good foundation to build upon.
For my Make widget, I wanted to display a live RSS feed from the MAKE blog, one clickable line per blog entry.
RSS Footer
RSS Footer is one of those free WordPress plugins, which provide a lot of value for your blog. Thanks to this plugin you can add an extra link back to your blog in your feed. You can choose whether to display the link at the beginning of the feed or at the end and configure the display of the link.
NPR Podcasts
Use this tool to build a custom podcast of various topics, musicians, personalities and NPR programs.
NPR Podcasts
Seagate External Network HDD Sends RSS Feeds
Seagate External Network HDD Sends RSS Feeds
Better Ways to Consume RSS
From WebWorkerDaily
In my recent post about using Harvest to track my time, I discovered that I was spending too much of my time consuming information. As a result, I’ve been working on ways to further increase my efficiency, starting with some Twitter efficiency improvements, and I thought that a post about becoming more efficient at consuming blogs and other news content via RSS would be a good next step.
Improve Efficiency in Reading RSS Feeds
RSS Tags
Details of RSS tags and elements.
RSS Scripts Directory Updated
RSS2HTML - free PHP script for displaying RSS feeds as HTML web pages.
FutureRSS - PHP script for displaying only current RSS feed items.
RSS2HTML Cache - module to speed up the display of RSS feed items.
RSSmesh - merge multiple RSS feeds into a single feed.
SQL2RSS - create RSS feeds from an MySQL database.
RSS2HTML Pro - expands the functionality of RSS2HTML by allowing publishers and webmasters to dynamically create an index of feed items.
RSS2SQL - create database from RSS feeds.
RSS Filter - create filters for RSS feeds.
The Use of Color in Web Design
Color psychology is a phrase used to describe the effect that color has on human behavior. The psychology of color is certainly not a new concept. In fact, it has been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Colors tend to carry non-verbal and subliminal messages, and the color spectrum evokes different emotions and physiological responses in people. The reactions people have to specific colors may be influenced by many factors, including their culture, location, gender, or even their age.
The Emotion of Color in Website Design
Beginning to Style Your RSS Feed
Given the wide range of exposure surrounding RSS, I think it is really important to handle your feed in a way that will be usable by as many people as possible. One way to accomplish that is to apply a bit of structure and style to your feed in case an inexperienced user were to somehow find their way to your RSS via their browser.
Applying CSS to RSS
Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators
Fifty page booklet with information about how educators can use Web 2.0.
Medical New and RSS Health Feeds
Medical and Health RSS news feeds.
Why Use RSS Readers?
What I learned from that discussion is that while the RSS Reader market is indeed in decline, there are still a number of compelling use cases for RSS Readers. Not to mention new tools worth checking out. So in this more optimistic post, I list 5 reasons why you should continue to use RSS Readers.
My conclusions in the previous post still stand: 1) Google now dominates what's left of the RSS Reader market; and 2) RSS reading is a very fragmented experience circa 2009-2010 due to Twitter, Facebook, start pages like Netvibes, Firefox bookmarks, and more. However, a lot of commenters wrote that they still use RSS Readers each and every day.
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Domain Name Suggestions
Innovative, memorable, and compelling domain names are becoming more and more difficult to come up with. The following tools can help webmasters find great domain names for their online businesses....
Domain Name Suggestions
Buy, Sell, Value Websites
So, you have built an empire on the Internet, and now it is time to move on. Well OK, maybe its not a full-blown empire, but it has taken substantial blood, sweat and tears to create, and you want to make sure you get a reasonable amount of money for all your efforts. Determining the value of a website can be tricky, because a number of factors can play a role. Factors involved in determining the resale value of a website include...
Buy, Sell or Value a Website
Feed2Mobile
Feed2Mobile is a free service which offers a bridge between Web-based and Mobile content.
FeedMarklet
Feedmarklet gives you your own RSS feed instantly, with no sign up required. Adding content to your feed is a snap- just browse the web as you normally would, and when you find something interesting, press the bookmarklet button in your browser bookmark bar to immediately add the page you are on to your feed.
Fail the Whale
Twitter has been experiencing a number of fail whales since Tuesday, a service-outage problem the micro-blogging site attributed to a system-side issue.
Twitters lack of reliability is going to lose them followers.
California Launches News Aggregator
California has launched a news hub that, in real time, compiles and updates its many agencies Twitter, RSS and YouTube news feeds.
The news aggregator site, unveiled Friday, July 2, collects in one place content from more than 200 department and agency sources. With more official sources being added daily, the news hub scoops real-time feeds from agencies and already has 83 Twitter accounts, 40 YouTube channels and nearly 100 RSS feeds, an Office of the State Chief Information Officer press release said.
Top 10 Small Business Mistakes
Many small businesses make mistakes, and smart entrepreneurs will learn from the mistakes of others. With that in mind, we have compiled a list of some common mistakes that small business owners often make....
Top 10 Small Business Mistakes
Twitter Mumbles
Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions mumble — the translation of tweet — and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor.
5 Tips to Improve the RSS User Experience
Do not assume that just because your blog is perfect, your RSS reader experience will be the same. A few things to double-check to help your content and its promotion be that much better:
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National Weather Alerts via RSS
NOAA weather alerts via an RSS Feed.
Encoding RSS Feeds
This article explains how to encode characters in an RSS feed. Course the article is only relevant if you are manually making the RSS feed, almost all the RSS software applications will encode the characters for you.
How to Create a Password Protected Feed
Tips for creating a Password Protected RSS Feed?
No Blogs for Chinese Soliders!
Chinese servicemen are banned from opening blogs on the Internet for confidentiality concern, according to revised regulations of the Peoples Liberation Army
WordPress RSS Footer Plugin
RSS Footer is a plugin lets you add an extra line of content to articles in your feed, defaulting to Post from: and then a link back to your blog, with your blogs name as its anchor text.
WordPress RSS Image Widget
The WordPress RSS Image Widget uses PHPThumb to automatically generate good-looking thumbnails from RSS feed images inside your template.
Ping List
Ping List of services allow you to automatically notify blog directories and search engines that your blog has been updated.
FeedZero RSS Filtering
The core of FeedZero.com is an adaptive filtering mechanism that learns what information you're interested in - and not interested in. It uses the same bayesian technology as industry-leading spam filtering software to effectively classify incoming information in a way that makes it easy for you to keep up with the information that you want to know about.
All you have to do is sign up, subscribe to some RSS feeds, and then start letting us know which items you like and do not like.
Scientific American RSS Feeds
A variety of Science RSS feeds from Scientific American
10 Ways Libraries Can Use RSS
Because using RSS is about sharing and delivering information, it seems perfectly natural for libraries to adopt this technology for library services. Here are my 10 ways for how libraries can use RSS.
10 Ways Libraries Can Use RSS
Creating a Custom RSS Feed with PHP and MySQL
Create a custom RSS feed using PHP and mySQL using SQL2RSS.
Why Use RSS Feeds?
Video tutorial explains Why Use RSS feeds?
TwitterLive
TwitterLive forwards blog posts to Twitter.
9 Tips To Increase Your RSS Subscriber Count
Once you have settled into the rhythm of writing your blog, one of the most important steps is to begin accumulating subscribers. Your RSS subscribers will probably turn out to be your blogs most valuable asset in the long run. Here are a few tips to help you achieve this more effectively.
9 Tips to Increase RSS Subscribers
Nasa RSS Feeds
Collection of NASA RSS Feeds
Ins and Outs of Internet Sitemaps
Sitemaps are simply road maps that search engines can use to navigate their way through the various parts and sections of a website. The sitemap essentially tells the search engines where the various pages are located on the site. This is particularly important for websites that have multi-level navigation, which automated spiders might have difficulty with.
Ins and Outs of Sitemaps
345 Feed Icons
345 RSS feed icons for RSS feeds.
FeedSqueezer
FeedSqueezer web services platform delivers audit-ready analytics, a powerful rules engine and flexible feed and content delivery for all types of feeds, including podcasts and other downloadable media, they are inviting sign-ups for beta.
Atom2RSS
Atom2RSS Converter - This tool will let you convert your blogger atom feed into an RSS2 feed that can be imported into WordPress.
Universal Feed Parser
Universal Feed Parser - Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python.
FeedX
FeedX is a universal XML feed reader for MODx. Rather than being limited to specific formats, the snippet is capable of parsing and rendering nearly any XML format including RSS, RDF, Atom, you name it. In addition to functioning as a snippet, FeedXs class may be called by 3rd party snippets plugins or modules as a simple method of retrieving cached and parsed XML data.
FeedWind
FeedWind is a RSS feed widget. Simply copy & paste the snippet of code to embed into your web page. It's free and ready to use without having to register!
Feedzira
Feedzirra - A Ruby feed library built for speed
RSS Like to RSS Love
At some point, however, I got serious about setting up a listening post so that I could monitor how well my blog posts were being picked up and linked to by other bloggers. As a result, I added my own blog to my reader and some Google Alerts for my own name and blog. I also added to the reader a couple of sites that could track links to my blog, such as Ice Rocket.
RSS Like to RSS Love
MyTuneRSS
MyTunesRSS allows you to access the music and videos from your iTunes library or any simple watch folder over a local network or even the internet. You can access your music from all over the world using a simple web browser. The user interface lets you search for titles or browse your whole library by album, artist or genre. You can access your iTunes playlists or create new ones directly in MyTunesRSS.
Buy, Sell and Value Websites
So, you've built an empire on the Internet, and now it is time to move on. Well OK, maybe its not a full-blown empire, but it has taken substantial blood, sweat and tears to create, and you want to make sure you get a reasonable amount of money for all your efforts. Determining the value of a website can be tricky, because a number of factors can play a role. Factors involved in determining the resale value of a website include...
Buy, Sell and Value a Website
RSSPump
RSSPump is a new javascript news ticker.
TwitterFeed
Feed your blog to Twitter and Facebook using TwitterFeed.
RSS Subscription Extension
Find the details of the RSS Subscription Extension by Google
Why Publish Full RSS Feeds instead of Partial Summary Feeds
Should you publish full text RSS feeds or only summary?
The site has been around for over two years now but I have always abstained from publishing full content RSS feeds for two selfish reasons (or you can call them fears) outlined below:
Why Publish Full RSS Feeds instead of Partial Summary Feeds
160 Web Feeds for Designers and Developers
Lists are all related to web design, graphic design, development, CSS, HTML, WordPress, business and freelancing, creativity and inspiration.
160 Feeds for Developers and Designers
RSS Replay
RSS Replay does exactly what it says! It replays the RSS feed, one item at a time, using an interval you specified. Why? Well, you just found an awesome feed, and you want to read through the archive, but you do not have the time to consume it all in one big glut. Instead, you can use RSS Replay to deliver the archive into your reader, one article at time.
RSS Replay
WiseStamps Feed Tab
With WiseStamps Feed tab you can now easily insert your favorite personalized feed, and it will automatically update in your email signatures. Share your latest blog posts, bookmarks, videos, pictures, events and so much more…
25+ best Feed ideas to empower your Email Signature
RSS Graffiti
RSS Graffiti is a fun little Facebook application that is meant to take the fuss out of keeping your Facebook friends and fans updated with the latest news from your other sites. RSS Graffiti periodically checks the RSS/Atom feeds that you specify and posts any new entries it finds to the Facebook Walls that you specify.
