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Major update to Democracy Player – version 0.9 released
Democracy Player is the leading video RSS player, with powerful features and a beautiful interface. It’s free and open-source, supports bittorrent feeds, and has a built-in Channel Guide with more that 600 free RSS video feeds (you can also add any feed manually). This new version adds playlists and folders and is translated into 30…
Should you create RSS Feeds on your site or host them elsewhere?
Should you create RSS Feeds on your site or host them elsewhere? There are several ways to create RSS Feeds for your website. Some site owners and webmasters may find it helpful to use a RSS feed hosting service like mySiteFeed.com/, while others may want the RSS feed to come from their own site. There…
The pressing need for RSS
According to a recent report, 85% of all email can now be classified as spam! The pressing need for RSS is to deliver content to people that have SUBSCRIBED to it, without the mess that our email inboxes have become. If you do not already offer RSS feeds, get one now at mySiteFeed.com, the web’s…
Ping list | pinging services
A recent post on Site Reference explored where to ping when your feed is updated. Here are some of the many places: http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php http://1470.net/api/ping http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b http://api.feedster.com/ping http://api.moreover.com/RPC2 http://api.moreover.com/ping http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2 http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php http://bitacoras.net/ping http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2 http://blogmatcher.com/u.php http://www.blogoole.com/ping/ http://www.blogoon.net/ping/ http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1 http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php http://www.blogsnow.com/ping http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc http://coreblog.org/ping/ http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/ http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php http://ping.amagle.com/ http://ping.bitacoras.com http://ping.blo.gs/ http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/ http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/…
Tips for Promoting RSS Feeds
Site Reference has a new article Tips for Promoting RSS Feeds. Tha article is excellent at giving some quick tips on making sure your feed gets noticed and subscribed to by your users. Check it out!
New version of NetNewsWire available!
NetNewsWire 2.1, from News Gator features extensive performance enhancements, universal binary support for Intel-based Macs, synchronization with the NewsGator Online platform, and a number of additional customer-requested features.
Dave Winer’s idea to share OPML
Dave Winer, one of the most popular bloggers, has recently launched a site designed for the sharing of OPML. From Dave’s FAQ: OPML is “an XML-based format that allows exchange of outline-structured information between applications running on different operating systems and environments”. In short, it allows you to share information about which feeds you subscribe…
Microsoft sees RSS coming into mainstream
Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, recently touted the upcoming RSS Feed capabilities of Internet Explorer 7 and their upcoming Vista operating system. “I think for a lot of you RSS feeds will increasingly be an important way for how you essentially allow your users to sign up to receive your messages,” Ballmer said. The remarks…
Using RSS to provide HTML content for your site
There is a discussion over at WebProNews about using RSS to provide fresh HTML content for your site. Several advantages include: The content comes from feeds chosen by you, the webmaster The content is fresh, ever changing. This is the kind of content Google loves! Be sure to checkout the discussion: Converting RSS to HMTL!
RSS Click Through Rates compare favorably with email
Pheedo reports that RSS feed click-through rates range from 7 to 11%. DoubleClick says the average e-mail CTR is only 8.3%. RSS is right with email, as far as Click-Through-Rates are concerned. Visitors using RSS are likely a more tech saavy group than the average internet user, but that will surely change as the mainstream…
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