Archive for August, 2006
RSS Tools - New Resource
August 31st, 2006
A new resource website has been launched. The new website contains lots of information and resources related to RSS.
In particular the section on setting up is quite good.
In particular the section on setting up is quite good.
RSS Does Not Make it Okay to Copy
August 29th, 2006
Just because something is in an RSS feed does not give publishers the right to steal content. Most people who have content in a feed do allow for the feed to be replicated but that is not always the case.
It appears that Robert Scoble has just shut down .
To read more about RSS and the .
It appears that Robert Scoble has just shut down .
To read more about RSS and the .
New RSS2HTML Script
August 28th, 2006
A new version of the free that converts RSS feeds to HTML web pages has been released. The new version includes the ability to restrict the use of the rss2html.php script.
Affiliate Feeds
August 26th, 2006
The announced today the release of their Coupon Feed Syndication tool, the first of several advanced Affiliate marketing tools that allows online marketers to promote RSS subscriptions to merchant promotions. AvantLink has provided Affiliate RSS feeds for the distribution of merchant offers for several months, but this tool takes it one step further. Now Affiliates can encourage their customers to subscribe directly to these offers.
Review of RSS and Atom
August 24th, 2006
I recently received a review copy of . The book is extremely comprehensive and covers all the versions of RSS (2.0, 1.1, 1.0, .9x) as well as Atom 1.0. It is not however written for 'end-users' as it is very technical. The book also includes information about many of the older namespace extensions.
Robin Good Says RSS Saves Money and Time
August 23rd, 2006
Do RSS aggregators offer a true opportunity for news discovery, significant time savings and even for money-oriented RSS business opportunities?
RSS Directories Reaching Niches
August 22nd, 2006
More and more niche directories for RSS feeds and podcasting are cropping up.
Real Estate Directories
- directory of real estate feeds and podcasts
- directory of realty podcasts
- search for real estate feeds
Religious Feeds (from )
- podcasts for all faiths.
- large collection of christian audio and video podcasts.
- christian podcasts.
Medical
- medical and health RSS feeds and podcasts
Financial
- financial and investment RSS feeds
Security
- directory of all feeds related to security and alerts.
Sports
- directory of sports podcasts.
Let me know if you know of other niche directories!
Real Estate Directories
- directory of real estate feeds and podcasts
- directory of realty podcasts
- search for real estate feeds
Religious Feeds (from )
- podcasts for all faiths.
- large collection of christian audio and video podcasts.
- christian podcasts.
Medical
- medical and health RSS feeds and podcasts
Financial
- financial and investment RSS feeds
Security
- directory of all feeds related to security and alerts.
Sports
- directory of sports podcasts.
Let me know if you know of other niche directories!
Social Bookmarking and RSS
August 21st, 2006
Social bookmarking and RSS are partners in search marketing. Create icons and insert them into your webpage to encourage your website visitors to . Or merely add the of your favorite bookmarking vendor to your website.
RSS Icon Gallery
August 20th, 2006
If you don't feel like , and want to add RSS badges to your site the has a whole host of badges and the corresponding HTML that can be inserted in your webpage.
We make the net ?super awesome?
August 18th, 2006
According to the guys over at TalkingApe.com, Awesome!
(Update - Feb 2007: It’s just a shame that post no longer exists :()