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p>I know you see it all the time on the Net these days, but youstill don't know what the heck it is. RSS, RSS, what in theworld is RSS and what can it do for me?
Here are some of the more popular picks
FEEDFORALL: feed creation tool that allows webmasters tocreate, edit and publish RSS feeds. http://feedforall.com
FREE RSS TO JAVASCRIPT SERVICE
Converts any RSS feed into a Javascript code to paste on yoursite. http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/
Need More Information on the History of RSS?http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssVersionHistory
Don't expect it to go anywhere anytime soon. RSS is here tostay. Long ago, people have realized that content was king, butgetting to everyone was always the problem. Enter RSS
How to Create an RSS Feed
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/view.cgi?dbs=Article&key=1059503386
RSSlib - this library allows you to add RSS content to yoursite (PHP or ASP). http://www.2rss.com/software.php
CARP (CACHING RSS PARSER)
RSS feeds on your webpages
Free and Paid Version Available
http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/
LISTGARDEN RSS FEED GENERATOR PROGRAM
Now if you would rather use software or scripts to create yourown RSS feed, then you can try out these options on our RSSFeed Creation Software Page
Make RSS Feeds
http://www.make-rss-feeds.com/making-an-rss-feed.htm
RSS FEED SOFTWARE FOR CREATING YOUR OWN FEEDS
HOW TO DISPLAY RSS FEEDS ON YOUR SITE
Whether you have every intention of creating your own RSSfeeds, it is a great way to keep fresh content on your site, bygrabbing other RSS feeds.
It makes it a very simple way to create a site with loads ofcontent without a huge knowledge of web design or html. And no,you don't have to set up huge partnerships with big contentsites, you can just grab their information via an RSS feed andyou are up and running. Content worthy of the search engines.RSS has been around for a few years, but it just startedgetting popular in the last couple of years. There have alwaysbeen ways to deliver fresh, new content to your visitorsthrough the use of javascripts, but RSS is much easier which iswhy it is catching on like wildfire.
It really isn't that hard to create a feed manually. If youhave a basic knowledge of HTML, then this should be a breezefor you. It seems complicated at first, but I found some greattutorials that can help you.
But how can you display other feeds on your site? Simple....
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN RSS FEED FOR FREE
Now if you would rather not create the feed manually, there aresome tools to help you create your feeds. Gotta love softwareautomation.
RSS BUILDER is an easy to use FREE service to create RSS feedsfor your web site. It provides a simple interface that lets youadd topics, links and content, and then publish the RSS (v2.0)feed to your web server with one click!http://rss.icerocket.com/
Creates and maintains RSS feeds
Produces both XML and optional human-readable companion HTML
Open source (FREE)
Requires no knowledge of XML or the RSS data formathttp://softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden/
RSS which is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication has alsostood for Rich Site Summary. Regardless, it is an XML basedform of delivering content to the masses. One of the mainreasons why it has become so popular is the fact that it isfree (reminds of the reason why MySQL and PHP is so popular aswell).
This is just a quick primer on how RSS works but it will helpyou to understand just how useful it is to you and to yourcontent. Have fun with it.
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