You can get any feed written on any wall. In fact, multiple feeds to multiple walls. You choose the combination.
Five Filters
FiveFilters RSS to PDF. Convert RSS feeds to PDF files.
RSS Lists
Here are some lists of lists that will be useful to webmasters:
Free Places to Submit RSS Feeds
RSS Tools
Podcasting Tools
Craig2Mail
Craig2Mail - Deliver any RSS feed to your email!
100 Engineering RSS Feeds
when you are busy with college courses, work, family and a personal life, it can be hard to keep up with the latest news in your field of expertise. These blogs can help make it a little easier, however, providing easily accessible knowledge about a wide range of engineering specialties. Add a few to your RSS feed and you will stay in the know, no matter how busy your life might get.
100 Best RSS Feeds to Follow Engineering News
Protecting Your Reputation Online
Google is sometimes thought to be the bane of the Internet, and it certainly can be a thorn in the side of search engine marketers. Many fail to look beyond the search of today, toward what the implications of indexing and storing information will have on future generations.
Protecting Your Reputation Online
Webmaster Lists!
Here are some lists of lists that will be useful to webmasters:
72 Free Press Release Submission Sites
Free Places to Submit RSS Feeds
RSS Tools
Podcasting Tools
RSSMapper
RSSMapper is a Google Maps mashup that fetches your RSS feed and generates a cool embeddable map. The app reads your RSS feeds, looks for place names and coordinates within the feeds, and then displays anything that can be pinned on the map. Check out RSSMapper
RSS Is a Straightforward Solution
RSS is not just another Internet trend --- it is a way to conquer overload without sacrificing the information. It is an answer to the problem that the Web created: If there is so much information out there, how do you separate the wheat from the chaff? RSS is a straightforward solution.
Wall Street Journal RSS Feeds
Follow the Wall Street Journal using RSS feeds.
Podcasting Questions and Answers
Podcasting is an up-and-coming and increasingly popular medium for communication. The following are common questions about podcasting, perfect for those just getting started in podcasting as a communication channel...
Quick Questions About Podcasting
100 Best RSS Feeds for Science
If you are a busy college student who wants a way to keep up with all the latest science news, but also need to find a balance with all your school work and other commitments, then following RSS feeds is a great way to customize and streamline the process. Find feeds that touch on everything from space exploration to sustainability to evolution in this awesome list. Sign up for these informative RSS feeds and you will never miss another science news story again.
100 Top Science RSS Feeds
RSS2HTML PHP Script Updated
There is a new release of RSS2HTML PHP script available. The update addresses an issue with the newest version of PHP version 5.3.
Websites That Changed the Internet
Websites that Changed the Internet the list includes:
Amazon
YouTube
Craigslist
Wikipedia
Facebook
Digg
One that did not make the list surprisingly was eBay!
Twitter Birthday
According to tech.blorge.com Twitter is 4 years old! Happy Birthday Twitter.
YouTube RSS Generator
Generate an RSS feed based on Tag, Category, or your personal Youtube playlist.
YouTube RSS Feed Generator
RSS2HTML.com
The service at RSS2HTML.com has been discontinued due to malicious use. You can still download the free RSS2HTML PHP script and run it locally. RSS2HTML Script can be found at http://www.feedforall.com/free-php-script.htm
RSS Education Center
The RSS learning center is designed to assist new RSS users, as well as experienced users, in adopting the RSS technology in a meaningful way. The RSS Education Center includes educational articles, video tutorials, RSS tools, and support resources, all in an easy-to-navigate section of the FeedForAll website.
The RSS Education Center is designed to teach the intricacies of RSS feeds and podcasting, in simple and easy-to-understand terms. NotePage, Inc. has always been proactive about RSS education, and assembling these resources in an easy-to-use learning center made sense to further the adoption of RSS and Podcasting. The resource is freely available to all, and can be accessed at RSS Education Center
How to Twitter
Twitter, the latest social networking craze, is a micro-blogging platform where participants post tweets which are short comments limited to 140 characters or less.
Getting setup on Twitter is not terribly difficult. There is a slight learning curve in regard to Twitters culture and tweeting practices, so it is a good idea to monitor the posts for a few days before you jump in and begin tweeting, just to get a feel for the community.
How to Twitter
SQL2RSS
The SQL2RSS script allows you to easily create rss feeds from SQL databases. The script currently supports the conversion of MySQL databases to RSS feeds.
When using SQL2RSS the publisher has complete control over the content in the resulting RSS feed. Administrators and publishers control the database query which allows them the flexibility to determine what data is inserted into the RSS feeds from the database.
The SQL2RSS script allows users to easily convert information that is stored in a database into an RSS feed, for syndication and distribution.
More on SQL2RSS
New Patents via RSS
New patents via an RSS feed.
PDF of RSS Case Studies
PDF of RSS Case Studies
FeedLine
FeedLine, an RSS feed reader is believed to be the first application for iPhone and iPod touch to add a public Google Buzz feed reader.
500 Million Tweets
Twitter users are creating 50 million messages of 140 characters or less per day, the micro-blogging service said Monday.
Kevin Weil, a member of Twitters analytics team, said in a blog post that Twitter users were writing 5,000 tweets per day in 2007, 300,000 per day in 2008 and 2.5 million per day in 2009.
RSS for Smithsonian
RSS Feeds for Smithsonian
RSS for Dept of Labor
RSS Feeds for the Dept of Labor
RSS to PDF
A new tool is designed to covnert RSS feeds to PDFs.
Netflix Has RSS Feeds
Netflix has a list of top 100 videos RSS feeds available.
Majority of News Is Read Online
More Americans get their news from the Internet than from newspapers or radio, and three-fourths say they hear of news via e-mail or updates on social media sites, according to a new report.
Sixty-one percent of Americans said they get at least some of their news online, according to a survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
New Pentagon Social Media Policy
Everyone from troops in the field to the highest brass and civilian leaders will be allowed to Twitter, blog and use Facebook and other social networking sites on the militarys non-classified computer network, the Pentagon announced Friday.
The new policy follows a seven-month review in which the Defense Department weighed the threats and benefits of allowing the wide use of emerging Internet capabilities. It essentially seeks to manage the risks while acknowledging the Internet is proving a powerful tool for a myriad of tasks including recruiting, public relations, collaboration with a wide range of people and for communications between troops and their families.
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Software Industry Conference
Registration is open for the Software Industry Conference scheduled for July 15-17th in Dallas, TX.
Presentation abstract proposals are being accepted through February 28th.
RSS Feeds for the Freelancer
Large collection of RSS feeds specifically for the freelancer.
FutureRSS PHP Script
The Future RSS script is used to automatically delay the publication of Items in an RSS feed. This allows Items in a RSS feed to be created ahead of time, and then slowly released over a period of time. Many people have tried to set the PubDate field on their RSS feed Items to a future date and time, in an attempt to have that particular item become visible to their feeds subscribers on that particular date and time. Unfortunately, they will soon find out that many RSS readers and aggregators don't honor future PubDates, and immediately show all their feed's items. The future-rss.php script hides the future items from RSS feed readers and aggregators, until their PubDate becomes current.
Video Tutorial - How to Select an RSS Reader
When determining what RSS feed reader to download, thought should be given to security. More an more publishers are using RSS feeds as a way to deliver podcasts or media rich-content. Users of desktop software will want to find an RSS reader that allows for rich media to be delivered safely and securely.
Web surfers might want to give thought to another consideration of cross compatibility and synchronization. With the advances in RSS readers, many subscribers use multiple platforms to read their feeds. While this is convenient, if the the web surfer is not using a synchronized solution, they find themselves marking the same feed items read multiple times.
Video Tutorial - How to Select an RSS Reader
100 Best Feeds for Financial Literacy
List of top financial feeds.
Top 10 Web Design Sins
Many webmasters repeat the mistakes made by their predecessors. Take a look at these Top 10 most common web design sins. Have you fallen victim to any of these?
Sin #1 - Using Techie-Speak
Many websites fail to communicate in terms that website visitors can understand. Set the technical jargon aside, and use simple language and words that will be easy for your audience to understand. Web copy should be written in simple terms. Also, keep in mind that the Internet audience is global, and using language that is more common and easy to comprehend will often expand your reach, even to include non-native speakers.
Top 10 Web Design Sins
RSS2HTML.com
Free service to display RSS feeds as HTML.
RSS Feed Icons
Collection of RSS Feed icons.
Romantic RSS Feed for Valentines Day
Find ideas for Valentines Day. Great romantic gift ideas, suggestions and articles for valentines via RSS Feed.
Dept of Energy RSS Feeds
Even the Dept of Energy has RSS Feeds
Library of Congress RSS Feeds
RSS is a technology that allows organizations to deliver news to a desktop computer or other Internet device. By subscribing to RSS feeds, users can easily stay up-to-date with areas of the Librarys site that are of interest. The Library of Congress offers several RSS feeds for use in an RSS reader or RSS-enabled Web browser. Library feeds consist of headline, brief summary, and a link that leads back to the Librarys Web site for more information.
Library of Congress RSS Feeds
The Pros and Cons of RSS
If you are struggling with the decision of whether to implement RSS feeds or not, consider the following pros and cons for webmasters who use RSS feeds as part of their content and communication plan...
The Pros and Cons of RSS
How to Choose a Domain Name
So, you have an idea or a product.... now you need a domain name for a website. How do you choose a great domain name? Here are a few ideas...
Brainstorm
Create a list of words or phrases that relate to the product, service, information, or brand that will be promoted on the website.
Experiment
Experiment with variations of the words in the above list. Change the order of words in phrases to create unique combinations for possible domain names.
Check Availability
Check the availability of the potential domains, using Network Solutions or a similar domain registrar. If the desired name is already taken, most domain registrars will provide a list of alternative similar domains that are available.
How to Choose a Domain Name
Forums and RSS Go Together!
If you have a forum please add an RSS feed that subscribers can subscribe to in order to see new posts! It makes monitoring forums much easier and will increase the stickiness of your forum! Most forums have an easy add-on, for RSS feeds.
For Gods Sake Communicate
For Gods sake, blog! Pope Benedict told priests on Saturday, saying they must learn to use new forms of communication to spread the gospel message.
In his message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Communications, the pope, who is 82 and known not to love computers or the internet, acknowledged priests must make the most of the rich menu of options offered by new technology.
Communicate Gods Words
Twitter Lists to RSS
New tool to convert Twitter Lists to RSS.
FreeMyFeed
FreeMyFeed - Free your feed from authentication or invalid SSL certificates for use in the feed reader of your choice.
RSS Scripts Updated
A bunch of the RSS feed management scripts have been updated.
Using RSS Feeds
The Internet gives you access to a virtual smorgasbord of information. From the consequential to the trivial, the astonishing to the mundane, it is all within your reach. This means you can keep up with the headlines, policies, trends, and tools that interest your nonprofit, and keep informed about what people are saying about your organization online. But the sheer volume of information can pose challenges, too: namely, how do you separate the useful data from all the rest? One way is to use RSS, which brings the information you want to you.
