RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - how to read and create feeds
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Introduction
RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication'. RSS is a special format based on XML, which was first used to unite headers with web content. In fact, RSS feeds are XML files containing data according to the RSS specification, and usually located on a website. Webmaster create an RSS feed file containing descriptions and headlines of specific information. RSS as introduced by Netscape Inc. In 1999 then later abandoned in 2002 stood for 'Rich Site Summary'. RSS is becoming increasing popular. Moreover, Really Simple Syndication is a easy and free way to promote web-site. Special computer programs called 'RSS readers' have been developed that automatically access the RSS feeds of websites.
What is RSS reader
RSS reader or Newsfeed aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read. Now, there are a lot of such tools, both commercial and free. For beginners, web-based aggregators are recommended since they are usually very user-friendly. RSS readers are set up to periodically check for new episodes in the RSS feeds you are subscribed to, commonly once every hour. Many people read several hundred RSS channels.
Free RSS feed reader software:
FeedReader
FeedReader
NewsCrawler
FeedReader
How to create an RSS
If you want to create an RSS feed, you can use special online services or desktop applications. Since any RSS feed is a specially formatted XML file, it can be edited with any XML creator. Many tools can make RSS channels in the WYSIWYG mode. If you just wish to publish a single RSS channel and do not need to update or edit the feed you can use an online RSS creation tool. There are several tools for creating RSS feeds widely available on the Web.
Desktop tools for making RSS:
1. RSS creator 2. 0.
2. Web-vigour RSS feeds creator.
3. RSS builder (Free).
When your RSS file is created, the RSS feed has to be promoted. First step in promoting your newsfeed is submiting it to FeedDirectories. The following websites allowing you to add RSS channels:
- Daypop.
- YeahReader RSS directory.
- Blog Links.
- YeahReader RSS directory.
- Syndic8.
- YeahReader RSS directory.
- RSS Network.
- Daypop.
As you know, submitting your RSS channels is very important for feed popularity and your website SEO.
Useful tips
1. After you created an RSS channel, do not forget to add a parser - it is a script that will convert RSS into HTML. Try Feed2Html or RSS2HTML.
2. Unique content increases the rating of your RSS in SE.
3. You can link to the RSS feed from the tag of the HTML webpage.
About the Author
Elena Dmitrieva - author of a series of articles and reviews related to RSS, podcasting, programming and marketing (see the rss creation tutorial and RSS creator by Extralabs).
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