FreeMyFeed
FreeMyFeed - Free your feed from authentication or invalid SSL certificates for use in the feed reader of your choice.

RSS Scripts Updated
A bunch of the RSS feed management scripts have been updated.

Using RSS Feeds
The Internet gives you access to a virtual smorgasbord of information. From the consequential to the trivial, the astonishing to the mundane, it is all within your reach. This means you can keep up with the headlines, policies, trends, and tools that interest your nonprofit, and keep informed about what people are saying about your organization online. But the sheer volume of information can pose challenges, too: namely, how do you separate the useful data from all the rest? One way is to use RSS, which brings the information you want to you.

Using RSS Feeds to Feed Your Information Needs

How to Translate RSS feeds
Interesting article explains how to translate RSS feeds:

It is not as easy as using a one-step translation service, but it is worth the effort for reading blogs you think you might like that are not in your language. I will walk through a demo of translating Webware into French.

RSS - What is the Deal for 2010
With the web, one thing that we know is that things are forever changing, and usually more quickly as opposed to less. So it is with RSS as well, and one thing we know for sure is that the use of RSS will evolve based on patterns affecting the social web, the real time web, and so on.

RSS in 2010 - according to Technorati

5 Reasons RSS Readers Rock
What I learned from that discussion is that while the RSS Reader market is indeed in decline, there are still a number of compelling use cases for RSS Readers. Not to mention new tools worth checking out. So in this more optimistic post, I list 5 reasons why you should continue to use RSS Readers

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2009 Reflections, 2010 Predictions
Another year has rolled by marked by miracles, political milestones and tragedies alike. 2009 was the year of financial uproar with bailouts and ponzi schemes dominating the news on a regular basis. Chrysler and GM stalwart car giants struggled to survive. Bernie Madoffs financial pyramid came tumbling down, taking average citizen's retirement plans with it, emptying the coffers of trusting non-profits and celebrities alike.

2009 Reflections, 2010 Predictions

Predictions for 2010
Top 10 Winners Predicted for 2010
1. Healthy Living
2. The Cloud
3. Savings
4. Simplicity in Design
5. Web Applications
6. Instant and Virtual
7. Portability
8. Energy
9. Green Shopping
10. Security

Top 10 Losers Predicted for 2010
1. Capitalism
2. Health Care
3. Credit Card Companies
4. The Left
5. Acorn
6. Big Government
7. Privacy
8. Super Star Atheletes
9. Facebook
10. Reality...

What is Hot and What is Not for 2010

What is Hot and What is Not for 2010
Top 10 Winners Predicted for 2010

1. Healthy Living
The healthy living trend will continue with more and more westerners becoming conscious of the chemicals used in their products and food. Organic, chemical-free products, and healthy living will prosper in 2010.


2. The Cloud
The virtual cloud has grown in 2009. The benefits of virtualization and collective space will continue into 2010, with significant cloud growth.

3. Savings
The economic crisis caught many unaware; job security of middle management was tossed a curve in 2009. As a result consumers are becoming more savvy about what they spend their money on, and they are less likely to rely on credit. Savings will grow in 2010.

What is Hot and What is Not for 2010

30 RSS and Web 2.0 Applications
Collection of 30 RSS and Web 2.0 Applications

Definitions of RSS
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication and  Rich Site Summary. RSS is an XML-based format for content distribution. Webmasters create an RSS file containing headlines and descriptions of specific information. While the majority of RSS feeds currently contain news headlines or breaking information the long term uses of RSS are broad.

What is RSS?

Google Is More than Just a Search Engine
The architects of the most powerful search engine in the world have included some really handy algorithms in their service, which allow searchers to quickly locate particular and specific types of information...

1. Definitions
In order to quickly find the definition of a word, simply type "define: word" in the search box. Google will then provide the definition of the word.

2. Area Codes
Enter a US telephone area code in the URL box to see a map of the area covered by that telephone area code.

Google is More than Just a Search Engine

TweetSense
With TweetSense your most relevant Twitter links at the top of your streams.

mytweetsense automatically filters your twitter stream, so that the tweets* containing your most relevant content, are presented first.

Podcasting Bundle
Podcasting Bundle Complete Podcasting Solution

    RecordForAll - records audio content

    - records audio files
    - add music to tracks
    - edit audio files
    - export as WAV, MP3 or WMA
    - edit meta tags related to audio file (ID3)

    FeedForAll - easily creates the coding for a podcast

    - creates podcast feed
    - easily add iTunes tags to podcast
    - auto-publish FTP
    - auto detects file type
    - publishes podcast feed
    - export to HTML or CSV
    - manage unlimited number of feeds
    - automatically repairs incorrectly formatted podcasts and feeds
    - built in wizard for easy podcast creation

FeedTweeter
Feedtweeter focuses on getting your Plurks to Twitter and the other way around in a sane way, but it should work with any RSS feed.

Google Chrome Does Not Embrace RSS
Another version of Google Chrome v4, on a new platform and the same old news about RSS: support isn't there in the browser. Both RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds display inline in the browser as a huge jumble of text. complete article

On Page Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization has become a fine science. Tweaking, changing, and measuring is all part of the ongoing optimization process. SEO truly is a process that requires constant monitoring and attention. In order for a website to perform well, its managers and webmasters must adapt their SEO techniques as the search engine algorithms change.  On Page Search Engine Optimization

FeedNest
FeedNest allows you to publish your RSS feed on a twitter account.

