RSS Blog & RSS News
| Email vs RSS Feeds |
08/28/2007
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The debate rages on comparing email and RSS feeds.
Lets face it their are benefits associated with each and downsides
as well. Email and RSS really are different communication
mediums and they are designed for different purposes.
RSS Pros
1. Subscriber Control - you choose what you want to receive
2. Privacy - no need to release private information in order
to subscribe (in most cases)
3. Scannable - easy to scan, saving time
4. No Filtering Issues - nothing is lost to spam filters
5. Reach - syndication expands a companies reach
RSS Cons
1. Tracking - RSS is very difficult to reliably track
2. Metrics - accurate reporting is near impossible
3. Adoption - RSS adoption is still limited, not everyone
has an RSS reader
Email Pros
1. One on One - designed for personalization
2. Compatibility - everyone can send and receive email
Email Cons
1. Spam - emails are lost in spam filters
2. More Spam - noise to sound ratio overwhelming
Perhaps this over simplifies the comparison but it clearly
shows that the two communication methods excel in different
areas.
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| Link Bait Tips for Blog Posts and RSS Feeds |
08/27/2007
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Link Bait gets the readers attention here are
some tips for demanding attention. Use titles and posts that:
- attack
- humorous
- contrarian (argumentative)
- notable news
- notable resource
- egotistical
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| Chinese Blog Policy |
08/27/2007
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Reporters Without Borders criticized the Chinese
government for what the press advocacy group considers a move
to end anonymous blogging in the communist country.
The government, through the Internet Society of China,
recently drafted a pact that was signed by at least 20 major
blog service providers in the country, including Yahoo and
Microsoft.
The pact stops short [of] the previous project of making
it obligatory for bloggers to register, but it can be used
to force service providers to censor content and identify
bloggers, the group said in a statement. The pact, unveiled
Wednesday, signals an imminent new wave of censorship and
repression, the group said.
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| Blogger Update Adds Video |
08/26/2007
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Googles Blogger team this week solved a technical
problem with the blog publishing and hosting service and introduced
a new feature that gives publishers the ability to upload
videos to their sites.
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| Search Engine Optimization for Blogs |
08/17/2007
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Use your blog to help your website attract traffic.
Attention to search engine optimization details could mean
the difference between popular and unpopular.
Search Engine Optimization for Blogs
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Cyndicate is a new email like RSS reader for
the Mac O/S. Manually or automatically download podcasts and
enclosures using Cyndicate.
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| Beginner Guide to RSS |
08/14/2007
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Small Office Australia posted a good Beginners Guide to RSS.
This information guide is intended as my way to introduce
the whole concept of RSS to Australians who have heard of
rss and would like to know more.
I suspect that as it is around the world, only a very small
percentage of people understand and actually use RSS - and
Australia is no different. In fact, anecdotal evidence shows
that the use of RSS is well under 10%.
The reason behind The Beginner Guide to RSS is that mainstream
Australia - even those frequently using the web - are not
taking up rss usage in numbers that was hoped for. In other
words, there is still a long way to go to educate people on
the advantages of using rss to manage their online information.
I hope this guide goes some way in helping this along.
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| RSS Field Explanation |
08/09/2007
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This chart contains detailed information about
the fields contained in an RSS feed. Feed creators can use this to assist with
feed creation.
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| Government Bloggers |
08/09/2007
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Every U.S. presidential candidate has a Web site,
of course, but when the top Democratic hopefuls were asked
on Saturday whether they would appoint a White House blogger
if elected, all of them said yes.
You need not look far to find Government RSS Feeds.
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| RSS Feeds for Logos |
08/08/2007
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Receive notification when new logos become available.
Great use for RSS Feeds.
RSS Feeds for Logos
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| Common Errors that Kill Search Engine Ranking |
08/07/2007
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Tricking the search engines just does not work.
The search engines do not look kindly upon webmasters who
attempt to deceive the search engines about the content contained
on a webpage.
1. Cloaking
Cloaking a website is a stealth technique used to provide
a copy of a web page to search engines while providing an
alternate copy to website visitors. The website copy provided
to the search engine is optimized and not always reflective
of the real content contained on the webpage.
Common Errors that Kill Search Engine Ranking
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| What is a Blogathon? |
08/06/2007
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During the Blogathon, people update their websites
every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. For this, they collect
sponsorships. Pledges can be a flat donation, or a certain
amount for every hour the blogger manages to stay awake.
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| Blog for Legislation |
08/04/2007
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A blog launched this month has teamed with a U.S.
senator in an effort to write new broadband legislation, and
so far participants have given the process high marks.
OpenLeft.com, a blog focused on liberal issues, has been hosting
a wide-ranging discussion on broadband policy since Tuesday.
Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat and assistant majority
leader in the Senate, has joined the discussion, saying he'll
use the ideas from OpenLeft to craft broadband legislation.
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| RSS Higher Value than Blogs |
08/03/2007
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RSS has the highest value among Web 2.0 technologies,
according to a Forrester Research report released Friday.
The research firm surveyed 275 IT decision-makers online between
April and June.
Twenty-three percent of those surveyed report substantial
business value for RSS. One in three uses RSS for marketing
purposes. Podcasting came in right behind RSS, with 21% reporting
substantial business value.
By contrast, only 11% said blogging delivers substantial business
value. Fourteen percent said their company does not measure
Web 2.0 business value at all. Of those that do measure, the
majority look at traditional metrics such as ROI and total
cost of ownership.
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| National Geographic Feeds |
08/02/2007
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National Geographic News headlines and story
summaries are now available via RSS feeds.
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| GreenPeace has RSS Feeds |
08/01/2007
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GreenPeace has RSS feeds. The RSS feeds cover
issues from global warming to genetic engineering.
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