Archive for October, 2006

RSS For Shopping

October 31st, 2006

Setup RSS feeds to monitor your favorite places for products that meet specific criteria. For example monitor eBay for items that are related to a specific sports team. You can narrow your criteria by using specific search features.

Tips to Improve RSS Feeds

October 31st, 2006

RSS is not quite a household word, but technically astute individuals are adopting the use of RSS feeds at an alarming rate. If you are interested in jumping on the bandwagon, but not quite sure of where to start, consider following these simple RSS feed tips to maximize feed compatibility and make your feed stand out from the crowd.

Tips to Improve RSS Feeds

RSSmanip

October 27th, 2006

RSSmanip is a set of scripts that allows webmaster who already generate an RSS feed for their site to dynamically create HTML, HDML, and WML documents based on their RSS feed.

China Tracks Bloggers

October 24th, 2006

China intends to require its millions of Internet bloggers to emerge from the shadows and register under their real names in a move that is raising privacy concerns, the state press has reported.

Under the system, bloggers would be allowed to continue using their online pseudonyms, but must register with authorities under their real names, the Xinhua news agency said.

Podcasting Knowledgebase

October 23rd, 2006

Questions and answers related to podcasting in the Podcasting Knowledgebase or get it via an RSS feed. Need more information on podcasting? Subscribe to the podcasting blog or grab the RSS feed.  

FDA Database and RSS

October 20th, 2006

AskSam has taken an interesting approach to RSS and database management. They have taken the FDA's RSS feeds and turned them into a full searchable database.

Check it Out!

New FeedDemon Beta

October 19th, 2006

Nick Bradbury has posted a new FeedDemon beta. Nick details the updates to security and and other features in the release notes.

Pheedo Adds Geo-Targetting

October 18th, 2006

Pheedo has announced plans to add geo-targeting capabilities to its RSS advertising network, offering marketers a new way to use syndication feeds to target customers around the world.

Playing Nice in Blog Posts

October 18th, 2006

Lisa Barone has a fantastic write-up on Bruce Clay's blog about blogger credibility.

To that Scheff states:
"People are using the Internet to destroy people they don't like, and you can't do that."
No, you can't.

The post details a lawsuit where someone's reputation was damaged as a result they went to court.

RSS Search Feeds

October 17th, 2006

This is a very good list of sites that allow you to dynamically create RSS search feeds. Create search feeds to monitor for product mentions, industry keywords, your company name, your product name or a competitors names.