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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)

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?

• 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 ?

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

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