RSS Italia
RSS Italia is an Italian RSS feed directory.

RSSTalker
Enter your email address to track a wishlist on Amazon or an Amazon URL for a specific product and a feed will be created on RSSTalker.

Huge List of RSS Tools
Huge List of RSS Tools

Twitter for Business
Businesses can use Twitter as a marketing tool in a variety of ways. Many business owners struggle with social media as a marketing medium. At the heart of the most effective social media marketing campaigns is personal communication. Many businesses that try to manage social media may attempt to shout their message, rather than simply engaging with potential customers. Potential customers who are active in social networks will not be receptive to marketing in this fashion. The trick with social media like Twitter is to interact and engage, rather than shouting your message.

Twitter for Business

Follow Christmas Deals via RSS
Many of the coupon websites and deal websites have RSS feeds available. If you want to keep tabs on discounts for the holidays subscribe to the RSS feeds.

Video Optimization Part 2
Optimizing your video for search engines will increase the exposure that the video receives, and optimization will also help spread the video's message. Follow these steps to enhance your videos and improve their rankings...

1. Shorter Videos Rank Better

No big surprise here -- the file size of short videos is much smaller than that of longer videos. On the video networks like YouTube, short videos are viewed far more often than longer ones. A length of less than 3 minutes per video seems to be ideal, and absolutely make every effort to keep your video under 10 minutes! If you have a long video segment, consider breaking it into multiple videos. The more popular videos on the video networks are given more exposure, which will also help increase the number of views received.

2. Titles Capture Interest

Just like newspaper headlines, it is important that the title of the video be one that will attract attention. If possible, include important keywords in the video title. This will help the video perform well in video searches for that keyword or phrase. Word order may also make a difference in the video ranking, so try to use the more important keywords at or near the beginning of the video title.

Video Optimization - Part 2
 

Manage Your Reputation Online
A companys reputation is often critical to that company's success. The anonymity and vastness of the Internet makes managing a reputation much more difficult than it once was. Businesses must be proactive about protecting their brands and reputations.

Manage Your Reputation Online

Google Is More than Just a Search Engine
The architects of the most powerful search engine in the world have included some really handy algorithms in their service, which allow searchers to quickly locate particular and specific types of information...

1. Definitions
In order to quickly find the definition of a word, simply type "define: word" in the search box. Google will then provide the definition of the word.

2. Area Codes
Enter a US telephone area code in the URL box to see a map of the area covered by that telephone area code.

Google Is More Than a Search Engine

RSS Video Tutorials
Learn the intricacies of RSS feeds and podasting with RSS and Podcasting Videos

Search Engine Optimization Myths
A myth is a traditional story, idea, or explanation which is widely accepted, but actually untrue or unproven. Misconceptions can also be described as modern-day myths. When it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO), the myths and misconceptions are abundant. We will try to dispel some of the more common Search Engine Optimization myths here...

RSS Image
Here is a good image explaining how RSS Works not sure why the RSS feeds come into two computers they really only need to come into one.

Reuters RSS Feeds
Collection of RSS feeds from Reuters. Stay current on the news using RSS>

RSSSpybot
Rssybot allows you to watch your RSS feeds from Google Wave. This incredibly simple robot could not be more useful! Just add it to a wave, enter the link to the RSS feed you want to subscribe to and wait for new posts to appear in your inbox as unread blips.

What Is RSS Video Tutorial
What is RSS? A video tutorial that explains the intricacies of the RSS Internet standard.

RSS to PDF
FeedJournal converts RSS feeds to PDFs.

Instant RSS for Websites
Enter the URL of your website and an RSS feed will be created with RSSA

Monty Python RSS
There are even RSS feeds for Monty Python!

RSS-to-Email Saves Nearly 20 Staff Hours Per Week
Originally published in an email marketing case study, TheChartman.com results have generated interest among industry experts and e-marketers. This exclusive webinar will focus on how RSS feeds can be used to make email campaign management easier than ever, with simple setup and seamless execution. Gold Lassos email marketing experts will also review how the RSS-to-Email function Seminar saved Smiths staff 20 hours per week in message assembly.

Blogger Down and Out
Googles popular Blogger blog-publishing service crashed early on Friday and remained unavailable to most users for about 90 minutes, the type of broad system outage that Google has been trying to eradicate from its Web-hosted applications.

Google acknowledged the crash in brief statements posted to the Blogger Status site and to the Blogger Help Forum.

State of Blogosphere
Technoratis State of the Blogosphere 2009 report topics include: professional blogging activities, brands in the blogosphere, monetization, twitter & micro-blogging and bloggers impact on US and World events.

Podcasting Video Tuorials
Collection of  Video Tutorials for Podcasters.

Tips to Optimize Video Podcasts
It does not matter what you call them: vodcasts, vidcasts, videocasting, or video podcasting... there are a few behind-the-scenes actions you can take to help attract more attention to your video productions. Just like websites, it does not matter how amazing the content is if interested people are unable to find it.

Tips to Optimize Video Podcasts

The FCC RSS Feeds
Large collection of RSS feeds for the Federal Communications Commission FCC.

A Primer for Publishers and Content Providers
RSS content development primer for publishers.

Ad Group Calls on FTC to Rescind Blogger Rules
An advertising group has called on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind recently published blogger guidelines, accusing the commission of cracking down on Internet sites for infractions that print media has been engaged in for years.

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NASA RSS Feeds
NASA is on Twitter and also offers a collection of RSS feeds.

