Power of Really Simple Syndication

Power of Really Simple Syndication www.toputop.com Power of Really Simple Syndication RSS : Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. An RSS feed is an XML format for distributing news headlines or titles on the Web. It is quite similar like HTML.RSS Feeds are simply called as “a list of items”. It is also called as “RSS”, Atom, XML, “feed” www.toputop.com Magic of RSS Feeds RSS Feed Aggregator tools : • Web-based : Bloglines www.bloglines.com • • PC (offline) : Sharp Reader www.sharpreader.net Mac (offline) : Pears www.toputop.com RSS Feed Search Tools : RSS Feed Aggregator tools : • Technorati : www.technorati.com Benefits to RSS : • • • • • Users can subscribe to their interested feeds. Standard for syndicating content through web Best stream of fresh web content Users can review the content quickly in short span of time. Through RSS feeds traffic to the website can be increased. RSS feeds can be read by • • Desktop Feed Readers Web Based Readers www.toputop.com Some of the Top RSS Feed Readers www.newzcrawler.com www.newsgator.com www.jetbrains.com www.google.com/reader www.bloglines.com www.awasu.com www.stardock.com www.sharpreader.net RSS feeds can be used in • Blogs • Newsletters • Weather Buzz • Press Releases • Specials Discounts / Offers • Calendars www.toputop.com Really Simple Syndication ~ RSS ~ Really Simple Supremacy A small window to the open WORLD. An auto updatability minimal information from own blog will give maximum update information. Origin of original information and updatability blogs instantaneous with active link. www.toputop.com Power of RSS - Really Simple Syndication • RSS syndication work - want others interested in that topic to know about it • RSS as introduced by Netscape in 1999 then later abandoned in 2001 stood for “Rich Site Summary.” Another version of RSS pioneered by UserLand Software stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” In yet another version, RSS stands for “RDF Site Summary.” Different names and indeed different “flavors” or versions of RSS. www.toputop.com The RSS File • At the head of an RSS file are “items.” No matter what version of RSS you settle on, your file will have to include at least one item. Items are generally web pages that you’d like others to link to. For example, let’s say you just created a web page reviewing a new cell phone that’s being released. Information about that page would form an item. • To enter your item into the RSS file, you’ll need three bits of information : Title Description Link • Now our RSS file is done, but did we do it right? To find out, we need to validate it. • Use the aptly named Feed Validator service. www.toputop.com How to prepare this XML • • • First, we need to add a tag at the very top of the file saying that this is written according to the XML 1.0 specifications. Right under this, we also have to say what RSS version we are using. Finally, after the RSS tag, we need to add an opening “channel” tag. That gives us this at the top of the file : Specification and format of RSS XML tag specification Search Engine Optimization http://toputop.com/blog At the bottom of the file, after all the items we want to syndicate, we have to insert a closing channel and RSS tag, in that order. Those look like this: www.toputop.com Power of Really Simple Syndication www.toputop.com