RSS - Really Simple Syndication

MyFeedSync for MySpace | Sean Percival's Blog

2009-11-12T11:46:00.000-08:00

"As I always say, there is better living through syndication.

So with that in mind, I’m happy to introduce MyFeedSync for MySpace. Just like the recently launched Twitter Sync, this service allows you to pipe in any RSS feed directly into your MySpace activity stream."

RSS is the pipeline that links up all the various social media sites.

rssCloud Update « Blog « WordPress.com

2009-11-05T12:02:00.000-08:00

"Two months ago we turned on support for rssCloud on WordPress.com. Today we’re announcing some improvements."

More enhancements to the "real time web".

ToRSS: Turn Email To RSS Feed

2009-11-04T12:09:00.000-08:00

"ToRSS is a new online service that converts incoming email to RSS feed and allows you to read messages on your feedreader."

feed your blog to twitter

2009-10-20T18:15:00.000-07:00

"Twitterfeed has grown pretty fast since its early side project days. There are now 350,000 publishers from the White House to CNN to John Cleese pumping out almost 600,000 feeds and generating around 5,500,000 clicks to your sites every day."

Information on RSS, TwitterFeed, PubSubHubBub, RSS Cloud, and Google Analytics.

Comparing PubSubHubbub and rssCloud - The RSS Blog

2009-10-01T18:56:00.000-07:00

"I thought I'd prepare a blog entry describing the differences between PubSubHubbub and rssCloud."

Thoughtful and complete comparison of the two RSS publish / subscribe systems - PubSubHubbub and rssCloud.

The Story of PubSubHubbub and rssCloud - The RSS Blog

2009-09-24T13:16:00.000-07:00

"RSS is great. That said, it isn't real-time. With the advent of Twitter, people are now beginning to wonder why RSS needs to poll every hour. Why can't we have the immediacy of Twitter in RSS. Time for a history lesson."

This is the best article I have seen on the issue of immediacy of RSS. It is excellent.

Is rssCloud All Wet?

2009-09-08T22:11:00.000-07:00

"The main idea behind rssCloud is that your RSS reader can ask to be notified when a feed changes (push), rather than having to check the feed on a regular basis (pull). This is accomplished by having your RSS reader subscribe to updates with the feed server."

Thoughtful discussion on the rssCloud real-time RSS.

Importing an RSS Feed to Your Facebook Page : EveryJoe - Sports News – Tech Reviews – Entertainment – Life Tips for EveryJoe

2009-08-19T20:36:00.000-07:00

"I’m not sure who’s idea it was to make importing an RSS feed into your Facebook page such a challenge, but it shouldn’t be this painful. You’d think it would be possible to go to your page, check-out your settings and add your RSS feed URL to a field and save it. Not so quick."

Valuable information for integrating social media.

Google Reader Speeds Up Sharing With PubSubHubbub

2009-08-19T20:14:00.000-07:00

"At our Real-Time Stream CrunchUp event last month, one of the most interesting things that was demoed was PubSubHubbub, a new protocol made by a few Googlers in their spare time to improve the speed at which Atom and RSS items travel around the web. As expected, they have a big player on their side now: Google Reader."

RSS joins the real time web.

ooBdoo.....About Us

2009-08-02T18:50:00.000-07:00

ooBdoo.....About Us: "ooBdoo (pronounced oo-bee-doo) is a website that offers to provide information on any subject freely to anyone.

This information may be retrieved by viewing our extensive directory of published syndicated RSS feeds from websites across the world.

ooBdoo provides webmasters and content providers with an avenue to promote and advertise their syndicated content.

Any website, subject to approval, may have the content of their RSS feeds published on ooBdoo free of charge. All feeds are placed into category pages that best suit their topics. Most pages contain a number of feeds from different sources, thus providing a unique, useful, logical and informative experience for our audience. The placement of these feeds, on individual pages, is based on artistic preferences only."

A big publishing site that will publish your RSS Feeds.

twitterfeed.com : feed your blog to twitter - post RSS to twitter automatically

2009-06-08T20:38:00.000-07:00

"... feed your blog to twitter, identi.ca, HelloTxt or Ping.fm"

Send your RSS Feed to Twitter.

Post Your RSS to Twitter and Facebook

2009-06-08T20:35:00.000-07:00

"Add RSS to Your Twitter and Facebook Accounts"

Top 10 RSS and Syndication Products of 2008 | Techno Portal

2008-12-11T19:32:00.000-08:00

"RSS and syndication are the veins that the new social web flows through. Countless products and services have been built on top of RSS in the past few years but there are always a few that stand above the rest.

As part of this year’s Top 10 Products series, we offer below the Top 10 RSS and Syndication Products of 2008. These are the feed tools we and the people we know use day in and day out, we love them - we hate them, we wouldn’t want to work without them."