RSS Education Center
Learn the intricacies of RSS feeds and podasting in the RSS Learning Center.

No Award for Blogger
Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her countrys communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize.

Yoani Sanchez had hoped to go to Columbia University for a Wednesday ceremony to receive her Maria Moors Cabot Prize, the oldest international award in journalism.

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RSSBirthday
Use RSS feeds to remember birthdays with RSSBirthday

RSS Feed Converter
Convert RSS feeds to different formats with RSS Feed Converter

Audio Recording Software for Podcasters
RecordForAll is an easy to use commercial podcasting solution. RecordForAll allows for publishers to record audio files, edit sound files, and add effects. RecordForAll can be used by podcasters or other types of audio producers to overlay tracks, create fades, and add background music or effects to their audio productions.

The RecordForAll software gives the user the ability to record, store and import all types of audio recordings. Recordings can be easily labeled and organized. While RecordForAll has a lot of functionality it is still very easy for beginners to use. Simply drag and drop audio clips, to create a podcast show sequence. Edit clips by simply highlighting or overlaying segments. Audio clips can be individually managed allowing podcasters to make each clip shorter, longer, softer or louder.

RecordForAll supports basic mixing, cropping and track splitting, which makes the editing process simple even for beginning podcasters. Finished productions can be saved as an MP3,WAV or WMA file format. RecordForAll is an all-in-one recording studio that assists users in recording, editing and mixing their podcasts, resulting in professional podcasts even for beginners.

Blogging Disclosure Required
It is official: The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.

It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers.

But the commission stopped short Monday of specifying how bloggers must disclose any conflicts of interest.

The FTC said its commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the final guidelines, which had been expected. Penalties include up to $11,000 in fines per violation. The rules take effect Dec. 1.

RSS Synchronization and FeedDemon
A few months ago, it was announced that NewsGator synchronization was being discontinued. If you are using FeedDemon 2.7 synchronized with NewsGator, you must now upgrade to FeedDemon 3.0, which includes synchronization with Google Reader, the process takes a fair amount of time to convert and synch your feeds with the new database.

RSS At Sea
Ocean RSS Icons collection. 7 RSS vector icons that are related to the sea.

Entetainment Tonight RSS Feeds
Collection of RSS feeds from Entertainment Tonight

Add Sound Effects to Podcasts
You can easily add sound effects to your podcast to add some drama. There are a number of sound effect resources available here are some to try:

Digital Sound Effects
List of Other Sound Effects.

Simple Steps to Create RSS Auto Discovery Code
Fill out the form to create RSS feed auto discovery code. Auto-discovery allows people with certain RSS readers to automatically detect that an RSS feed exists for the content contained on the webpage.

 

Twitter Funding
Twitter is close to raising up to 100 million dollars in new funding in a deal which values the hot micro-blogging service at one billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Now the question - what are they going to do with the money?

RSS Video Tutorials
Video tutorials that explain how RSS works. Collection of videos that discuss the ins and outs of RSS.

RSS Icons Galore
Huge collection of RSS Icons. Additional links to RSS icon resources can be found in the RSS Tools list.

RSS.com
A while back, Sedo was brokering the domain name RSS.com for $750,000 but it did not sell. I recently learned that the buyer has drastically cut his asking price, and it is now for sale with a price of $125,000. additional details

FTC Regulation
A recent post in Search Engine News discusses moves that the Federal Trade Commission is taking to regulate blog posts. The FTC is tasked with protecting consumers from harmful business practices. The FTC will soon be looking at reviews or endorsements published on blogs to determine if they are paid placements.  Bloggers need to be aware and disclose any payments they received.

New Audio Recording Software
RecordForAll is an easy to use commercial podcasting solution. RecordForAll allows for publishers to record audio files, edit sound files, and add effects. RecordForAll can be used by podcasters or other types of audio producers to overlay tracks, create fades, and add background music or effects to their audio productions.

The RecordForAll software gives the user the ability to record, store and import all types of audio recordings. Recordings can be easily labeled and organized. While RecordForAll has a lot of functionality it is still very easy for beginners to use. Simply drag and drop audio clips, to create a podcast show sequence. Edit clips by simply highlighting or overlaying segments. Audio clips can be individually managed allowing podcasters to make each clip shorter, longer, softer or louder.

 

FCC Joins Social Revolution
The Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. agency that regulates the telecommunications industry, is becoming more media savvy by joining popular networking sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

Cyberlaw Cases on a Blog
Two University of California at Berkeley professors are teaming up with colleagues to launch Cyberlaw Cases, a blog covering what they consider the top 10 most-important pending U.S. legal cases involving issues that impact the Internet, databases, and software programs.

The blog focuses on an evolving list of cases on issues such as network neutrality, privacy, copyright, trademark, and patent issues, and includes analytical postings about each case and the authors assessments of potential impacts.

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Presentation Primer
Many individuals are called upon to give presentations, but many have no formal instruction on how to deliver the most effective presentations. So for the benefit of those who might need a bit of help, we've put together a primer for presenters...

This is particularly helpful for podcasters!

FeedRoller
FeedRoller is a lightweight RSS and Twitter feed ticker. It is designed to show scrolling headlines from your favorite news sites, blogs and twitter account, directly on your desktop.

Corporate Benefits of RSS
According to new data from a McKinsey Global Survey, 42% of some 1,700 executives report seeing a measurable benefit from really simple syndication. That is 24% more than those who see any benefit from micro-blogging, i.e., Twitter.

