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.Bloggers Able to Get News Out- September 26, 2007 Savvy young bloggers in Myanmar are breaking through the military juntas tight Internet controls to post photos and videos of swelling anti-government protests, experts said Tuesday. The government blocks almost every website that carries news or information about the Southeast Asian country, and even bars access to web-based email. But an army of young techies in Yangon works around the clock to circumvent the censors, posting pictures and videos on blogs almost as soon as the...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#787 Creative Commons License to Be Tested in Court- September 25, 2007 One of the strangest legal cases in recent months erupted last Friday, but it's one that could have serious ramifications to anyone who posts material online, or even those who find their face in pictures making their way to the web. Get this... A Texas teenager making a peace symbol with her fingers (or a V) was photographed by her youth counselor, who posted in on the photo-sharing service Flickr. The counselor chose the creative commons license, as many people do, which says that photos...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#786 AccuWeather RSS Feeds- September 24, 2007 Accuweather is now offering RSS feeds. My only question is what took so long There have been tools around for quite some time that can dynamically convertdatabases to RSS feeds. It seems Accuweather was just a little late to the party. Afterall Weather.com has had feeds for dare I say years I know I should be applauding their efforts because there are of course other weather portals that do not provide RSS feeds, I just have a hard time understanding the difficulty. Weather is a natural for RSS.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#785 RSS A Cool Tool for Affiliates- September 20, 2007 OneNetworkDirect and Denise Purtzer layout why RSS is useful to affilates.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#784 Common Errors that Kill Search Ranking- September 17, 2007 Tricking the search engines just does not work. The search engines do not look kindly upon webmasters who attempt to deceive the search engines about the content contained on a webpage. Common Errors that Kill Search Engine Rankinghttp://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#783 Are Bloggers The Media- September 6, 2007 According to a recent post the Federal Election Commission does not think so -- DailyKos, an influential political Web site that serves as a virtual bulletin board for liberals, qualifies as a media entity exempt from federal campaign finance regulations, the Federal Election Commission said Tuesday. The FEC said the Web site, operated by blogger Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, cannot be regulated as a political committee and can freely post blog entries that support candidates. Conservative..http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#781 The Visual Power of RSS- September 6, 2007 SearchEngineLand has posted a great visual diagram that depicts the power of RSS. RSS feeds offer a unique channel for distributing content that can help expand your audience to people beyond those who visit your web site. But RSS feeds can also be an important part of a search marketing campaign. Well optimized feeds can also gain prominent placement on search engine result pages, attracting even more traffic.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#782 Provide Dynamic Content Using RSS Feeds- September 3, 2007 This article will you how to get fresh content updated on your site on a daily basis with very little work on your part using RSS feeds and PHP. Tutorial for Providing Dynamic Content Using RSS Feedshttp://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#779 Is China Telecom Blocking FeedBurner- September 3, 2007 It has been reported that people who are using China Telecom are unable to access FeedBurner feeds. FeedBurner, which was acquired by Google Inc in June of 2007, powers hundreds of thousands of blog, podcast and news feeds. According to statistics as of August 27, 2007, Feedburner is feeding 535,003 publishers whove burned 913,490 feeds.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#780 |