Content syndication through RSS feeds

Copyright 2005 John Doetsch
RSS, also known as Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, has been used for years by visitors online. However, only recently has begun to gain popularity among webmasters as a means of providing visitors with constantly updated content. These sources were originally developed to provide news updated more quickly, but since then have evolved to enable nearly instant of many types of information updates. Growth of Web sites can benefit from RSS feeds that allow new copy updated regularly online. Once the RSS feeds are inserted into web pages, they provide a constant flow of continuously updated syndicated content. The majority of RSS feeds consist of a headline, summary of contents and a link to the article on Royal line. They are written in XML, a language similar to HTML markup, to allow webmasters to manipulate and integrate new copy in your existing site pages. The increase in the popularity of these RSS feeds have benefited to online sites that have helped to promote a greater traffic and ranking of results of search engine. The fact that the syndicated content is constantly changing in RSS feeds means that search engine spiders are likely to visit and index Web pages more often. RSS feeds also maintain webmasters having to worry about updating your content, and visitors can count on new articles that are available to read whenever you want. Articles are also easy to locate in the RSS feeds, as that can be categorized for easy navigation. This increases the chances of receiving visitors to other sites. While modern technology has been made to integrate RSS feeds on the Web site easier to contribute content to RSS feeds is still a bit more complex. To actually post copy in RSS feeds, you need an RSS program that allows formatting content for syndication. If you are a professional web developer, for example, can be interested in creating your own XML files to display the content. This option allows more flexibility in the way that content is displayed. If they lack the knowledge to understand how to use XML, you can invest in one of the many RSS software programs that allow users to create and publish syndicated content without having to use any XML language at all. One of the most popular software programs is FeedForAll, which is a costly but effective bass tool to develop and maintain an RSS feed. This program and others like him, allows users to use their own syndicated content, or to download internet sources. It also provides users the ability to manually edit your site to include images and colors that can create an experience more exciting online for customers. As the need of the internet to provide instant access to a wide variety of information continues to grow, RSS feeds have become a critical component of the distribution of information. Is likely that RSS will serve as an important tool for sharing information on the web for years and in the not too distant future, could even begin to rival electronic mail as the preferred method of knowledge sharing. Therefore, understand the best way to use the RSS feeds on your website can have lasting, positive impact in the growth of your business. About the author:
John Doetsch is author and founder of Websition.com where you will find additional articles and website content written by most gifted Web authors.

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RSS won the Syndication standards battle

RSS won the battle.
RSS seems to have conquered the last hurtle in becoming the industry standard distribution.

Microsoft's inclusion of RSS feed for the latest version of Internet Explorer and reports that RSS will be in Longhorn's coming release appears to be the final nail in the coffin of the atom specification. Same atom of staunch supporter Google, seems to have seen the light. Google had previously acquired Blogger, a popular blogging tool that uses the Atom specification to distribute the content of blogs built on the Blogger platform. In the past Google had strategically steered clear of endorsing the RSS specification hoping that Atom, would take possession.

Recent new service from Google that allows users to monitor Google News using RSS or Atom feeds, seems to be an acknowledgment that perhaps in purchasing blogger, they chose the wrong specification.

The adoption of a standard distribution was delayed by the struggle between Atom and RSS. Two distribution defined standards vying for the position of number one. In an IT industry that clearly favors single standard solutions, Atom supporters claimed added flexibility, but broad sweeping support from heavy hitters RSS like Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo. Along with the popularity surge of podcasting, which is based on the RSS 2.0 specification appears to have sealed the fate of future default distribution.

The history and the relationship between RSS and Atom is a sordid tale that has hampered the progress of a pattern of online distribution. Now that the leader has defined their is little in the way of the growth of RSS. Companies wary of becoming entangled in a fight of standards now are embracing RSS as a communication channel.

It is clear that those who have lined up behind RSS as the leading specification are the winners.

Interestingly, while those entrenched in the industry to recognise the difficulties with a double standard, users rarely see a difference in the patterns created using the Atom and RSS feeds. Most popular RSS readers support reading feeds in both formats. Although the purpose of RSS and Atom is the same, the specification itself is very different, making it difficult and time consuming for tool developers move between the double-standard.

Now try the atom replacing RSS has fallen flat, the syndication arena will likely see significant progress and innovation.

Large companies are taking advantage of RSS ' extendibility using namespaces adding needed tags. Apple has done this with iTunes, Microsoft for ordered lists and Yahoo with MediaRSS. All use the same basic format RSS 2.0 RSS ' future but supports defined is bright with many companies working proactively to unite a once divided standard.

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 FeedForDev http://www.feedfordev.com an RSS component for developers. In addition Sharon manages marketing for NotePage http://www.notepage.net a software company of wireless text messages.

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