HUD RSS Feeds
RSS feeds for Housing and Urban Development.

YouTube Sharing Revenue
YouTube will share profits with users who post popular videos on the site, the company announced on its blog. By extending the YouTube Partnership Program, the company offers more individuals with one off popular videos a chance to earn thousands of dollars a month.

In the past amateur videos on YouTube never earned a dime for the creator, even if they clocked millions of views. But YouTube is now rewarding authors of videos that keep YouTube popular and is offering to spread the wealth it generates with the authors.

YouTube will monitor the popularity of user-submitted videos and some users will get invited to start earning revenue through the Partnership Program. To determine with videos are worth it, YouTube will look at the number of views the video has so far and its compliance with the sites terms of service - read no copyright infringements.

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Good RSS Blogs
Good RSS Blogs
Stay up to date with the latest RSS news following the RSS industry blogs.

RSS Specifications Blog
Blog - http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm
RSS Feed - http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog-feed.xml

FeedForAll RSS Blog
Blog - http://www.feedforall.com/blog.htm
RSS Feed - http://www.feedforall.com/blog-feed.xml

RSSApplied
Blog - http://blog.rssapplied.com/
RSS - http://blog.rssapplied.com/feed

NewsNiche
Blog - http://www.newsniche.com
RSS Feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewsnicheRssBlog
(has not been updated in a while)

NewsGator
Blog - http://blogs.newsgator.com/daily/
RSS Feed - http://blogs.newsgator.com/daily/rss.xml

RSS4Lib
Blog - http://www.rss4lib.com
RSS Feed - http://www.rss4lib.com/index.xml

RSSTop55
Blog - http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
RSS Feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/Robin-Good-Latest-News

Pheedo
While posting is not frequent on the Pheedo blog, the quality of the posts is really quite good
Blog - http://www.pheedo.info
RSS Feed - http://www.pheedo.info/index.xml
(has not been updated in a while)


 

Japans Political Rules Impact Bloggers
On Tuesday, 1,370 Japanese stopped blogging and Twittering. There's perhaps nothing unusual about that; after all, hundreds give up social media efforts every day. But for these people the halt to their online activities has been brought on by the law.

No, they have not done anything wrong. But they are candidates in Japan's upcoming national election, and with the official 12-day campaigning window now underway, online communication is off-limits.

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Increase Your RSS Feed Subscribers
Growing subscribers of your RSS feed will expand your reach. Put the appropriate effort into marketing your RSS feed, so you can increase adoption and spread the message contained in the RSS feed.

Increase Your RSS Feed Subscribers

RSS.com for Sale
RSS.com is up for sale.

Evolution of Blogging
Interesting look and view of the Evolution of Blogging.

RSS to PDF Newspaper
Enter the RSS feed or OPML URL to create and RSS to PDF newspaper.

Get Ready for Halloween with RSS Icons
Get ready for Halloween early with these Halloween RSS Icons.

RSSHandler
RSSHandler is an RSS to podcast converter that aims to solve this problem by converting Youtube RSS feeds to FLV, MP4 and other such computer mobile friendly formats.

FTC Is After Bloggers
The Federal Trade Commission is currently investigating fair blogging practices, but an advertising group is one step ahead, and has forced two companies to clearly disclose their relationship with the health-related products they promote via blogs and Web sites.

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SQL2RSS
PHP Script that converts SQL database to RSS Feeds, SQL2RSS.

Hallmarks of a Good Podcast
There are many, many things that separate a good podcast from all the rest. Here are a few to consider...

Recording Quality
The quality of the recording is probably the most critical component of a podcast. A good podcast is easy to understand, and should be recorded at a volume level that makes it easy for listeners to hear all that is said.

Sound Balance
Adding background music polishes a podcast, but be careful that the music does not overpower the primary content. The background music should be subtle and not distracting. Create a balance that does not compromise the quality of the recording. Also, be sure that the music is not the focal point of a podcast show, unless the topic is about the music -- the emphasis should be on the primary content, and not on the musical arrangements.

Hallmarks of a Good Podcast

Twitter Attack and Blogger Linked
The outage that knocked Twitter offline for hours was traced to an attack on a lone blogger in the former Soviet republic of Georgia — but the collateral damage that left millions around the world tweetless showed just how much havoc an isolated cyberdispute can cause.

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The Military Is Not Social
Apparently the Marines can protect our country, but when it comes to social media they are defenseless, as they banned use of social media - Twitter, Facebook and MySpace have been banned - effective immediately.

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RSS Subscribers or Twitter Followers: Which Are Worth More?
I personally do not think it needs to be an either, or, both have value -- RSS Subscribers or Twitter Followers: Which Are Worth More?

EU Feeds
Over 1000 European newspaper feeds.

PDF Search Engine Optimization
Google, Yahoo, and MSN can all spider and index text-based PDF files, and generally they rank quite well. PDF files can be used to seize top listings for important keywords and keyword phrases. In order to have a PDF effectively rank well in organic searches, it should be optimized for the search engines, just as you would optimize a web page. Optimization of PDF files for search engines is very similar to search engine optimization for other types of content...

PDF Search Engine Optimization
 

Commodity Future Trading RSS Feeds
Commodity Future Trading Community RSS feeds for monitoring news related to the futures market.

Australian Police Use Twitter
Australian police said they were joining the Twitterati Thursday, using the micro-blogging service to discourage drink-driving among young people.