Using RSS Feeds to Feed Your Information Needs
How to Translate RSS feeds
Interesting article explains how to translate RSS feeds:
It is not as easy as using a one-step translation service, but it is worth the effort for reading blogs you think you might like that are not in your language. I will walk through a demo of translating Webware into French.
RSS - What is the Deal for 2010
With the web, one thing that we know is that things are forever changing, and usually more quickly as opposed to less. So it is with RSS as well, and one thing we know for sure is that the use of RSS will evolve based on patterns affecting the social web, the real time web, and so on.
RSS in 2010 - according to Technorati
5 Reasons RSS Readers Rock
What I learned from that discussion is that while the RSS Reader market is indeed in decline, there are still a number of compelling use cases for RSS Readers. Not to mention new tools worth checking out. So in this more optimistic post, I list 5 reasons why you should continue to use RSS Readers
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2009 Reflections, 2010 Predictions
Another year has rolled by marked by miracles, political milestones and tragedies alike. 2009 was the year of financial uproar with bailouts and ponzi schemes dominating the news on a regular basis. Chrysler and GM stalwart car giants struggled to survive. Bernie Madoffs financial pyramid came tumbling down, taking average citizen's retirement plans with it, emptying the coffers of trusting non-profits and celebrities alike.
2009 Reflections, 2010 Predictions
Predictions for 2010
Top 10 Winners Predicted for 2010
1. Healthy Living
2. The Cloud
3. Savings
4. Simplicity in Design
5. Web Applications
6. Instant and Virtual
7. Portability
8. Energy
9. Green Shopping
10. Security
Top 10 Losers Predicted for 2010
1. Capitalism
2. Health Care
3. Credit Card Companies
4. The Left
5. Acorn
6. Big Government
7. Privacy
8. Super Star Atheletes
9. Facebook
10. Reality...
What is Hot and What is Not for 2010
What is Hot and What is Not for 2010
Top 10 Winners Predicted for 2010
1. Healthy Living
The healthy living trend will continue with more and more westerners becoming conscious of the chemicals used in their products and food. Organic, chemical-free products, and healthy living will prosper in 2010.
2. The Cloud
The virtual cloud has grown in 2009. The benefits of virtualization and collective space will continue into 2010, with significant cloud growth.
3. Savings
The economic crisis caught many unaware; job security of middle management was tossed a curve in 2009. As a result consumers are becoming more savvy about what they spend their money on, and they are less likely to rely on credit. Savings will grow in 2010.
What is Hot and What is Not for 2010
30 RSS and Web 2.0 Applications
Collection of 30 RSS and Web 2.0 Applications
Definitions of RSS
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication and Rich Site Summary. RSS is an XML-based format for content distribution. Webmasters create an RSS file containing headlines and descriptions of specific information. While the majority of RSS feeds currently contain news headlines or breaking information the long term uses of RSS are broad.
What is RSS?
Google Is More than Just a Search Engine
The architects of the most powerful search engine in the world have included some really handy algorithms in their service, which allow searchers to quickly locate particular and specific types of information...
1. Definitions
In order to quickly find the definition of a word, simply type "define: word" in the search box. Google will then provide the definition of the word.
2. Area Codes
Enter a US telephone area code in the URL box to see a map of the area covered by that telephone area code.
Google is More than Just a Search Engine
TweetSense
With TweetSense your most relevant Twitter links at the top of your streams.
mytweetsense automatically filters your twitter stream, so that the tweets* containing your most relevant content, are presented first.
Podcasting Bundle
Podcasting Bundle Complete Podcasting Solution
RecordForAll - records audio content
- records audio files
- add music to tracks
- edit audio files
- export as WAV, MP3 or WMA
- edit meta tags related to audio file (ID3)
FeedForAll - easily creates the coding for a podcast
- creates podcast feed
- easily add iTunes tags to podcast
- auto-publish FTP
- auto detects file type
- publishes podcast feed
- export to HTML or CSV
- manage unlimited number of feeds
- automatically repairs incorrectly formatted podcasts and feeds
- built in wizard for easy podcast creation
FeedTweeter
Feedtweeter focuses on getting your Plurks to Twitter and the other way around in a sane way, but it should work with any RSS feed.
Google Chrome Does Not Embrace RSS
Another version of Google Chrome v4, on a new platform and the same old news about RSS: support isn't there in the browser. Both RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds display inline in the browser as a huge jumble of text. complete article
On Page Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization has become a fine science. Tweaking, changing, and measuring is all part of the ongoing optimization process. SEO truly is a process that requires constant monitoring and attention. In order for a website to perform well, its managers and webmasters must adapt their SEO techniques as the search engine algorithms change. On Page Search Engine Optimization
FeedNest
FeedNest allows you to publish your RSS feed on a twitter account.
RSS Italia
RSS Italia is an Italian RSS feed directory.
RSSTalker
Enter your email address to track a wishlist on Amazon or an Amazon URL for a specific product and a feed will be created on RSSTalker.
Huge List of RSS Tools
Huge List of RSS Tools
Twitter for Business
Businesses can use Twitter as a marketing tool in a variety of ways. Many business owners struggle with social media as a marketing medium. At the heart of the most effective social media marketing campaigns is personal communication. Many businesses that try to manage social media may attempt to shout their message, rather than simply engaging with potential customers. Potential customers who are active in social networks will not be receptive to marketing in this fashion. The trick with social media like Twitter is to interact and engage, rather than shouting your message.
Twitter for Business
Follow Christmas Deals via RSS
Many of the coupon websites and deal websites have RSS feeds available. If you want to keep tabs on discounts for the holidays subscribe to the RSS feeds.
Video Optimization Part 2
Optimizing your video for search engines will increase the exposure that the video receives, and optimization will also help spread the video's message. Follow these steps to enhance your videos and improve their rankings...
1. Shorter Videos Rank Better
No big surprise here -- the file size of short videos is much smaller than that of longer videos. On the video networks like YouTube, short videos are viewed far more often than longer ones. A length of less than 3 minutes per video seems to be ideal, and absolutely make every effort to keep your video under 10 minutes! If you have a long video segment, consider breaking it into multiple videos. The more popular videos on the video networks are given more exposure, which will also help increase the number of views received.
2. Titles Capture Interest
Just like newspaper headlines, it is important that the title of the video be one that will attract attention. If possible, include important keywords in the video title. This will help the video perform well in video searches for that keyword or phrase. Word order may also make a difference in the video ranking, so try to use the more important keywords at or near the beginning of the video title.
Video Optimization - Part 2
Manage Your Reputation Online
A companys reputation is often critical to that company's success. The anonymity and vastness of the Internet makes managing a reputation much more difficult than it once was. Businesses must be proactive about protecting their brands and reputations.
Manage Your Reputation Online
Google Is More than Just a Search Engine
The architects of the most powerful search engine in the world have included some really handy algorithms in their service, which allow searchers to quickly locate particular and specific types of information...
1. Definitions
In order to quickly find the definition of a word, simply type "define: word" in the search box. Google will then provide the definition of the word.
2. Area Codes
Enter a US telephone area code in the URL box to see a map of the area covered by that telephone area code.
Google Is More Than a Search Engine
RSS Video Tutorials
Learn the intricacies of RSS feeds and podasting with RSS and Podcasting Videos
Search Engine Optimization Myths
A myth is a traditional story, idea, or explanation which is widely accepted, but actually untrue or unproven. Misconceptions can also be described as modern-day myths. When it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO), the myths and misconceptions are abundant. We will try to dispel some of the more common Search Engine Optimization myths here...
RSS Image
Here is a good image explaining how RSS Works not sure why the RSS feeds come into two computers they really only need to come into one.
Reuters RSS Feeds
Collection of RSS feeds from Reuters. Stay current on the news using RSS>
RSSSpybot
Rssybot allows you to watch your RSS feeds from Google Wave. This incredibly simple robot could not be more useful! Just add it to a wave, enter the link to the RSS feed you want to subscribe to and wait for new posts to appear in your inbox as unread blips.
What Is RSS Video Tutorial
What is RSS? A video tutorial that explains the intricacies of the RSS Internet standard.
RSS to PDF
FeedJournal converts RSS feeds to PDFs.
Instant RSS for Websites
Enter the URL of your website and an RSS feed will be created with RSSA
Monty Python RSS
There are even RSS feeds for Monty Python!
RSS-to-Email Saves Nearly 20 Staff Hours Per Week
Originally published in an email marketing case study, TheChartman.com results have generated interest among industry experts and e-marketers. This exclusive webinar will focus on how RSS feeds can be used to make email campaign management easier than ever, with simple setup and seamless execution. Gold Lassos email marketing experts will also review how the RSS-to-Email function Seminar saved Smiths staff 20 hours per week in message assembly.
Blogger Down and Out
Googles popular Blogger blog-publishing service crashed early on Friday and remained unavailable to most users for about 90 minutes, the type of broad system outage that Google has been trying to eradicate from its Web-hosted applications.
Google acknowledged the crash in brief statements posted to the Blogger Status site and to the Blogger Help Forum.
State of Blogosphere
Technoratis State of the Blogosphere 2009 report topics include: professional blogging activities, brands in the blogosphere, monetization, twitter & micro-blogging and bloggers impact on US and World events.
Podcasting Video Tuorials
Collection of Video Tutorials for Podcasters.
Tips to Optimize Video Podcasts
It does not matter what you call them: vodcasts, vidcasts, videocasting, or video podcasting... there are a few behind-the-scenes actions you can take to help attract more attention to your video productions. Just like websites, it does not matter how amazing the content is if interested people are unable to find it.
Tips to Optimize Video Podcasts
The FCC RSS Feeds
Large collection of RSS feeds for the Federal Communications Commission FCC.
A Primer for Publishers and Content Providers
RSS content development primer for publishers.
Ad Group Calls on FTC to Rescind Blogger Rules
An advertising group has called on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind recently published blogger guidelines, accusing the commission of cracking down on Internet sites for infractions that print media has been engaged in for years.
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NASA RSS Feeds
NASA is on Twitter and also offers a collection of RSS feeds.
RSS Education Center
Learn the intricacies of RSS feeds and podasting in the RSS Learning Center.
No Award for Blogger
Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her countrys communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize.
Yoani Sanchez had hoped to go to Columbia University for a Wednesday ceremony to receive her Maria Moors Cabot Prize, the oldest international award in journalism.
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RSSBirthday
Use RSS feeds to remember birthdays with RSSBirthday
RSS Feed Converter
Convert RSS feeds to different formats with RSS Feed Converter
Audio Recording Software for Podcasters
RecordForAll is an easy to use commercial podcasting solution. RecordForAll allows for publishers to record audio files, edit sound files, and add effects. RecordForAll can be used by podcasters or other types of audio producers to overlay tracks, create fades, and add background music or effects to their audio productions.
The RecordForAll software gives the user the ability to record, store and import all types of audio recordings. Recordings can be easily labeled and organized. While RecordForAll has a lot of functionality it is still very easy for beginners to use. Simply drag and drop audio clips, to create a podcast show sequence. Edit clips by simply highlighting or overlaying segments. Audio clips can be individually managed allowing podcasters to make each clip shorter, longer, softer or louder.
