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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) 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

version 0.91

version 1.0

version 2.0

pros, no cons

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 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

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 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

You have feeds if… OR

Who uses ?

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

The average open-rate of business email

The bulk folder tragedy

Email marketer or Email bomber

Thank you…

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

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