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AP Fights Digital Piracy
Vowing to fight unauthorized reproduction of news reports online, The Associated Press said Thursday that it would add software to each article showing who created it and what limits apply to the rights to use it. The software will also notify the A.P. about how the article is used across the Web.

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Google News RSS feeds Broken
RSS feeds for Google News search results have been broken for about three weeks, according to complaints in the companys help forum. Three weeks ago a Google engineer said they expected the problem to be fixed in about a week. Now the company has simply removed the links in the results page sidebar to both RSS and Google Alerts.

How to use XSLT to style an RSS feed
XSLT is a fairly well-supported technology. It allows you take any XML file – including RSS – and transform it into an styled HTML document. It is kind of like CSS on steroids.

How to use XSLT to style an RSS feed

Give RSS Feed Options!
I have seen recent queries about whether you should provide RSS feeds for categories, keywords or one feed that includes everything. Why not give the subscriber the choice? Check out this RSS implementation: RSS feeds for PowerPoint Templates

Podcasting for Businesses
Regardless of the size of your business, or whether your company is public, private, a government agency, or a non-profit... there is little doubt that you should consider podcasting. Podcasting is a 21st century medium, and has proven that it is far more than just a passing fad.

Podcasting for Businesses

RSS to PDF Newspaper
Free software project to help people create printable PDFs from RSS feeds - RSS to PDF Newspaper

Re-Using Content
Repurposing content is not a terribly new concept. Webmasters that picked up on the trend have benefited from traffic surges for a while now. Repurposing content is all about presenting the same content in a variety of different ways, or using different mediums to present the same content. Webmasters can manipulate content in order to provide the same content in any number of different formats.

Re-Using Content

RSS2HTML.com
Hosted RSS2HTML service allows you to display RSS feeds as HTML.

Design Feeds
An OPML file of 250 design feeds for graphic designers.

Make RSS Feeds
Guide to Make RSS Feeds by hand.

USGS RSS Feeds
United States Geological Services - USGS RSS feeds.

KindleFeeder
Get RSS feeds for your kindle service.

The Legalities of Republishing RSS Feeds
Here is a blog post about a the legalities of someone republishing his feed. Here is more on the RSS and Copyrights topic.

Blogger Bug
Publishers with custom domains hosted on Googles Blogger blog-publishing service have been losing traffic for the past week due to a bug affecting how visitors get redirected from the Blogger domain to the publishers own domains.

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Twitter Mistakes
Jason VanOrden posted a great report about common Twitter Mistakes

80% of Twitter Users Fail to Provide a Homepage URL
76% of Twitter Users Fail to Enter their Bio in the Profile
69% of Twitter Users Have Not Specified a Location

RSS Feeds are NOT All of Blogs
A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around how Google seems to consider any web site that contains an RSS feed, as a blog. In fact, several webmasters are complaining that their web sites are showing in the Google Universal Results, under the label of, blog posts about, when their site is simply not a blog.

What seems to be happening is that Google may be considering any site that has an RSS feed as a blog.

RSS Cheese
Cheese chunk RSS feed icons.

RSS2Twitter
RSS2Twitter is a service that forwards RSS feeds to Twitter. An alternative is TwitterFeed.

Feedmil
Feedmil is an RSS search engine but I could not get any results to come up for what I would consider long tail searches.

Grants via RSS Feeds
Small businesses looking for grants will want to subscribe to the RSS feeds from Grants.gov

Netflix Offering A Variety of RSS feeds
Netflix, the popular DVD site is offering a variety of feeds as well as the option of customizing and personalizing feeds to meet your personal tastes.

The UK Dept of Work and Pensions Added Feeds
The UK Dept of Work and Pensions has added RSS feeds.

Submit RSS Feeds
Large list of sites that you can submit RSS feeds to.

Last Chance for Software Industry Conference Boston, MA July 16-18
This is the last chance to register for the Software Industry Conference a conference designed for software developers and marketers. The conference will be in Boston, MA July 16-18th.

SousChef RSS Feed Program
As recipe collection moves out of the card box and into the computer, there has emerged a small cadre of Mac programs designed to help you find, categorize, share, display, and cook your food. SousChef 1.2 is a compact program with an iTunes-RSS feed.

Blogs Can Feed Social Networks
Your blog RSS feeds are powerful syndication software. So use them to save yourself from the hassle of updating your social networks. Here are a few tricks and tips to feed social networks.

Visual RSS vs Atom Comparison
Visual comparison of RSS vs Atom.

The FTC is Paying Attention
Savvy consumers often go online for independent consumer reviews of products and services, scouring through comments from everyday Joes and Janes to help them find a gem or shun a lemon.

What some fail to realize, though, is that such reviews can be tainted: Many bloggers have accepted perks such as free laptops, trips to Europe, $500 gift cards or even thousands of dollars for a 200-word post.

Bloggers vary in how they disclose such freebies, if they do so at all. The practice has grown to the degree that the Federal Trade Commission is paying attention.

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Blogger in Court
A blogger is due in a Connecticut courtroom to face a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers.

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Microsoft is Offering Incentives for RSS Subscription
Microsoft is offering a subscription to people who subscribe to their RSS feed:

Becoming an MCP is almost as easy as subscribing to an RSS feed. Just sign up for Microsoft Learnings Born to Learn RSS Feed and if you' are chosen among the three, random and lucky winners, the voucher is yours for a MCP course.

