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July 19th, 2008 maxdpadilla Posted in Uncategorized |
A GUIDE ON RSS TOOL
Today, RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’, and it has the following 7 existing formats or versions:
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RSS tools refer to a group of file formats that are designed to share headlines and other web content (this may be a summary or simply 1 to 2 lines of the article), links to the full versions of the content (the full article or post), and even file attachments such as multimedia files. All of these data is delivered in the form of an XML file (XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language), which has the following common names:
? RSS feed
? Webfeed
? RSS stream
? RSS channel
They are typically shown on web pages as an orange rectangle that usually has the letters XML or RSS in it.
RSS feeds can be used to deliver any kind of information. Some of these ‘feeds’ include:
? Blogs feed - each blog entry is summarized as a feed item. This makes blog posts easier to scan, enabling ‘visitors’ to zoom in on their items of interest.
? Article feed - this alerts readers whenever there are new articles and web contents available.
? Forum feed - this allows users to receive forum posts and latest discussion topics.
? Schedule feed - this allows users (such as schools, clubs, and other organizations) to broadcast events and announce schedule changes or meeting agendas.
? Discounts or Special feed - this is used to enable users (such as retail and online stores) to ‘deliver’ latest specials and discounted offers.
? Ego or News Monitoring - this enables users to receive ‘filtered’ headlines or news that are based on a specific phrase or keyword.
? Industry-specific feed - used by technical professionals in order to market, promote, or communicate with current (and prospective) customers and clients within their
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