RecordForAll supports basic mixing, cropping and track splitting, which makes the editing process simple even for beginning podcasters. Finished productions can be saved as an MP3,WAV or WMA file format. RecordForAll is an all-in-one recording studio that assists users in recording, editing and mixing their podcasts, resulting in professional podcasts even for beginners.
Blogging Disclosure Required
It is official: The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.
It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers.
But the commission stopped short Monday of specifying how bloggers must disclose any conflicts of interest.
The FTC said its commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the final guidelines, which had been expected. Penalties include up to $11,000 in fines per violation. The rules take effect Dec. 1.
RSS Synchronization and FeedDemon
A few months ago, it was announced that NewsGator synchronization was being discontinued. If you are using FeedDemon 2.7 synchronized with NewsGator, you must now upgrade to FeedDemon 3.0, which includes synchronization with Google Reader, the process takes a fair amount of time to convert and synch your feeds with the new database.
RSS At Sea
Ocean RSS Icons collection. 7 RSS vector icons that are related to the sea.
Entetainment Tonight RSS Feeds
Collection of RSS feeds from Entertainment Tonight
Add Sound Effects to Podcasts
You can easily add sound effects to your podcast to add some drama. There are a number of sound effect resources available here are some to try:
Digital Sound Effects
List of Other Sound Effects.
Simple Steps to Create RSS Auto Discovery Code
Fill out the form to create RSS feed auto discovery code. Auto-discovery allows people with certain RSS readers to automatically detect that an RSS feed exists for the content contained on the webpage.
Twitter Funding
Twitter is close to raising up to 100 million dollars in new funding in a deal which values the hot micro-blogging service at one billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Now the question - what are they going to do with the money?
RSS Video Tutorials
Video tutorials that explain how RSS works. Collection of videos that discuss the ins and outs of RSS.
RSS Icons Galore
Huge collection of RSS Icons. Additional links to RSS icon resources can be found in the RSS Tools list.
RSS.com
A while back, Sedo was brokering the domain name RSS.com for $750,000 but it did not sell. I recently learned that the buyer has drastically cut his asking price, and it is now for sale with a price of $125,000. additional details
FTC Regulation
A recent post in Search Engine News discusses moves that the Federal Trade Commission is taking to regulate blog posts. The FTC is tasked with protecting consumers from harmful business practices. The FTC will soon be looking at reviews or endorsements published on blogs to determine if they are paid placements. Bloggers need to be aware and disclose any payments they received.
New Audio Recording Software
RecordForAll is an easy to use commercial podcasting solution. RecordForAll allows for publishers to record audio files, edit sound files, and add effects. RecordForAll can be used by podcasters or other types of audio producers to overlay tracks, create fades, and add background music or effects to their audio productions.
The RecordForAll software gives the user the ability to record, store and import all types of audio recordings. Recordings can be easily labeled and organized. While RecordForAll has a lot of functionality it is still very easy for beginners to use. Simply drag and drop audio clips, to create a podcast show sequence. Edit clips by simply highlighting or overlaying segments. Audio clips can be individually managed allowing podcasters to make each clip shorter, longer, softer or louder.
FCC Joins Social Revolution
The Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. agency that regulates the telecommunications industry, is becoming more media savvy by joining popular networking sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
Cyberlaw Cases on a Blog
Two University of California at Berkeley professors are teaming up with colleagues to launch Cyberlaw Cases, a blog covering what they consider the top 10 most-important pending U.S. legal cases involving issues that impact the Internet, databases, and software programs.
The blog focuses on an evolving list of cases on issues such as network neutrality, privacy, copyright, trademark, and patent issues, and includes analytical postings about each case and the authors assessments of potential impacts.
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Presentation Primer
Many individuals are called upon to give presentations, but many have no formal instruction on how to deliver the most effective presentations. So for the benefit of those who might need a bit of help, we've put together a primer for presenters...
This is particularly helpful for podcasters!
FeedRoller
FeedRoller is a lightweight RSS and Twitter feed ticker. It is designed to show scrolling headlines from your favorite news sites, blogs and twitter account, directly on your desktop.
Corporate Benefits of RSS
According to new data from a McKinsey Global Survey, 42% of some 1,700 executives report seeing a measurable benefit from really simple syndication. That is 24% more than those who see any benefit from micro-blogging, i.e., Twitter.
HUD RSS Feeds
RSS feeds for Housing and Urban Development.
YouTube Sharing Revenue
YouTube will share profits with users who post popular videos on the site, the company announced on its blog. By extending the YouTube Partnership Program, the company offers more individuals with one off popular videos a chance to earn thousands of dollars a month.
In the past amateur videos on YouTube never earned a dime for the creator, even if they clocked millions of views. But YouTube is now rewarding authors of videos that keep YouTube popular and is offering to spread the wealth it generates with the authors.
YouTube will monitor the popularity of user-submitted videos and some users will get invited to start earning revenue through the Partnership Program. To determine with videos are worth it, YouTube will look at the number of views the video has so far and its compliance with the sites terms of service - read no copyright infringements.
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Good RSS Blogs
Good RSS Blogs
Stay up to date with the latest RSS news following the RSS industry blogs.
RSS Specifications Blog
Blog - http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm
RSS Feed - http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog-feed.xml
FeedForAll RSS Blog
Blog - http://www.feedforall.com/blog.htm
RSS Feed - http://www.feedforall.com/blog-feed.xml
RSSApplied
Blog - http://blog.rssapplied.com/
RSS - http://blog.rssapplied.com/feed
NewsNiche
Blog - http://www.newsniche.com
RSS Feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewsnicheRssBlog
(has not been updated in a while)
NewsGator
Blog - http://blogs.newsgator.com/daily/
RSS Feed - http://blogs.newsgator.com/daily/rss.xml
RSS4Lib
Blog - http://www.rss4lib.com
RSS Feed - http://www.rss4lib.com/index.xml
RSSTop55
Blog - http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
RSS Feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/Robin-Good-Latest-News
Pheedo
While posting is not frequent on the Pheedo blog, the quality of the posts is really quite good
Blog - http://www.pheedo.info
RSS Feed - http://www.pheedo.info/index.xml
(has not been updated in a while)
Japans Political Rules Impact Bloggers
On Tuesday, 1,370 Japanese stopped blogging and Twittering. There's perhaps nothing unusual about that; after all, hundreds give up social media efforts every day. But for these people the halt to their online activities has been brought on by the law.
No, they have not done anything wrong. But they are candidates in Japan's upcoming national election, and with the official 12-day campaigning window now underway, online communication is off-limits.
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Increase Your RSS Feed Subscribers
Growing subscribers of your RSS feed will expand your reach. Put the appropriate effort into marketing your RSS feed, so you can increase adoption and spread the message contained in the RSS feed.
Increase Your RSS Feed Subscribers
RSS.com for Sale
RSS.com is up for sale.
Evolution of Blogging
Interesting look and view of the Evolution of Blogging.
RSS to PDF Newspaper
Enter the RSS feed or OPML URL to create and RSS to PDF newspaper.
Get Ready for Halloween with RSS Icons
Get ready for Halloween early with these Halloween RSS Icons.
RSSHandler
RSSHandler is an RSS to podcast converter that aims to solve this problem by converting Youtube RSS feeds to FLV, MP4 and other such computer mobile friendly formats.
FTC Is After Bloggers
The Federal Trade Commission is currently investigating fair blogging practices, but an advertising group is one step ahead, and has forced two companies to clearly disclose their relationship with the health-related products they promote via blogs and Web sites.
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SQL2RSS
PHP Script that converts SQL database to RSS Feeds, SQL2RSS.
Hallmarks of a Good Podcast
There are many, many things that separate a good podcast from all the rest. Here are a few to consider...
Recording Quality
The quality of the recording is probably the most critical component of a podcast. A good podcast is easy to understand, and should be recorded at a volume level that makes it easy for listeners to hear all that is said.
Sound Balance
Adding background music polishes a podcast, but be careful that the music does not overpower the primary content. The background music should be subtle and not distracting. Create a balance that does not compromise the quality of the recording. Also, be sure that the music is not the focal point of a podcast show, unless the topic is about the music -- the emphasis should be on the primary content, and not on the musical arrangements.
Hallmarks of a Good Podcast
Twitter Attack and Blogger Linked
The outage that knocked Twitter offline for hours was traced to an attack on a lone blogger in the former Soviet republic of Georgia — but the collateral damage that left millions around the world tweetless showed just how much havoc an isolated cyberdispute can cause.
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The Military Is Not Social
Apparently the Marines can protect our country, but when it comes to social media they are defenseless, as they banned use of social media - Twitter, Facebook and MySpace have been banned - effective immediately.
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RSS Subscribers or Twitter Followers: Which Are Worth More?
I personally do not think it needs to be an either, or, both have value -- RSS Subscribers or Twitter Followers: Which Are Worth More?
EU Feeds
Over 1000 European newspaper feeds.
PDF Search Engine Optimization
Google, Yahoo, and MSN can all spider and index text-based PDF files, and generally they rank quite well. PDF files can be used to seize top listings for important keywords and keyword phrases. In order to have a PDF effectively rank well in organic searches, it should be optimized for the search engines, just as you would optimize a web page. Optimization of PDF files for search engines is very similar to search engine optimization for other types of content...
PDF Search Engine Optimization
Commodity Future Trading RSS Feeds
Commodity Future Trading Community RSS feeds for monitoring news related to the futures market.
Australian Police Use Twitter
Australian police said they were joining the Twitterati Thursday, using the micro-blogging service to discourage drink-driving among young people.
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AP Fights Digital Piracy
Vowing to fight unauthorized reproduction of news reports online, The Associated Press said Thursday that it would add software to each article showing who created it and what limits apply to the rights to use it. The software will also notify the A.P. about how the article is used across the Web.
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Google News RSS feeds Broken
RSS feeds for Google News search results have been broken for about three weeks, according to complaints in the companys help forum. Three weeks ago a Google engineer said they expected the problem to be fixed in about a week. Now the company has simply removed the links in the results page sidebar to both RSS and Google Alerts.
How to use XSLT to style an RSS feed
XSLT is a fairly well-supported technology. It allows you take any XML file – including RSS – and transform it into an styled HTML document. It is kind of like CSS on steroids.
How to use XSLT to style an RSS feed
Give RSS Feed Options!
I have seen recent queries about whether you should provide RSS feeds for categories, keywords or one feed that includes everything. Why not give the subscriber the choice? Check out this RSS implementation: RSS feeds for PowerPoint Templates
Podcasting for Businesses
Regardless of the size of your business, or whether your company is public, private, a government agency, or a non-profit... there is little doubt that you should consider podcasting. Podcasting is a 21st century medium, and has proven that it is far more than just a passing fad.
Podcasting for Businesses
RSS to PDF Newspaper
Free software project to help people create printable PDFs from RSS feeds - RSS to PDF Newspaper
Re-Using Content
Repurposing content is not a terribly new concept. Webmasters that picked up on the trend have benefited from traffic surges for a while now. Repurposing content is all about presenting the same content in a variety of different ways, or using different mediums to present the same content. Webmasters can manipulate content in order to provide the same content in any number of different formats.