Twitter Critical to Iranian Election
Twitter, the social-networking service derided for being the last refuge of the banal, has gained a new currency on the world stage. The stream of micro-blog postings has proven an important source of real-time news and images of the violence that erupted following the contested presidential election in Iran.

ABCs of RSS
Learn the ABCs of RSS....

RSSFilter
RSSFilter is a PHP script that filters the contents of an RSS feed. The filters can be defined by the publisher so that the resulting RSS feed contains only the information they want. RSSFilter uses rules to filter the items that are included from a feed in the resulting feed.

FeedMingle
FeedMingle is a merging application that will merge RSS feeds into a single one.

Feed Parser
Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python. Universal Feed Parser.

CIA Adopting Web 2.0
The CIA is adopting Web 2.0 tools such as blogs and collaborative wikis, but not without a struggle in an agency with an ingrained culture of secrecy, CIA officers said Friday.

New RSS Aggregator
Looks like a new RSS aggregator RSS Hostei.

Sound Effects
Royalty free sound effects for podcasts.

Time Management Tips
Managing your time and using it wisely is a journey, and not something that can be easily mastered overnight. Implementing a plan will help, but it is not going to be a sure cure. Time management requires a significant amount of self-discipline.

Here are some tips to assist you with time management...

Reminder Hundreds of RSS Tools
We have compiles a list of Hundreds of RSS Tools and Hundreds of Podcasting Tools for webmasters, publishers, and podcasters.

What Are Sound Effects
A sound effect is a ready-made sound for podcasters or producers. Typically, podcasters need to only incorporate the sound into their production for instant success. This can be done with various editors running in a very short amount of time. Sound Effects make the creation of a podcast easier and professional. Sound effects are usually easy to edit and customize using any sound editor, occasionally more sophisticated sound require precise tuning.

Examples of sound effects can be found at Digital Sound Effects

What Are Sound Effects?

Website Review Webinar! Part II
Register for the 2nd Website Review Webinar. The live website critique has for many years been a popular session at both the Software Industry Conference and the European Software Conference. Sharon Housley of NotePage, Inc. and Dave Collins of SharewarePromotions offer their many years of experience to dissect, criticise and sometimes rip apart a website's appearance and setup.

Subjects covered include the initial impression created by a website, structure, navigation, communication, SEO setup and more.

The first webinar took place on Wednesday the 29th of April and was a resounding success!

The second website critique will be taking place on Tuesday June 23rd noon EST.

SignUp for Webinar

Universal Feed Parser
Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python using Universal Feed Parser.

ShowRSS
ShowRSS your favorite TV Shows via an RSS feed.

Tips for Public Speaking and Presenting
Presentations can be a great way to attract new business, simply by making yourself more well-known. However, nerves can often get in the way of entrepreneurs who want to use speaking opportunities to develop their business. Follow these steps to overcome nerves and make a powerful presentation during your public speaking engagement...

Tips for Public Speaking and Presenting

Software Marketing RSS Feeds
Collection of RSS feeds for software marketers and programmers.

160 Development RSS Feeds
Here are 160 RSS Feeds for Software Developers.

How to Promote a Podcast?
If you are spending the time and energy to publish a regular podcast, make sure to give it the exposure it deserves.

How Do I Promote My Podcast?

RSS Feeds for PowerPoint Templates
This is a cool implementation of RSS feeds. The RSS feeds update for new PowerPoint Templates posted. You can select category feeds, create keyword feeds, or other search text.

Student Discount at Software Industry Conference
Student Discount for Software Industry Conference in Boston MA July 16-18th. Only $50.00 with student ID normally $249.00! Educational sessions for software developers and marketers.

FeedScrub
FeedScrub is filters your feeds based on your preferences. Subscribe to all your favorite feeds, then tell Feedscrub which posts you do and do not like. Feedscrub will learn your preferences and begin filtering out posts that d not interest you.

Marine Corps RSS Feeds
Collection of Marine Corps RSS Feeds

Twitter vs RSS Feed Readers
There is no question that Twitter and RSS have some things in common. However, they are not the same, and Twitter will not kill the feed reader. This is a concept I have seen come up a number of times, and frankly, I just do not see it happening, at least not without some dramatic changes in how Twitter is presented to its users.

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Software Awards
The SIAF Peoples Choice Awards were created so software users would have the opportunity to vote for their favorite software programs. The voting for these awards is hosted each year by some of the largest sites on the Internet. In past years, this has included popular sites like CNET, Simtel, Tucows, PC World, and others. Software authors are also allowed to point to the Peoples Choice Award voting site and encourage their users to vote!

Follow the FBI
Follow the Federal Bureau of Investigation on facebook , YouTube , and Twitter .

Templates for RSS2HTML Script
Check out the RSS2HTML templates available for the RSS2HTML scripts.

Blog Promotion
There are a wide variety of things you can do in regard to blog promotion. Here are just a few...

Blog Promotion

8 Ways to Monetize Your RSS Feed
This limits your websites full monetization potential because a portion of your visitors will connect with your website in their feed reader and thus avoid the arsenal of contextual or impression-based ads you have carefully optimized alongside your content.

8 Ways to Monetize Your RSS Feed

RSS to Twitter
RSS2Twitter will publish yourRSS feed content to twitter.

Huge Collection of RSS Feed Icons
Huge collection of new RSS feed Icons.

RSSDler from Google
RSSDler is a utility to automatically download enclosures and other objects linked to from various types of RSS feeds. Works well on podcasts, videocasts, and torrents.

