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 across the Internet. The benefits to individuals subscribing to RSS feeds have resulted in a growth rate and rapid adoption. Software and tools have made RSS feed creation and management easy, even for non-technical individuals, they also has fueled the growth of RSS feeds.
How to create RSS It is no longer necessary to manually create an RSS feed. There are a lot of WYSIWYG software applications available which simplify the creation of an RSS feed. This means that webmasters is not really necessary to understand the code and the details of the RSS specification to create an RSS feed. One such product is FeedForAll, which lets you easily create, edit and publish RSS feeds. Mac and Windows versions are available at http://www.feedforall.com.
Feeds can also be manually built from scratch as well, and there is a simple tutorial that will guide you through the process of http://www.make-rss-feeds.com/making-an-rss-feed.htm.
And, if you have existing content in a database that you'd like to include in an RSS feed, you can use a PHP script like SQL2RSS to extract the data from the database and populate a RSS feed.
All these things will simplify the process and help in creating an RSS feed. Transfer Once the RSS feed is created, it needs to be transferred to your Web site, which is usually done using software FTP (File Transfer Protocol). If you are using the software RSS feed creation, he will probably have a built-in FTP client for this purpose. Otherwise, you can use any other FTP client to upload RSS feeds for the site. Validate After you have built a feed, it must be validated. If you are using software (such as FeedForAll), he may have a built-in validator to help ensure that food is correct and appropriate. If you are creating the feed by hand, make sure that you use some type of validation to make sure that the power supply is correctly formed. A feed that contains invalid syntax will be unreadable to many of the RSS readers, for validation is very important. RSS Promotion After you have created, loaded and validated an RSS feed, you need to inform visitors of the site that is available. There are a number of ways to promote your RSS feed. More effort into promoting the feed, the more quickly it will become popular. To send a signal to website visitors that an RSS feed is available with content related to the site, most webmasters include a colorful graphic on the site. Become a standard that nearly all sites with RSS feeds available use colorful graphics, vain as flags to indicate that RSS feeds are available for specific content. The flags were initially bright orange rectangles as standardized, but as the popularity has grown, webmasters have bent the rules a little and become more creative with their banners and graphics. Use a colored chart that works within your Web site design to indicate that you have an RSS feed is available.
In addition many RSS readers and aggregators automatically detects the presence of an RSS feed on your website if you add a small piece of code in the header field of an HTML page.
[link rel = "alternate" type = "application/rss + xml" title = "rss" href = "http://www.yourdomain.com/rss.xml"]
Make sure to replace http://www.yourdomain.com/rss.xml "" with the actual URL for the RSS feed and replace the "[" and "]"<" less-than="" and="" "="">"square brackets" greater-than symbols.
To increase the exposure of an RSS feed, must also be sent to RSS search engines and directories. Just as you would submit the URL of a Web site or web page to a search engine, you need to send the link to the actual RSS feed located on your site to the various RSS FEED directories. There is a great list of RSS directories at http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm. Maintenance of ongoing RSS Feed Maintenance feed is a very important aspect for RSS feeds. You will want to continuously add your RSS feed to provide subscribers with information and content new and ever-changing. Otherwise, they will lose interest and find information elsewhere. As a rapidly increasing number of content sources, new and old, add RSS as a key distribution channel and as more and more people use RSS news readers and aggregators to keep themselves informed, the ability to maintain high exposure and visibility gradually passed from full attention to the major search engines and content optimization techniques to a growing awareness of search tools and directories RSS feed. About the author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software to create, edit, publish RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for recording and editing software, RecordForAll http://www.recordforall.com audio.
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