Re-Using Content
RSS2HTML.com
Hosted RSS2HTML service allows you to display RSS feeds as HTML.
Design Feeds
An OPML file of 250 design feeds for graphic designers.
Make RSS Feeds
Guide to Make RSS Feeds by hand.
USGS RSS Feeds
United States Geological Services - USGS RSS feeds.
KindleFeeder
Get RSS feeds for your kindle service.
The Legalities of Republishing RSS Feeds
Here is a blog post about a the legalities of someone republishing his feed. Here is more on the RSS and Copyrights topic.
Blogger Bug
Publishers with custom domains hosted on Googles Blogger blog-publishing service have been losing traffic for the past week due to a bug affecting how visitors get redirected from the Blogger domain to the publishers own domains.
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Twitter Mistakes
Jason VanOrden posted a great report about common Twitter Mistakes
80% of Twitter Users Fail to Provide a Homepage URL
76% of Twitter Users Fail to Enter their Bio in the Profile
69% of Twitter Users Have Not Specified a Location
RSS Feeds are NOT All of Blogs
A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around how Google seems to consider any web site that contains an RSS feed, as a blog. In fact, several webmasters are complaining that their web sites are showing in the Google Universal Results, under the label of, blog posts about, when their site is simply not a blog.
What seems to be happening is that Google may be considering any site that has an RSS feed as a blog.
RSS Cheese
Cheese chunk RSS feed icons.
RSS2Twitter
RSS2Twitter is a service that forwards RSS feeds to Twitter. An alternative is TwitterFeed.
Feedmil
Feedmil is an RSS search engine but I could not get any results to come up for what I would consider long tail searches.
Grants via RSS Feeds
Small businesses looking for grants will want to subscribe to the RSS feeds from Grants.gov
Netflix Offering A Variety of RSS feeds
Netflix, the popular DVD site is offering a variety of feeds as well as the option of customizing and personalizing feeds to meet your personal tastes.
The UK Dept of Work and Pensions Added Feeds
The UK Dept of Work and Pensions has added RSS feeds.
Submit RSS Feeds
Large list of sites that you can submit RSS feeds to.
Last Chance for Software Industry Conference Boston, MA July 16-18
This is the last chance to register for the Software Industry Conference a conference designed for software developers and marketers. The conference will be in Boston, MA July 16-18th.
SousChef RSS Feed Program
As recipe collection moves out of the card box and into the computer, there has emerged a small cadre of Mac programs designed to help you find, categorize, share, display, and cook your food. SousChef 1.2 is a compact program with an iTunes-RSS feed.
Blogs Can Feed Social Networks
Your blog RSS feeds are powerful syndication software. So use them to save yourself from the hassle of updating your social networks. Here are a few tricks and tips to feed social networks.
Visual RSS vs Atom Comparison
Visual comparison of RSS vs Atom.
The FTC is Paying Attention
Savvy consumers often go online for independent consumer reviews of products and services, scouring through comments from everyday Joes and Janes to help them find a gem or shun a lemon.
What some fail to realize, though, is that such reviews can be tainted: Many bloggers have accepted perks such as free laptops, trips to Europe, $500 gift cards or even thousands of dollars for a 200-word post.
Bloggers vary in how they disclose such freebies, if they do so at all. The practice has grown to the degree that the Federal Trade Commission is paying attention.
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Blogger in Court
A blogger is due in a Connecticut courtroom to face a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers.
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Microsoft is Offering Incentives for RSS Subscription
Microsoft is offering a subscription to people who subscribe to their RSS feed:
Becoming an MCP is almost as easy as subscribing to an RSS feed. Just sign up for Microsoft Learnings Born to Learn RSS Feed and if you' are chosen among the three, random and lucky winners, the voucher is yours for a MCP course.
Twitter Critical to Iranian Election
Twitter, the social-networking service derided for being the last refuge of the banal, has gained a new currency on the world stage. The stream of micro-blog postings has proven an important source of real-time news and images of the violence that erupted following the contested presidential election in Iran.
ABCs of RSS
Learn the ABCs of RSS....
RSSFilter
RSSFilter is a PHP script that filters the contents of an RSS feed. The filters can be defined by the publisher so that the resulting RSS feed contains only the information they want. RSSFilter uses rules to filter the items that are included from a feed in the resulting feed.
FeedMingle
FeedMingle is a merging application that will merge RSS feeds into a single one.
Feed Parser
Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python. Universal Feed Parser.
CIA Adopting Web 2.0
The CIA is adopting Web 2.0 tools such as blogs and collaborative wikis, but not without a struggle in an agency with an ingrained culture of secrecy, CIA officers said Friday.
New RSS Aggregator
Looks like a new RSS aggregator RSS Hostei.
Sound Effects
Royalty free sound effects for podcasts.
Time Management Tips
Managing your time and using it wisely is a journey, and not something that can be easily mastered overnight. Implementing a plan will help, but it is not going to be a sure cure. Time management requires a significant amount of self-discipline.
Here are some tips to assist you with time management...
Reminder Hundreds of RSS Tools
We have compiles a list of Hundreds of RSS Tools and Hundreds of Podcasting Tools for webmasters, publishers, and podcasters.
What Are Sound Effects
A sound effect is a ready-made sound for podcasters or producers. Typically, podcasters need to only incorporate the sound into their production for instant success. This can be done with various editors running in a very short amount of time. Sound Effects make the creation of a podcast easier and professional. Sound effects are usually easy to edit and customize using any sound editor, occasionally more sophisticated sound require precise tuning.
Examples of sound effects can be found at Digital Sound Effects
What Are Sound Effects?
Website Review Webinar! Part II
Register for the 2nd Website Review Webinar. The live website critique has for many years been a popular session at both the Software Industry Conference and the European Software Conference. Sharon Housley of NotePage, Inc. and Dave Collins of SharewarePromotions offer their many years of experience to dissect, criticise and sometimes rip apart a website's appearance and setup.
Subjects covered include the initial impression created by a website, structure, navigation, communication, SEO setup and more.
The first webinar took place on Wednesday the 29th of April and was a resounding success!
The second website critique will be taking place on Tuesday June 23rd noon EST.
SignUp for Webinar
Universal Feed Parser
Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python using Universal Feed Parser.
ShowRSS
ShowRSS your favorite TV Shows via an RSS feed.
Tips for Public Speaking and Presenting
Presentations can be a great way to attract new business, simply by making yourself more well-known. However, nerves can often get in the way of entrepreneurs who want to use speaking opportunities to develop their business. Follow these steps to overcome nerves and make a powerful presentation during your public speaking engagement...
Tips for Public Speaking and Presenting
Software Marketing RSS Feeds
Collection of RSS feeds for software marketers and programmers.
160 Development RSS Feeds
Here are 160 RSS Feeds for Software Developers.
How to Promote a Podcast?
If you are spending the time and energy to publish a regular podcast, make sure to give it the exposure it deserves.
How Do I Promote My Podcast?
RSS Feeds for PowerPoint Templates
This is a cool implementation of RSS feeds. The RSS feeds update for new PowerPoint Templates posted. You can select category feeds, create keyword feeds, or other search text.
Student Discount at Software Industry Conference
Student Discount for Software Industry Conference in Boston MA July 16-18th. Only $50.00 with student ID normally $249.00! Educational sessions for software developers and marketers.
FeedScrub
FeedScrub is filters your feeds based on your preferences. Subscribe to all your favorite feeds, then tell Feedscrub which posts you do and do not like. Feedscrub will learn your preferences and begin filtering out posts that d not interest you.
Marine Corps RSS Feeds
Collection of Marine Corps RSS Feeds
Twitter vs RSS Feed Readers
There is no question that Twitter and RSS have some things in common. However, they are not the same, and Twitter will not kill the feed reader. This is a concept I have seen come up a number of times, and frankly, I just do not see it happening, at least not without some dramatic changes in how Twitter is presented to its users.
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Software Awards
The SIAF Peoples Choice Awards were created so software users would have the opportunity to vote for their favorite software programs. The voting for these awards is hosted each year by some of the largest sites on the Internet. In past years, this has included popular sites like CNET, Simtel, Tucows, PC World, and others. Software authors are also allowed to point to the Peoples Choice Award voting site and encourage their users to vote!
Follow the FBI
Follow the Federal Bureau of Investigation on facebook , YouTube , and Twitter .
Templates for RSS2HTML Script
Check out the RSS2HTML templates available for the RSS2HTML scripts.
Blog Promotion
There are a wide variety of things you can do in regard to blog promotion. Here are just a few...
Blog Promotion
8 Ways to Monetize Your RSS Feed
This limits your websites full monetization potential because a portion of your visitors will connect with your website in their feed reader and thus avoid the arsenal of contextual or impression-based ads you have carefully optimized alongside your content.
8 Ways to Monetize Your RSS Feed
RSS to Twitter
RSS2Twitter will publish yourRSS feed content to twitter.
Huge Collection of RSS Feed Icons
Huge collection of new RSS feed Icons.
RSSDler from Google
RSSDler is a utility to automatically download enclosures and other objects linked to from various types of RSS feeds. Works well on podcasts, videocasts, and torrents.
SEO for Audio Files
If you are investing in audio content, be sure you make the most of the opportunities it offers by optimizing the audio file and podcast. Spending a little extra time and effort here will increase the exposure and opportunities available.
SEO for Audio Files
Where to Locate Sound Effects for Podasts?
Royalty-free sound effect libraries contain thousands of sound effects that can be licensed for specific uses. A customer who uses royalty-free sound effects, as opposed to hiring a sound engineer to create them from scratch, can save considerable time, effort, and money. Typically, podcasters and other content producers can obtain non-exclusive rights to a single effect, or they can purchase a subscription of sorts. The subscriptions allow publishers to download a limited number of sound effects during a specified period of time.
Here are a few sources for Sound Effects...
Where to Find Sound Effects
RSS Birthday
Remember Birthdays with RSS feeds checkout RSSBirthday
Swine Flu RSS Feeds
Collection of RSS feeds for updates regarding the Swine Flu:
CDC Swine Flu RSS Feed
World Health Organization Swine Flu RSS Feed
Pandemic Flu RSS Feed
NPR on Swine Flu RSS Feed
Center for Disease Control on Twitter
HealthMap on Twitter
Submit RSS Feeds and Blogs
Large list of directories and search engines for Blogs and RSS feeds. Simply Submit your RSS Feeds and Blogs.
Instant Autodiscovery Tag
Auto-discovery allows people with certain RSS readers to automatically detect that an RSS feed exists for the content contained on the webpage. Fill out this form and it will automatically generate the required autodiscovery code.
Digital Sound Effects
Digital Sound Effects directory that contains royalty free sound effects that can be used in podcast productions or other broadcasts.
Creative Podcasting for Businesses
Podcasting content comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Businesses are finding many different and creative ways of incorporating podcasts into their business strategies and marketing plans.
Here are just some of the various types of content that businesses are turning into podcasts...
Creative Podcasting for Businesses
SQL2RSS
Dynamically convert SQL database to RSS feeds with SQL2RSS.
RSS Spider
RSS Spider is a new RSS feed directory.