SEO for Audio Files
If you are investing in audio content, be sure you make the most of the opportunities it offers by optimizing the audio file and podcast. Spending a little extra time and effort here will increase the exposure and opportunities available.

SEO for Audio Files

Where to Locate Sound Effects for Podasts?
Royalty-free sound effect libraries contain thousands of sound effects that can be licensed for specific uses. A customer who uses royalty-free sound effects, as opposed to hiring a sound engineer to create them from scratch, can save considerable time, effort, and money. Typically, podcasters and other content producers can obtain non-exclusive rights to a single effect, or they can purchase a subscription of sorts. The subscriptions allow publishers to download a limited number of sound effects during a specified period of time.

Here are a few sources for Sound Effects...

Where to Find Sound Effects

RSS Birthday
Remember Birthdays with RSS feeds checkout RSSBirthday

Swine Flu RSS Feeds
Collection of RSS feeds for updates regarding the Swine Flu:

CDC Swine Flu RSS Feed
World Health Organization Swine Flu RSS Feed
Pandemic Flu RSS Feed
NPR on Swine Flu RSS Feed

Center for Disease Control on Twitter
HealthMap on Twitter

Submit RSS Feeds and Blogs
Large list of directories and search engines for Blogs and RSS feeds. Simply Submit your RSS Feeds and Blogs.

Instant Autodiscovery Tag
Auto-discovery allows people with certain RSS readers to automatically detect that an RSS feed exists for the content contained on the webpage. Fill out this form and it will automatically generate the required autodiscovery code.
 

Digital Sound Effects
Digital Sound Effects directory that contains royalty free sound effects that can be used in podcast productions or other broadcasts.

Creative Podcasting for Businesses
Podcasting content comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Businesses are finding many different and creative ways of incorporating podcasts into their business strategies and marketing plans.

Here are just some of the various types of content that businesses are turning into podcasts...

Creative Podcasting for Businesses

SQL2RSS
Dynamically convert SQL database to RSS feeds with SQL2RSS.

RSS Spider
RSS Spider is a new RSS feed directory.

ABCs of Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is a perceived transition of the Web to web-based applications. Web 2.0 is the next generation of technology solutions where interactive content is the norm.

There is no agreement on exactly what Web 2.0 means. Check out the ABCs of Web 2.0

Website Critique Webinar
Free webinar that critiques websites. Sign-up and submit your site or simply enjoy the entertainment!

Website Review Webinar

How to Embed RSS Feeds in Websites
Robin Good of MasterNewMedia posted a good summary of solutions that allow you to embed RSS feeds into a webpage, scroll down to the table to see all the specific solutions and a comparison.

Create RSS | Make RSS Feeds
Article that details exactly how to Create an RSS feed.

RSS is a standard for syndicating content on the Internet. RSS feeds are used in a variety of ways to distribute all types of content via the Internet. The benefits for individuals subscribing to RSS feeds have resulted in a rapid growth and adoption rate. Software and tools have made RSS feed creation and management easy, even for non-technical individuals, which has also fueled the growth of RSS feeds.

Create RSS | Make RSS Feeds

Feed My Inbox
Using Feed My Inbox use Blogs, Feeds and News magically delivered to your email!

FeedMySearch
Turn your usual Google searches into tiny rss feeds.Get instant updates whenever a new result appears in Google with FeedMySearch.

RSSFeed.me
RSSFeed.me is a new browser-based feed / headline ticker. Watch latest posts and headlines from feeds you subscribe to pop out on your screen as you work.

FeedNest
FeedNest.com lets you publish any RSS feed to your twitter account automatically posting each new item as they are published.

Emergency Response and RSS
Centrelink will use GPS-enabled phones and RSS feeds to improve its response to disasters such as the recent Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods.
The agency played a key role in the recent bushfires and floods as it distributed more than $100 million worth of government support payments to victims.
But its resources were under extreme pressure as it responded to a spate of natural disasters across the country. It now plans to use mobile phones with Global Positioning System capability to track where staff are deployed and what skills are available in an area.

This information will be fed back to a command centre in real time and displayed on a screen.

The department will also use RSS feeds -- which allow a single message to be sent out to a group of subscribers -- to allocate resources to different areas to meet changing demand.

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Distill Digg RSS Feeds
If you subscribe to a Digg RSS feed but find it cluttered with items that are not of interest take a look at Distill. Distill filters out stories below the minimum diggs that you set.

What Can be Published Using RSS Feeds
With all the vast amounts of information available on the web, it is becoming more and more difficult to sort through and find what you are looking for. RSS significantly lowers the signal-to-noise ratio.

What Can be Published Using RSS Feeds

Top 10 Mom Bloggers
Best Mommy bloggers can be found in the Top 10 Mom Blogging Resources

Kindlefeeder
Kindlefeeder is a service for Amazon Kindle owners that lets you aggregate your favorite feeds and have them delivered to your Kindle in a convenient, easy-to-navigate format. You can also have your feeds delivered to your Kindle automatically on a schedule.Kindlefeeder offers a free basic and a paid unlimited service.

Tax Info Via RSS Feeds
GlobeTax, a withholding tax recovery and market data specialists, have launched an RSS feature on their homepage. The feed will supply up-to-the minute news on tax withholding issues, tax rate and treaty changes, and DTC Important Notices.

Banking Business Review Adds Feeds
Banking Business Review offers RSS feeds available for syndication. The Business Review web sites offer several different RSS feeds and offer the Headline of the article  company, a brief description and links back to the relevant page on the Business Review site.

