An RSS Blog - Daily News and Information Related to RSS Feeds, Syndication and Aggregation.Daily RSS Blog and news related to RSS, really simple syndication, rdf, blogs, syndication and news aggregation. Information related to marketing RSS, new RSS software releases, beta test opportunities, new RSS directories and discussions of opportunities related to RSS.Christmas Feed Icons- December 29, 2007 This is a little late in posting but still worthy of a mention. Webfruits posted Christmas Feed Icons.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#817 2007 Year of RSS- December 27, 2007 ReadWriteWeb posted 2007: The Year in RSS an interesting overview of RSS events over the past year.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#816 Using RSS to Monitor- December 18, 2007 You can use ZapTXT to monitor topics on your favorite news sites, classified listings, job postings, blogs, sports teams or just about anything else you can think of. Simply create a feed and recieve notification any time the keyword appears!http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#815 Google vs Wikipedia- December 18, 2007 According to InfoWorld: Google is developing an online publishing platform where people can write entries on subjects they know, an idea that's close to Wikipedia's user-contributed encyclopedia but with key differences. The project, which is in an invitation-only beta stage, lets users create clean-looking Web pages with their photo and write entries on, for example, insomnia. Those entries are called knols for "unit of knowledge," Google said. Google wants the knols to develop into a...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#814 More Venture Money for NewsGator- December 17, 2007 NewsGator Technologies, the provider of a desktop RSS news feed reader, has raised $12 million in its fifth round of venture capital, led by new investor Vista Ventures. Previous backers Mobius Venture Capital and Masthead Venture Partners also participated. Founded in 2004, Denver-based NewsGator now claims over 1 million users of its service, which is available through partners like USA Today, FeedDemon and NetNewsWire, as well as through corporate RSS readers and via mobile...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#813 eBooks has RSS Feeds- December 10, 2007 The eBooks website has added RSS feeds. Simply select the category and place the appropriate feed into your aggregator.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#812 Blogger Arrested for Comments- December 10, 2007 Bloggers and free speech advocates are calling on prosecutors not to file charges against a teacher arrested for allegedly posting an anonymous comment online praising the Columbine shooters. Some were disturbed by the post police say James Buss left on a conservative blog, but other observers said it was a sarcastic attempt to discredit critics of education spending. The suburban Milwaukee high school chemistry teacher was arrested last week for the Nov. 16 comment left on...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#811 Reputation Management- December 4, 2007 The Internet is a bit like the old wild west, and sadly, people often post material about an individual, product, company, or service that is inaccurate or simply nasty. Businesses and individuals alike are struggling with how to best deal with online inaccuracy and defamation. The normal steps for dealing with defamation typically involve litigation, but this is not always realistic for Internet-based situations since the Internet is global, and not managed or governed by any single set of...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#810 |