RSS - Really Simple Syndication

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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:38:55 PDT

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

Send your RSS Feed to Twitter.

Post Your RSS to Twitter and Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:35:15 PDT

"Add RSS to Your Twitter and Facebook Accounts"

Top 10 RSS and Syndication Products of 2008 | Techno Portal

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:32:17 PST

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:36:07 PST

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:58:18 PST

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:21:25 PST

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:39:58 PST

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:28:02 PST

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:03:13 PDT

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:16:55 PDT

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:21:33 PDT

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:10:35 PDT

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:53:19 PDT

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:40:55 PDT

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:16:53 PDT

"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.

NuParadigm

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:26:54 PDT

"The RSS Screensaver is a screensaver that lets you subscribe to one or more RSS feeds, and select a directory for background images. The Screensaver loops through the list of RSS items and shows the contents of the feed in the right hand side."

A screensaver that shows RSS feeds.

Job Search: Combine Feed-Creating Tools with Email Alerts to Nab That Job

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:20:09 PDT

"First off is making inconvenient, low-tech job listing sites--the kind without RSS feeds, email alerts, or any other technologies beyond 2001--much more manageable through a combination of a 'page scraper,' or RSS generator, and automatic RSS-to-email services to make sure you're never near the bottom of the resume stack."

This is for a specific purpose, but it is a good overview of RSS scrapers and RSS-to-email tools and how they work for a specific purpose.

About Us : Feed Informer

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:56:30 PDT

"Feed Informer is a parser, regenerator, and syndicator for, and of, RSS and Atom feeds. It lets you do things like ... put the content of RSS or Atom feeds on your own site(s)"

Both a free and premium service. A quick and easy way to put RSS feeds on your website or blog.

TG Daily - Google ends an era of ad-free RSS

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:19:17 PDT

"...RSS subscribers have to realize that the era of ad-free feeds is coming to an end."

Some of the great services on the Internet are free because of ads, and it looks like RSS is next.

Paradisoft RSS Popper

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:17:29 PDT

"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."

For many people, this simplifies reading RSS feeds because they come into the mail box like emails.

Dynamifeeds :: Affiliate Powered RSS Feeds

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:39:10 PDT

"Now affiliate managers can publish product reviews and articles, or even weekly specials, through an RSS enabled blog. Affiliates will promote these RSS feeds to the public and will receive credit for CPA conversions resulting from the articles published through the feed."

The Ultimate RSS Toolset: 100+ Online Apps and Resources | OEDb

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:23:17 PDT

"This collection of tools will give you everything you need to get started or improve how you're working with RSS."

A comprehensive annotated list of RSS tools.

Accredited Degrees » Features Library & Research » 100 Cool Things You Can Do With RSS

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:19:27 PDT

"Really Simple Syndication (RSS) allows you to get information sent directly to you, eliminating the need for you to that information individually. Using a reader will allow all the RSS feeds to come to one spot for you to read at your leisure. While reading news and blogs has been a traditional use for RSS feeds, there are also tons of fun ways to use these feeds. The list below touches on some ways you can read the news, but it also lets you learn, share, keep up with your interests, and so much more."

A list of interesting and fun things to add to your RSS reader.

FilteredRSS.com the free bayesian filter for your RSS feeds

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:21:00 PDT

"FilteredRSS.com is a bayesian filter for your RSS feeds. Instead of using keywords to filter your RSS, you instead rate feed items. This gives our filter examples of what you like and don't like for that feed (much like a spam filter for email). The filter then learns what you like and uses this to predict your preference on future items. This free tool can also combine one or more RSS feeds. FilteredRSS is very easy to use and we only need an RSS feed url and your email address to get you started."

I have successfully used bayesian filters to weed out spam email (SpamBayes), so this is interesting.

Feedbooks: Food for the mind

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:18:58 PDT

"About Feedbooks
“Feedbooks is a universal e-paper platform compatible with all e-paper devices where you can download thousands of free e-books, publish and share your own content, and create customized newspapers from RSS feeds and widgets.”"