ABCs of Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is a perceived transition of the Web to web-based applications. Web 2.0 is the next generation of technology solutions where interactive content is the norm.
There is no agreement on exactly what Web 2.0 means. Check out the ABCs of Web 2.0
Website Critique Webinar
Free webinar that critiques websites. Sign-up and submit your site or simply enjoy the entertainment!
Website Review Webinar
How to Embed RSS Feeds in Websites
Robin Good of MasterNewMedia posted a good summary of solutions that allow you to embed RSS feeds into a webpage, scroll down to the table to see all the specific solutions and a comparison.
Create RSS | Make RSS Feeds
Article that details exactly how to Create an RSS feed.
RSS is a standard for syndicating content on the Internet. RSS feeds are used in a variety of ways to distribute all types of content via the Internet. The benefits for individuals subscribing to RSS feeds have resulted in a rapid growth and adoption rate. Software and tools have made RSS feed creation and management easy, even for non-technical individuals, which has also fueled the growth of RSS feeds.
Create RSS | Make RSS Feeds
Feed My Inbox
Using Feed My Inbox use Blogs, Feeds and News magically delivered to your email!
FeedMySearch
Turn your usual Google searches into tiny rss feeds.Get instant updates whenever a new result appears in Google with FeedMySearch.
RSSFeed.me
RSSFeed.me is a new browser-based feed / headline ticker. Watch latest posts and headlines from feeds you subscribe to pop out on your screen as you work.
FeedNest
FeedNest.com lets you publish any RSS feed to your twitter account automatically posting each new item as they are published.
Emergency Response and RSS
Centrelink will use GPS-enabled phones and RSS feeds to improve its response to disasters such as the recent Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods.
The agency played a key role in the recent bushfires and floods as it distributed more than $100 million worth of government support payments to victims.
But its resources were under extreme pressure as it responded to a spate of natural disasters across the country. It now plans to use mobile phones with Global Positioning System capability to track where staff are deployed and what skills are available in an area.
This information will be fed back to a command centre in real time and displayed on a screen.
The department will also use RSS feeds -- which allow a single message to be sent out to a group of subscribers -- to allocate resources to different areas to meet changing demand.
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Distill Digg RSS Feeds
If you subscribe to a Digg RSS feed but find it cluttered with items that are not of interest take a look at Distill. Distill filters out stories below the minimum diggs that you set.
What Can be Published Using RSS Feeds
With all the vast amounts of information available on the web, it is becoming more and more difficult to sort through and find what you are looking for. RSS significantly lowers the signal-to-noise ratio.
What Can be Published Using RSS Feeds
Top 10 Mom Bloggers
Best Mommy bloggers can be found in the Top 10 Mom Blogging Resources
Kindlefeeder
Kindlefeeder is a service for Amazon Kindle owners that lets you aggregate your favorite feeds and have them delivered to your Kindle in a convenient, easy-to-navigate format. You can also have your feeds delivered to your Kindle automatically on a schedule.Kindlefeeder offers a free basic and a paid unlimited service.
Tax Info Via RSS Feeds
GlobeTax, a withholding tax recovery and market data specialists, have launched an RSS feature on their homepage. The feed will supply up-to-the minute news on tax withholding issues, tax rate and treaty changes, and DTC Important Notices.
Banking Business Review Adds Feeds
Banking Business Review offers RSS feeds available for syndication. The Business Review web sites offer several different RSS feeds and offer the Headline of the article company, a brief description and links back to the relevant page on the Business Review site.
Communicate with Users within Software Using RSS Feed
Actively communicate with users from within your software using RSS Feeds! Free software allows you to communicate from within the software.
RSS Calendar
RSSCalendar by Lookout Software is a web-based calendar and event software application for publishing online, interactive calendars of events. With RSSCalendar, you embed calendars with events into your website by passing in a few lines of JavaScript in your websites HTML
Closing an RSS Feed
Slashdot raises the question about how to best close an old event RSS feed.
Best Search Marketing Blogs
Attempting to stay current on the latest search engine algorithm changes or search optimization tactics can be overwhelming for webmasters attempting to juggle it all. With this in mind, we have put together a list of the industrys best Search Marketing blogs. These blogs are current and discuss important issues related to search engine optimization and search marketing. Subscribe to the search marketing blogs RSS feeds, or visit their website regularly to stay current regarding the latest search news.
Best Search Marketing Blogs
Reminder Subscriber To Your Feeds
Just a quick reminder. Everyone should subscribe to their own RSS feeds to see what their readers are seeing!
Social Media Primer
Social media is the Internets version of viral messaging and marketing. Social media can be used to disseminate news or information, as well as to attract attention. There are a wide variety of social media channels and networks available.
Social networks and social media websites are community-driven websites that allow visitors to submit items of interest. Visitors also decide what items appeal to them by voting or tagging; the more popular an item is determined to be by the visitors, the more exposure the item is given.
Social Bookmarking Primer
Do You Feed
DoYouFeed is a tool that transform any RSS feed into an iPhone friendly site.
What Exactly is Podcasting
For the non-technical folks, podcasting is simply a means of syndicating and distributing rich-media files via the Internet. The content contained in a podcast can vary significantly, from a song, to a educational lecture, to a political debate, to just about anything else. One great thing about podcasting is the wide variety of content formats it can contain. And unlike radio or television broadcasts, the recipient can listen or view at their leisure, choosing for themselves when and where they wish to listen or view a podcast.
What Is Podcasting
FeedWeaver
Feedweaver is a web-based tool that performs a simple yet interesting operation: combining multiple RSS feeds into one. An alternate solution is RSSmesh, a PHP script that merges multiple RSS feeds.
The Mayo Clinic Has RSS Feeds
The Mayo Clinic has made RSS feeds available to cover a variety of health and medical related topics.
Automating RSS Submisssions
If you are interested in automating submissions to RSS Search Engines and Directories give RSS Submit a try. RSS Submit uses a combined method of automatic submissions and auto-filling web page submit forms to automate the process of submitting your RSS feeds, publishing your content, and getting more traffic with proven results.
RSS Submit is extremely easy to use. Automatic RSS feed detection allows you to enter the domain of your web site and let RSS Submit find the locations of your feeds. Integration with FeedBurner and Technorati statistics lets you track hits to your RSS feeds right from within the software.
Blog Connection
Great resource for bloggers at Blog Connection.
Tips for More Efficient RSS Feed Reading
Take the time to learn the keyboard shortcuts for your feed reader. I can get through the material more quickly when I use a few keys to navigate through the content. In my case, NetNewsWire lets you use arrow keys, the space bar and other keys to navigate through the content, mark items as read andunread, open in a browser, collapse and expand folders, and more. Navigating the menu items to find these functions can sometimes take more time than you realize.
Tips for More Efficient RSS Feed Reading
New Center for Disease Control RSS Feeds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just launched RSS feeds for two of the most popular sections of its emergency.CDC.gov Web site.
The new RSS feeds are Recent Outbreaks and Incidents and Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity.
ToRSS
ToRSS is a new online service that converts incoming email to RSS feed and allows you to read incoming messages on your feedreader.
Stimulus Via RSS Feed
For each of the near term reporting requirements, major communications, formula block grant allocations, weekly reports agencies are required to provide a feed of the information so that content can be delivered via subscription.
Typeface Font RSS Feeds
Large collection RSS feeds about fonts and typefaces.
Mail2Feed
Mail2Feed is an RSS feed tool that allows you to read emails in your favorite feed reader
Software Industry Conference - Boston MA July 16-18 Registration Open
Discounted early bird registration is open for this years Software Industry Conference. The conference will be held in Boston Massachusetts, July 16-18th. There are also dozens of informative, educational breakout sessions covering a wide variety of topics. And if that is not enough there are three nights jam packed with plenty of time to mingle with other attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors including an Exhibit Night featuring the best software development products and services. Early bird registration is only $249.00. There is also a student option for only $50.00.
RSS Namespaces Explained
RSS Namespaces Explained
Unusual Things that May Effect Search Ranking
You may not realize the impact the following items have on your search engine ranking but they are worth considering when developing a plan for your website. While Google provides a whole host of great tools, their motivation may be more selfish than you believe. Google uses the information they gather in these tools to make determinations about websites. The information they gather may impact the ranking of your website in organic searches for important keyword phrases.
Unusual Things that Can Impact Search Ranking
Updated List of RSS Submissions
We have updated the list of sites that you can submit RSS feeds and blogs to. We removed all the dead links. Please let us know if you have any additions.
Trackle RSS Alerts
Trackle.com provides real-time personalized RSS feeds of the latest crime in a user’s neighborhood, fluctuating airline ticket prices, how much a user’s house value is down this week, updated job listings, sports scores and much more.
Chart of Mime Types
Great chart of Mime Types for those interested in including files in the enclosure field of an RSS feed.
Watch RSS Feeds
MappedUp is a software application that tracks a large number of RSS news sources and displays their latest items on a world map.
Japan to Bring Libel Charges Over Blog Posts
Japanese police said Thursday they would charge more than a dozen people for defamatory posts on a comedians blog alleging he was involved in a murder, in one of the countrys first cases of its kind.
Web users wrote messages on the website of the 37-year-old comedian, whose identify was not released, alleging that he was involved in the 1988 murder of a teenage girl, police said.
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Yahoo RSS Ads End
According to an email sent to publishers. Yahoo will be ending their Ads in RSS program effective February 2, 2009.
Twitter Value
A new tool to assess the value of your Twitter account - TweetValue as Dave Collins posted on his software marketing twitter feed it will be awhile before I can retire ;-)
Folder RSS
Folder-RSS is a small application that allows you to specify a folder and how you want that folder to be monitored. Using the command line—the author includes a sample batch file and a detailed list of the command line parameters—you can set it to monitor a whole directory or just certain sub-folders, set filters for specific file types, and limit the age of changed files monitored. If you mess up on the terminal syntax, Folder-RSS pops up a detailed menu of the right way to type your preferences.
Webmaster Resources
Great collection of resources and tools for webmasters. The website includes a variety of search engine optimization tools, link checkers, keyword tools, and articles related to search marketing and web design.
Huge List of Podcasting Tools
Check out this Huge List of Podcasting Tools in addition to the Huge List of RSS Tools.
CopyGator
CopyGator.com is a free service designed to monitor your RSS feed and find where your content has been republished in the blogosphere. They automatically notify you when a new post of yours is copied to another feed, we also build an overview page you can view to see how, when and where your content is being duplicated, quoted or plagiarized.
Locate Jobs Using RSS Feeds
In addition to actually seeking a job, there are also other valid reasons to monitor the job market. Perhaps you are satisfied in your current position, but just want to keep an eye on new positions in a specific sector. Perhaps you are just curious to know what the wages are for similar positions. The job market can be monitored quite easily using RSS feeds.
Locate Jobs Using RSS Feeds
Software Industry Conference Call for Speakers
The Software Industry Conference has just posted a call for speakers. If you are interested in speaking at the conference July 16-18, 2009 in Boston, MA submit an abstract. Check out the speaking requirements.
TechCrunch Reports FeedBurner Problems
Complaints about Feedburner, a service that helps websites manage their RSS feeds, have been around as long as the company itself. But you would think that when Google spent $100 million to buy the company, they would get it together.
