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> Should HTML in RSS *always* be encoded to its entity? (< , etc.)?
No, not always. Continue reading
Category Archives: Beginners’ Basics
Can I get the specifications changed?
Be very careful about what you wish for. Part of the reason for the success of RSS is that it is a very simple but also stable specification. However, it’s not completely static and there are initiatives to evolve it and move it forward.
The main forums for discussion and evolution of the specifications are:-
YahooGroups Syndication List The main meeting place for developers. YahooGroups ReallySimpleSyndication List A Userland initiative to create an 0.93 spec. YahooGroups RSS 1.0 development List The RSS 1.0 RDF development group.
Which standard is most widely used?
Some analysis has been done of feeds, and by far the most widely implemented is 0.91 Continue reading
How do I promote my RSS feed?
If you don’t let people know that you create RSS, you can’t expect them to read it. Websites should create an information page, about syndicating their headlines. Continue reading
How can I check that my new RSS feed is valid?
RSS Validators:
http://aggregator.userland.com/validator (RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccslrd/rss_validator/1.0/ (RSS 1.0)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccslrd/rss_validator/ (RSS 0.9)
0.9x infoSchematron Validator for RSS An RSS schema written in Schematron. It supports 0.9x and 1.0.
Redland RSS 1.0 Viewer (RSS 1.0) is RSS->HTML converter, but acts as validator also.
Producing RSS
Why should I produce it?
Syndicating headlines is an excellent and cost-effective way of driving traffic to, Continue reading
RSS Parsers
CaRP: Caching RSS Parser – This PHP script retrieves an RSS feed from a remote server, parses, reformats and displays it, and keeps a cached copy of the reformated text Continue reading
RSS Editors
AggPub – fully compliant RSS 2.0 publisher that can be used to create RSS feeds from scratch or create them from reading an HTML page. Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP Continue reading
What You Can Publish via RSS
Contrary to popular opinion, RSS is not only good for delivering content from your blog, but has much more marketing and publishing potential. Continue reading
Defining the Relations Between Blogs, E-zines, RSS and E-mail
Although RSS and blogs are slowly reaching mainstream, they are still missuderstood by most marketers in relation to eachother and in relation to their relatives, e-zines and Continue reading
Is it important that RSS thing for us the users
Before starting out and decide if this “thing” is useful, we need to get some meaning and grab some light, let us take a look: RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication” or “Rich Continue reading
RSS – The Making of a Feed
Everyday more and more websites, news services and blogs are adding RSS content. RSS is a method of syndicating content.The concept of aggregating content in one central Continue reading
It Really Is Simple RSS
I have ‘Googlebot’ coming to my site every day since a month ago I put up my first news feed, since then I have put up yet another. Continue reading
Why Every Site Needs RSS
RSS or ‘Really Simple Syndication’ is not just for Blogs and News sites. Every website can benefit from this newly popular technology. The term ‘syndication’ is what throws a lot of Continue reading
Screen Scraping Your Way Into RSS
Introduction
RSS is one the hottest technologies at the moment, and even big web publishers (such as Continue reading
Should You be Using RSS Feeds and Blogs?
Today’s marketplace is extremely competitive. The Wal Marts of the world are squeezing the life out of small business enterprises. Meanwhile the World Wide Web is inviting small Continue reading
Why You Need to Blog and use RSS Feeds!
Blogs and RSS feeds are a sure-fire way to get your website off the dirt roads of cyberspace and onto the Internet superhighway! Think about it. Has your web traffic been Continue reading
RSS is Not Only for Blogs
Contrary to popular opinion, RSS is not only good for delivering content from your blog, although blogs are what made RSS so popular. Continue reading
How to create an RSS feed
An RSS news feed can be used to communicate with your target audience. It is an ideal means of notifying people of new content on your website without the need for them to Continue reading
How to Republish RSS Feeds On Your Website
In this article I am going to cover some tools that you can use that will allow you to publish RSS feeds on your site. This will allow you to have fresh, updated content on your Continue reading
How to Add RSS to Your Website – Simply
I am primarily a web-based travel agent, making my living from selling travel arrangements from leads generated from my specialist travel websites. Over a period of time I have built Continue reading
Top 6 Reasons for having a RSS feed – Come and explore the possibilities!
Getting traffic to your website can be hard. No one just randomly types in “makelotsofmoneyonlinequicklyandfromhome.com” and with this market slowly being filled Continue reading
3 Ways to Publish RSS
As RSS news syndication gains popularity among users, new ways for publishing RSS are emerging. In this article, I examine the three most popular methods, and help you decide Continue reading
How Non-technical Webmasters Are Harnessing the Power of RSS…
The opportunity to quickly and easily implement and harness the power of RSS is quite real and new programs become available every week that allow non-technical marketers Continue reading
FC + RSS = SEO
No, this is not the new math. It is the formula for getting your web site recognized by the search engine spider. Continue reading