Not the usual list of RSS tools. These tools are for the more advanced RSS user.

10 Useful RSS-Tricks and Hacks For WordPress | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine

2008-12-11T17:36:00.000-08:00

"RSS is one of those technologies that are extremely simple yet extremely powerful. ... we’ll cover in this post some (hopefully) relatively unknown but useful RSS-related tricks and hacks that will help you use RSS in a more effective way — and without unnecessary and chunky WordPress plug-ins."

Some great ideas on enhancing your RSS when using WordPress.

How to Use Yahoo Pipes to Build Unique RSS Feed Mashups | Caroline Middlebrook

2008-11-24T12:58:00.000-08:00

"In this post I give you a video showing how you can create ‘RSS mashups’ which are combined feeds made up of other feeds and ensure these are unique so you can create a different feed for every site that needs one to avoid the duplicate content filter."

A very nice video that discusses mashups, RSS feeds, and how to generate fresh content using Yahoo Pipes.

AFP: Google adds video to Gmail, translations of RSS feeds

2008-11-11T17:21:00.000-08:00

"Internet giant Google on Tuesday beefed up its free Web-based email service by adding online video and voice chat as well as automatic translation of RSS feeds people commonly use to stay updated on blogs and news."

Automatic translation of RSS Feeds sounds so interesting. I think I will subscribe to a feed from Japan.

Master Collection Of 139 RSS Tools And Articles By Category

2008-11-03T20:39:00.000-08:00

"RSS is one of your most valuable tools as a social media marketer. Here is a list of 139 tools and articles that will let you master the craft of converting visitors to subscribers, and increasing your return traffic. Resources include feed creation, promotion, stats, conversion, plugins, validation, and more."

List of RSS Resources.

Tabbloid

2008-11-02T12:28:00.000-08:00

"Turn your favorite feeds into a personal magazine

Pro design
Automatic delivery
1-step setup
Free (no account) required"

Turn your RSS Feeds into a format that resembles a newspaper called Today's Tabbloid.

Google Alerts

2008-10-30T11:03:00.000-07:00

"Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic."

I have been moving everything I can from email to RSS. One of the last services that only supported email was Google Alerts. They have finally offered RSS as well as email.

Micro Persuasion: RSS Adoption at 11% and it May Be Peaking, Forrester Says

2008-10-23T21:16:00.000-07:00

"Forrester Research today published a new report on the state of RSS. In short, while there are bright spots, it does not paint the picture of a technology that's going mainstream anytime soon.
On a positive note, the resarch entitled What's Holding RSS Back?, says that nearly half of marketers have moved to add feeds to their web sites. Further, RSS adoption among consumers is at 11% up from just 2% of users three years ago. RSS feeds usage is more dominant among men."

Micro Persuasion: The End of the RSS Full Text Free Ride

2008-10-12T17:17:00.000-07:00

"If had to pick a single technology that changed my life the most this decade it would be RSS. Phones and computers evolve, surely. However feeds, which I started reading in 2003, were a total game changer. Today I read almost 600 of them. In fact I view my entire reading list as a competitive weapon that allows me to help my company and our clients stay head of the curve."

Steve Rubel is a thought leader in the world of marketing communications. Here are his thoughts about the future of full and summary RSS feeds.

250+ Shiny and Free RSS Feed Icons | 1stwebdesigner

2008-10-11T20:10:00.000-07:00

"I wanted to create one of the biggest RSS Feed icon collections hopefully. I looked over huge amount of resources and hand picked most amazing icons I found."

A comprehensive collection of RSS images, graphics and icons. Most impressive.

Paradisoft RSS Popper

2008-10-09T11:53:00.000-07:00

"RSS Popper is a news aggregator add-in for Outlook & Outlook Express. News items delivered directly to Outlook as e-mails. No need to use a separate program for reading RSS anymore. All RSS/RDF/Atom formats are supported.

Just download, install, set your favorite news feeds, and you're ready to go."

This is a freeware product. I run it for Outlook Express and it works just fine. It seems light and clean. Enough functionality, but no bloat.

NetNewsWire iPhone Application is Very Popular: NewsGator Widget Blog

2008-09-23T09:40:00.000-07:00

"NetNewsWire is an RSS reader for iPhone - you can read news from the millions of weblogs and sites that publish RSS feeds."

There are over 200,000 users of NetNewsWire for iPhone.

Feed My Inbox ~ How Does this Work? ~ RSS to Email

2008-09-18T11:16:00.000-07:00

"FeedMyInbox is a very simple service that attempts to bridge the gap between feeds (RSS, XML, Atom) and email... Only 3% of computer users are familiar with how feeds work, and are using feed readers to get up-to-date information from their favorite sites. We don't think the other 97% should be left out in the cold, so now you can subscribe to a feed with your email address."

A simple approach to getting RSS Feeds in your Inbox.