Intro to RSS

Slide 1: Welcome

Slide 2: Let us today...

Slide 3: What is ? • RSS is a simple XML based file format that allows anyone to easily share content on the web • Extensively used for delivering regularly changing website content • Many news-related sites, web blogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it • Also known as, “RSS feed”, “webfeed”, “RSS stream”, “RSS channel” • RSS is a family of web feed formats 1. RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0) 2. Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0) 3. Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)

Slide 4: version 0.91

Slide 5: version 1.0

Slide 6: version 2.0

Slide 7: pros, no cons

Slide 8: How do people read feeds? ● They are not viewable in the browser directly ● An RSS aggregator or reader is required to read them ● Mainly two types of Aggregators available: Desktop Aggregators & Web-based Aggregators ● Aggregators display brief information about the feeds, allowing users to scan through a list of items with specific descriptions and links ● Aggregators check for updates automatically and categorize your feeds

Slide 9: Why use ? • It is the purest form of the web, as it doesn't contain any ads, spyware, adware, etc. • It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving summaries of the latest content from the sites you are interested in • You save time by not needing to visit each site individually • You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter • The freedom to distribute your content directly to the people who are interested in what you offer, such as visitors, re- publishers, webmasters and marketers

Slide 10: You have feeds if… OR

Slide 11: Who uses ?

Slide 12: vs. Email • The average open-rate of business email • The bulk folder tragedy • Email marketer or Email bomber And the winner is... RSS

Slide 13: Thank you…

Slide 14: Additional links http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29 http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_%28standard%29 http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FWE/is_12_6/ai_95444213 http://www.whatisrss.com/ http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?TheFuss http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10088_7-5143460.html http://www.rapidfeeds.com/what-is-rss.php