But things haven’t gotten better. Instead, the service is becoming unreliable. Feedburner problems plague website owners far more than they should. And while Google is notoriously slow in absorbing its acquisitions, it’s far past time for them to get their act together and turn Feedburner into a grown up service.
Read TechCrunch Article
MyTV RSS Feed
Select your favorite shows below, and then click to create an RSS feed, this will generate your own personalized RSS feed from MyTVRSS.
MailChimp RSS Tool
MailChimp has an RSS-to-Email tool that will automatically send your subscribers a newsletter whenever your blog or update any RSS feed to get updated. Publish and they will send the newsletter.
Check out the RSS Tools.
Community Service RSS Feeds
So I stumbled across this cool application of RSS feeds. USAService is a collection of community volunteer opportunities. You simply enter the zip code and it will provide a list of volunteer opportunities in proximity to the zip code. The list is also available via RSS feed, so when a new opportunity becomes available in that region the RSS feed updates!
Dept or Labor Statistics Feed
The US Department of Labor has added RSS Feeds to their website in addition they offer feeds for the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
SuggestRSS
A new tool, SuggestRSS will analyze your OPML file and suggest additional related RSS feeds you might enjoy.
RSSFwd Future Questioned
On Mashable they posted:
Even though theres no mention of trouble on their website, RSSFWD, an end-user RSS to email service, announced via Twitter today that they will be shutting down the service at the end of the month.
Red Cross RSS
The Red Cross has added RSS feeds.
Where Do You Find Podcasting Content?
You should not have to look far to find content or new ideas for your podcast show. Look to your daily sources to find fodder and ideas for new podcasting segments.
1. News
Both online and offline sources, from the Associated Press to CNN, contain a deluge of news item each day. Scan headlines on a regular basis to see what catches your eye. In addition, explore your niche market to find any industry-specific news portals that may warrant monitoring.
2. Blogs
Blogs are a fabulous source of ideas and inspiration. Monitor blogs for developing industry news. Comment on breaking news or editorials that you strongly agree or disagree with. Be sure to credit the source of any blog posts that you comment on or quote within your show.
3. Friends & Colleagues
Casual conversation with friends and colleagues often results in ideas for podcast segments. Day-to-day interaction generates ideas worth discussing.
Where do you find Podcasting Content?
PowerPoint in RSS Feeds
Want to put PowerPoint Presentations in an RSS feed, here is a tutorial that will walk you through the process of setting up PowerPoint in RSS Feeds.
Top 10 RSS Resources
RSS Codes posted the top 11 RSS Resources:
1. RSS Specifications
rss blog, general information and rss articles
2. FeedForAll
tutorials, free rss2html script and free button generator
3. RSS Compedium
list of resources
4. FeedBurner
free hosting services
5. Harvard Law
specifications and RSS version history
6. Marketing Studies
educational blog and RSS articles
7. Lockergnome RSS Resource
long established blog
8. MNot RSS Tutorial
features and benefits tutorial
9. Userland
articles and history
10 Make RSS Feeds
instructional site
11. RSS Tools
collection of RSS tools and an instructional site
SEO Resolutions
Search engine optimization is a process, one that must always be revisited and adapted as search algorithms are changed by the search engines. Because SEO is a constant process, it is often pushed to the bottom of the to do list of marketers. Be that as it may, resolve not to ignore search engine optimization as it cycles its way through your task list. Give search engine optimization the attention that it deserves.
SEO Resolutions
Videocasting Tutorial
Interested in turning your YouTube videos into a videocast (vodcast or vidcast)? Check out this videocasting tutorial that walks your though the steps!
Check out RSS Tools
Take a look at RSS Tools it is a nice collection of categorized tools and resources for RSS feed management.
Huge List of RSS Resources
We have put a huge list of RSS Tools in a single page. This will help RSS users find tools that suit their needs. If you have an addition drop us an email.
Anonymous Blog Posts
A model targeted by negative commentary by an anonymous blogger is seeking a court order that would force Google to reveal who the person or people responsible are.
Liskula Cohen, in her filing in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, said the commentary on her hygiene and sexual habits on the site was defamatory, malicious and false. The comments were posted on Googles Blogger platform.
Feedsr - RSS Feed Signature
RSS feed signatures. Simply enter your feed and blog url. Choose a background image, a font and a font color. Registered users may upload custom background images. Done! The only thing left to do is copy and paste the code into your forum signature or mySpace profile. Check out Feedsr.
RSS Buttons and Then Some!
Check out this huge collection of RSS buttons, its also got graphics from many of the RSS brands. RSS Specifications is not however in the collection ;-(
FeedBeater
FeedBeater is a free web based service that converts any URL into an RSS feed. It is essentially a scraper that creates RSS feeds.
British National Party RSS Feed
Large collection of RSS feed for the British National Party. Other government related RSS feeds can be found at Political Feeds or Government Feeds.
Oldest Internet Companies
The Full List of the oldest Internet companies.
All right, prurient interests addressed, ready to check out the full list of dot-com pioneers? Brace yourself, and dig in.
1. symbolics.com: March 15, 1985
2. bbn.com: April 24, 1985
3. think.com: May 24, 1985
4. mcc.com: July 11, 1985
5. dec.com: September 30, 1985
6. northrop.com: November 7, 1985
7. xerox.com: January 9, 1986
8. sri.com: January 17, 1986
9. hp.com: March 3, 1986
10. bellcore.com: March 5, 1986
11. ibm.com: March 19, 1986
12. sun.com: March 19, 1986
13. intel.com: March 25, 1986
14. ti.com: March 25, 1986
15. att.com: April 25, 1986
16. gmr.com: May 8, 1986
17. tek.com: May 8, 1986
18. fmc.com: July 10, 1986
19. ub.com: July 10, 1986
20. bell-atl.com: August 5, 1986
21. ge.com: August 5, 1986
22. grebyn.com: August 5, 1986
23. isc.com: August 5, 1986
24. nsc.com: August 5, 1986
25. stargate.com: August 5, 1986
26. boeing.com: September 2, 1986
27. itcorp.com: September 18, 1986
28. siemens.com: September 29, 1986
29. pyramid.com: October 18, 1986
30. alphacdc.com: October 27, 1986
31. bdm.com: October 27, 1986
32. fluke.com: October 27, 1986
33. inmet.com: October 27, 1986
34. kesmai.com: October 27, 1986
35. mentor.com: October 27, 1986
36. nec.com: October 27, 1986
37. ray.com: October 27, 1986
38. rosemount.com: October 27, 1986
39. vortex.com: October 27, 1986
40. alcoa.com: November 5, 1986
41. gte.com: November 5, 1986
42. adobe.com: November 17, 1986
43. amd.com: November 17, 1986
44. das.com: November 17, 1986
45. data-io.com: November 17, 1986
46. octopus.com: November 17, 1986
47. portal.com: November 17, 1986
48. teltone.com: November 17, 1986
49. 3com.com: December 11, 1986
50. amdahl.com: December 11, 1986
51. ccur.com: December 11, 1986
52. ci.com: December 11, 1986
53. convergent.com: December 11, 1986
54. dg.com: December 11, 1986
55. peregrine.com: December 11, 1986
56. quad.com: December 11, 1986
57. sq.com: December 11, 1986
58. tandy.com: December 11, 1986
59. tti.com: December 11, 1986
60. unisys.com: December 11, 1986
61. cgi.com: January 19, 1987
62. cts.com: January 19, 1987
63. spdcc.com: January 19, 1987
64. apple.com: February 19, 1987
65. nma.com: March 4, 1987
66. prime.com: March 4, 1987
67. philips.com: April 4, 1987
68. datacube.com: April 23, 1987
69. kai.com: April 23, 1987
70. tic.com: April 23, 1987
71. vine.com: April 23, 1987
72. ncr.com: April 30, 1987
73. cisco.com: May 14, 1987
74. rdl.com: May 14, 1987
75. slb.com: May 20, 1987
76. parcplace.com: May 27, 1987
77. utc.com: May 27, 1987
78. ide.com: June 26, 1987
79. trw.com: July 9, 1987
80. unipress.com: July 13, 1987
81. dupont.com: July 27, 1987
82. lockheed.com: July 27, 1987
83. rosetta.com: July 28, 1987
84. toad.com: August 18, 1987
85. quick.com: August 31, 1987
86. allied.com: September 3, 1987
87. dsc.com: September 3, 1987
88. sco.com: September 3, 1987
89. gene.com: September 22, 1987
90. kccs.com: September 22, 1987
91. spectra.com: September 22, 1987
92. wlk.com: September 22, 1987
93. mentat.com: September 30, 1987
94. wyse.com: October 14, 1987
95. cfg.com: November 2, 1987
96. marble.com: November 9, 1987
97. cayman.com: November 16, 1987
98. entity.com: November 16, 1987
99. ksr.com: November 24, 1987
100. nynexst.com: November 30, 1987
Time to Prune the RSS Feeds
Time to make the donuts..... I mean time to prune your RSS feeds. Many of us simply add to our RSS feeds and rarely take time to remove old items from the feed. Take a few moments this new year to remove items that are no longer current.
What is Hot and What is Not for 2008
Based on this years reflections, I have made some predictions for 2009.
Top 10 Winners for 2009
1. Personal Responsibility
2. Financial Diversification
3. Mobile Malware
4. Weight Loss
5. Going Green
6. Social
7. Cloud Computing
8. Virtual Collaboration
9. Video
10. RSS
Top 10 Losers for 2009
1. Global Economy
2. Republicans and Conservatives
3. Hollywood
4. China
5. Somali Pirates
6. Financial Services Industry
7. Corrupted Politicians
8. Security or Securities
9. Outsourcing
10. Gasoline
Details of 2009 Predictions - What is Hot and What is Not for 2009
Kinds of Podcasting Content
Podcasting content comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Businesses are finding many different and creative ways of incorporating podcasts into their business strategies and marketing plans.
Here are just some of the various types of content that businesses are turning into podcasts...
Podcasting Content
Pheedo Video Ads
Video ads have begun popping up in all kinds of places we have not seen them before. Goodmail last week talked up a new video-in-email offering. This week the format comes to RSS advertising, courtesy of Pheedo.
The feed management firm and ad network has begun offering video ads that can reach the users Google Reader, Bloglines, NewsGator and other feed readers.
What Is RSS? A Popular Query
Googles Zeitgeist list for 2008 released this week shows that many Americans are now searching by asking a question --Who is? ... and What is ... are the most common questions. At numberfive on the top ten list of What is questions is What is RSS?
RSStalker
RSStalker.com provides RSS feeds to track price changes of Amazon.com products. Generate a feed for a single product or for an entire wishlist. Add it to your favorite aggregator and you will be automatically notified when the price changes. Simply unsubscribe to the feed when you are done.
FeedNuts
FeedNuts appears to be a new RSS Feed directory. All categorized RSS feeds.
RSS to HTML Updated
NotePage, Inc. released a new version of their popular RSS2HTML script. RSS2HTML is a free PHP script that converts RSS feeds into HTML web pages. The RSS2HTML script allows webmasters to easily display RSS feeds on their websites.
