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.Email vs RSS Feeds- August 28, 2007 The debate rages on comparing email and RSS feeds. Lets face it their are benefits associated with each and downsides as well. Email and RSS really are different communication mediums and they are designed for different purposes. RSS Pros 1. Subscriber Control - you choose what you want to receive 2. Privacy - no need to release private information in order to subscribe (in most cases) 3. Scannable - easy to scan, saving time 4. No Filtering Issues - nothing is lost to spam filters 5...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#778 Link Bait Tips for Blog Posts and RSS Feeds- August 27, 2007 Link Bait gets the readers attention here are some tips for demanding attention. Use titles and posts that: - attack - humorous - contrarian (argumentative) - notable news - notable resource - egotisticalhttp://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#777 Chinese Blog Policy- August 27, 2007 Reporters Without Borders criticized the Chinese government for what the press advocacy group considers a move to end anonymous blogging in the communist country. The government, through the Internet Society of China, recently drafted a pact that was signed by at least 20 major blog service providers in the country, including Yahoo and Microsoft. The pact stops short of the previous project of making it obligatory for bloggers to register, but it can be used to force service providers...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#776 Blogger Update Adds Video- August 26, 2007 Googles Blogger team this week solved a technical problem with the blog publishing and hosting service and introduced a new feature that gives publishers the ability to upload videos to their sites.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#775 Search Engine Optimization for Blogs- August 17, 2007 Use your blog to help your website attract traffic. Attention to search engine optimization details could mean the difference between popular and unpopular. Search Engine Optimization for Blogshttp://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#774 Cyndicate- August 14, 2007 Cyndicate is a new email like RSS reader for the Mac OS. Manually or automatically download podcasts and enclosures using Cyndicate.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#773 Beginner Guide to RSS- August 14, 2007 Small Office Australia posted a good Beginners Guide to RSS. This information guide is intended as my way to introduce the whole concept of RSS to Australians who have heard of rss and would like to know more. I suspect that as it is around the world, only a very small percentage of people understand and actually use RSS - and Australia is no different. In fact, anecdotal evidence shows that the use of RSS is well under 10%. The reason behind The Beginner Guide to RSS is that...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#772 Government Bloggers- August 9, 2007 Every U.S. presidential candidate has a Web site, of course, but when the top Democratic hopefuls were asked on Saturday whether they would appoint a White House blogger if elected, all of them said yes. You need not look far to find Government RSS Feeds.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#770 RSS Field Explanation- August 9, 2007 This chart contains detailed information about the fields contained in an RSS feed. Feed creators can use this to assist with feed creation.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#771 RSS Feeds for Logos- August 8, 2007 Receive notification when new logos become available. Great use for RSS Feeds. RSS Feeds for Logoshttp://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#769 |