The content of the RSS feeds can be easily integrated into an existing website's theme using the rss2html.php script. The rss2html.php script parses the RSS feed, extracts the pertinent information, formats it, and outputs it as regular HTML.
Using RSS2HTML webmasters can customize the format and look of the web page created from the RSS feed. The content of the RSS feed can be easily integrated into an existing website's theme. The webpages will always display the most current information from the RSS feed, and because the resulting page is pure HTML, it will be in a format friendly to search engine robots. The RSS2HTML script runs on any webserver that can run PHP scripts and supports feeds in the RSS 2.0, .93, .92, .91, or .90 format.
More on RSS2HTML
Google Reader Updated
On Friday, Google rolled out an updated interface to Google Reader the interface has been renovated, is cleaner and faster The new look eliminates much of the color seen in previous iterations of the RSS reader, while setting up a foundation for a more streamlined and customizable navigation system.The biggest alterations apart from a new look include, collapsible navigation, more visibility for your friends’ shared items, enhanced feed bundles and luckily the ability to hide unread counts.
Unusual RSS Tools
Web 2.0 syndication tools are finally catching up with the technology. There are a number of unusual ways that businesses are utilizing RSS feeds.
Unusual RSS Tools
Christmas Web Design
Dress your website up for the holidays!
The CD is shipped free of charge and includes Christmas Web Templates, Christmas Logos and Christmas Stock Photos.
RSS2Email
rss2email lets you read newsfeeds from a program that you already know and use everyday: your email client.
CVS2RSS
Convert CVS files to RSS Feeds. Check out CVS2RSS.
Facebook and Twitter
A social-media giant that has been wooed by the likes of Yahoo and Microsoft is now looking at an emerging social-networking play. Facebook recently held acquisition talks with micro-blogging phenom Twitter.
The Times cited people familiar with the matter who confirmed that Facebook offered to acquire Twitter in an all-stock deal.
Rumors are that Twitter declined the deal.
Discount on RSS Feed Editor
The cyber specials are rampant, and there are some available on RSS Software!
Purchase FeedForAll RSS Feed Editor with the coupon code rssspec and get $ 5.00 off of each copy you purchase. This offer is only good through Monday, December 1st so buy now!
Also get FREE shipping on any CD orders!
Purchasing FeedForAll also includes a FREE subscription to the RSS Scripts Directory. The RSS Scripts directory contains: RSS2HTML Pro, FutureRSS, RSSmesh, SQL2RSS, RSS2SQL, RSS Cache, and RSS Filter.
Good Things to Social Bookmark
It can be tricky to predict what content will perform well on social bookmarking websites. The interests of our democratic populace are widespread and constantly changing. Webpages, podcasts, and images which are deemed more newsworthy, humorous, or intriguing often steal the spotlight. Knowing how to present content on social bookmarking websites can help internet marketers stand out.
Good Things to Social Bookmark
Bloglines Outage
The popular Bloglines RSS feed reader was knocked offline for several hours last Thursday by what was described as a technical glitch.
The Bloglines home page was inaccessible from about 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday November 20th.
HP Tabbloid Converts RSS to PDF
Hewlett Packard has a new service available that lets you easily convert RSS feeds to personal PDF magazines. The service, Tabbloid turns RSS feeds into deliverable, printable PDFs.
DoYouFeed Service
Service transforms any RSS feed into an iPhone friendly site. Check out DoYouFeed
50 Ways to Increase RSS Subscriptions
This article details 50 ways to increase RSS adoption.
Most bloggers love their RSS readers. Not only that, but they also love to gain new RSS readers. It is such a joy when you wake up one day and see that your Feedburner count jumped by 200 or 300, right?
Holiday Party RSS Icons
A really interesting collection of RSS Icons has been posted check it out!
Notify.me
Notify.me is a service that notifies users when something changes that they are watching. You can choose to have notifications delivered to Instant Messenger, SMS, Email, or Desktop Application.
Here are some examples of where Notify.me is used:
Craigslist - Be the first to respond to hard to find listings
Facebook - Find out immediately when something happens on your profile page
LinkedIn - Stay up to date with your professional network
Twitter - Get all your twitter updates in notify.me
Google News - Stay up to date on the latest news you care about
StackOverflow - Quickly respond to programming-related questions to gain reputation points
Woot - Find great deals during the legendary Woot-Off
Blogger on Death Row
Rogelio Reyes Cannady dreams of earning a degree that would lift him from his hardscrabble Texas roots to become a paralegal.
But he is most unlikely to realize that hope. On November 19, Texas plans to execute Cannady for murdering three people, two of them teenagers he killed in 1990 and left in a ditch.
and he is blogging about his experience.
Effective Podcasting Tips
Many people assume that podcasting is all about audio and fail to acknowledge the writing behind the show. Skilled communicators understand the type of planning required in order to pull off a clean final product. The most memorable and effective podcasts are always well planned. Some of the best podcast shows use a script and follow a structured format. The preparation that occurs behind the scenes is similar to what would take place for a radio show.
Effective Podcast Tips
Mime Types
If you are creating a podcast or video RSS feed you will need to include the appropriate mime type. It is important that the proper format is included. Check out this Mime Type list.
RSS Feed Component
FeedForDev VCL Control and ActiveX components makes it simple to communicate with users from within software applications!
RSS Code
A great resource for manually creating an RSS code for Make RSS Feeds. Walks publishers through the process of creating RSS feed code.
ABCs of Search Engine Optimization
Follow the ABCs of Search Engine Optimization.
Display RSS Feeds
RSS offers webmasters a unique opportunity to display fresh content on websites. While publishing an RSS feed is a great way to generate site interest and increase communication, syndicating and displaying feeds from related relevant sources can also generate interest, increase traffic and improve search engine ranking.
There are a variety of tools that you can use to display RSS on your website, the most popular is probably RSS2HTML a free PHP script that allows you to customize the RSS feed to match the design of your website. Additional details on how RSS feeds can be used to display RSS Feeds as HTML. A list of tools for converting RSS to HTML.
Converting Databases to RSS Feeds
There are PHP scripts available that will assist you in converting MySQL databases to RSS feeds and RSS feeds to SQL databases. The feeds dynamically update as the source is updated.
Danielle Steele Blog
The famous romance author Danielle Steele has started a blog. There is no RSS feed available though!
Track iPhone Apps with RSS Feeds
Pinch Media is providing RSS feeds for new iTunes applications. Scroll to the bottom to get:
New Apps feed
Updated feed
Current top 100 free apps
Current paid apps
Halloween Web Design Elements
Halloween Logos, HTML Templates and Stock Photos all related to Halloween check it out!
Happy Halloween
Check out the latest Halloween Logos
 
Blogging Platforms Targeted with Denial of Service Attacks
WordPress has been targeted by hackers in Denial of service attacks. LiveJournal too has been experienced some downtime over the past couple of days as a result of network attacks. The blogging platforms appear to be getting hit hard.
Alphabet of Search Engine Optimization
Check out the The ABCs of SEO .
Twitter for Terrorists
A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.
The report by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, posted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), examines a number of mobile and web technologies and their potential uses by militants.
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Strange Things Happen in Cyber Space
A woman has been arrested in Japan after she allegedly killed her virtual husband in a popular video game.
The 43-year-old was reportedly furious at finding herself suddenly divorced in the online game Maplestory.
Police say she illegally accessed log-in details of the man playing her husband, and killed off his character.
The woman, a piano teacher, is in jail in Sapporo waiting to learn if she faces charges of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data.
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You Do Not Know, What You Do Not Know
According to LifeHacker:
A new report shows use of RSS feeds growing from two to 11 percent in the past three years. The key finding, though, is only 17 percent of the 89 percent who do not use RSS are interested in learning how, indicating a possible peak.
I disagree, how can you know whether you want to learn about or adopt RSS if you do not know what it is?
Blogging Piracy
A blogger accused of leaking songs from the long-delayed Guns N Roses album Chinese Democracy has pled not guilty to violating federal copyright laws.
Kevin Cogill appeared Monday morning in federal court in Los Angeles and entered the plea.
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Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N Roses songs on his Web site in June. The album has been 10 years in the making.
If convicted, Cogill faces up to three years in prison or more if prosecutors prove he did it for financial gain.
Businesses Missing RSS Opportunity
A number of businesses have not added RSS feeds to their websites, a new study has found.
Research by marketing consultancy firm MarCom Ink found that 70 per cent of companies in the technology sector are not using the systems, which means they are failing to regularly communicate with visitors to their websites.
According to Marketing Charts.com, only ten per cent of those who use the feeds provide multiple options for readers hoping to subscribe.
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Libel Insurance for Bloggers?
Interesting -
A U.S.-based group has worked to bring liability insurance within reach of average bloggers, highlighting the risks that an increasing number of do-it-yourself publishers face when they unleash their thoughts on the Internet.
The non-profit Media Bloggers Association has announced an insurance policy designed to protect bloggers who face threats of libel lawsuits, copyright claims, invasion of privacy accusations and other legal woes.
I personally would prefer if bloggers simply stuck to the facts!
Blogging Scholarship
Attention college bloggers:
Do you maintain a weblog and attend college? Would you like $10,000 to help pay for books, tuition, or other living costs? We're giving away $10,000 this year to a college student who blogs. The Blogging Scholarship is awarded annually.
Requirements:
Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are passionate about.
U.S. citizen or permanent resident;
Currently attending full-time in post-secondary education in the United States; and
If you win, you must be willing to allow us to list your name and blog on this page. We want to be able to say we knew you before you became a well educated, rich, and famous blogging legend.
Submission deadline is October 30.
The Blogging Scholarship.
Google Alerts via RSS
Matt McGee at Search Engine Land confirmed the reports in the Wall Street Journal that Google will be offering web search result notifications not only via Google Alerts, but also via RSS format.
RSS.com For Sale
Rss.com is planned to go up for auction on www.greatdomains.com in October with a $750,000 USD reserve. Buyers can submit their interest either by contacting Sedo directly or by visiting www.sedo.co.uk and searching for the Internet domain name.
FindLaw Delivers Case Summaries Via RSS
FindLaw, is launching a case summary RSS feed service to deliver up-to-the-minute court opinions in a standardized RSS format. This new and unique legal RSS feed service from FindLaw.com provides real-time information to attorneys, legal commentators and anyone seeking up-to-the-minute case information.
Google Blog Search
Google has launched an enhanced blog tracking service that helps people mine a growing mountain of online commentary for gems worth reading.
The Google Blog Search tool competes with Techmeme, Polymeme, and other memetrackers that sort and organize blog posts into categories.
Open Regulations RSS Feeds
Open Regulations, a website for government regulations. Their content is now available via RSS feeds.
RSS Feeds for Affiliates
Clickbank RSS feed generator allows you to generate a keyword feed using your affiliate ID. You can display the feed as HTML to generate sales or simply syndicate the feed.
FBI Feed of Missing Children
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is providing an RSS feed of missing children.
Ford Has RSS Feeds
Ford Motor Company is now providing RSS Feeds. You can easily stay abreast of news about our products and services by having Ford news the RSS feeds cover things from design to safety.
RSS to Email
There is a new RSS feed to email delivery service. Checkout Feed My InBox.
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