Communicate with Users within Software Using RSS Feed
Actively communicate with users from within your software using RSS Feeds! Free software allows you to communicate from within the software.

RSS Calendar
RSSCalendar by Lookout Software is a web-based calendar and event software application for publishing online, interactive calendars of events. With RSSCalendar, you embed calendars with events into your website by passing in a few lines of JavaScript in your websites HTML

Closing an RSS Feed
Slashdot raises the question about how to best close an old event RSS feed.

Best Search Marketing Blogs
Attempting to stay current on the latest search engine algorithm changes or search optimization tactics can be overwhelming for webmasters attempting to juggle it all. With this in mind, we have put together a list of the industrys best Search Marketing blogs. These blogs are current and discuss important issues related to search engine optimization and search marketing. Subscribe to the search marketing blogs RSS feeds, or visit their website regularly to stay current regarding the latest search news.

Best Search Marketing Blogs

Reminder Subscriber To Your Feeds
Just a quick reminder. Everyone should subscribe to their own RSS feeds to see what their readers are seeing!

Social Media Primer
Social media is the Internets version of viral messaging and marketing. Social media can be used to disseminate news or information, as well as to attract attention. There are a wide variety of social media channels and networks available.

Social networks and social media websites are community-driven websites that allow visitors to submit items of interest. Visitors also decide what items appeal to them by voting or tagging; the more popular an item is determined to be by the visitors, the more exposure the item is given.

Social Bookmarking Primer

Do You Feed
DoYouFeed is a tool that transform any RSS feed into an iPhone friendly site.
 

What Exactly is Podcasting
For the non-technical folks, podcasting is simply a means of syndicating and distributing rich-media files via the Internet. The content contained in a podcast can vary significantly, from a song, to a educational lecture, to a political debate, to just about anything else. One great thing about podcasting is the wide variety of content formats it can contain. And unlike radio or television broadcasts, the recipient can listen or view at their leisure, choosing for themselves when and where they wish to listen or view a podcast.

What Is Podcasting

FeedWeaver
Feedweaver is a web-based tool that performs a simple yet interesting operation: combining multiple RSS feeds into one. An alternate solution is RSSmesh, a PHP script that merges multiple RSS feeds.

The Mayo Clinic Has RSS Feeds
The Mayo Clinic has made RSS feeds available to cover a variety of health and medical related topics.

Automating RSS Submisssions
If you are interested in automating submissions to RSS Search Engines and Directories give RSS Submit a try. RSS Submit uses a combined method of automatic submissions and auto-filling web page submit forms to automate the process of submitting your RSS feeds, publishing your content, and getting more traffic with proven results.

RSS Submit is extremely easy to use. Automatic RSS feed detection allows you to enter the domain of your web site and let RSS Submit find the locations of your feeds. Integration with FeedBurner and Technorati statistics lets you track hits to your RSS feeds right from within the software.

Blog Connection
Great resource for bloggers at Blog Connection.

Tips for More Efficient RSS Feed Reading
Take the time to learn the keyboard shortcuts for your feed reader. I can get through the material more quickly when I use a few keys to navigate through the content. In my case, NetNewsWire lets you use arrow keys, the space bar and other keys to navigate through the content, mark items as read andunread, open in a browser, collapse and expand folders, and more. Navigating the menu items to find these functions can sometimes take more time than you realize.

Tips for More Efficient RSS Feed Reading

New Center for Disease Control RSS Feeds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just launched RSS feeds for two of the most popular sections of its emergency.CDC.gov Web site.

The new RSS feeds are Recent Outbreaks and Incidents and Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity.

ToRSS
ToRSS is a new online service that converts incoming email to RSS feed and allows you to read incoming messages on your feedreader.

Stimulus Via RSS Feed
For each of the near term reporting requirements, major communications, formula block grant allocations, weekly reports agencies are required to provide a feed of the information so that content can be delivered via subscription.

Typeface Font RSS Feeds
Large collection RSS feeds about fonts and typefaces.

Mail2Feed
Mail2Feed is an RSS feed tool that allows you to read emails in your favorite feed reader

Software Industry Conference - Boston MA July 16-18 Registration Open
Discounted early bird registration is open for this years Software Industry Conference. The conference will be held in Boston Massachusetts, July 16-18th. There are also dozens of informative, educational breakout sessions covering a wide variety of topics. And if that is not enough there are three nights jam packed with plenty of time to mingle with other attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors including an Exhibit Night featuring the best software development products and services. Early bird registration is only $249.00. There is also a student option for only $50.00.

RSS Namespaces Explained
RSS Namespaces Explained

Unusual Things that May Effect Search Ranking
You may not realize the impact the following items have on your search engine ranking but they are worth considering when developing a plan for your website. While Google provides a whole host of great tools, their motivation may be more selfish than you believe. Google uses the information they gather in these tools to make determinations about websites. The information they gather may impact the ranking of your website in organic searches for important keyword phrases.

Unusual Things that Can Impact Search Ranking

Updated List of RSS Submissions
We have updated the list of sites that you can submit RSS feeds and blogs to. We removed all the dead links. Please let us know if you have any additions.

Trackle RSS Alerts
Trackle.com provides real-time personalized RSS feeds of the latest crime in a user’s neighborhood, fluctuating airline ticket prices, how much a user’s house value is down this week, updated job listings, sports scores and much more.

Chart of Mime Types
Great chart of Mime Types for those interested in including files in the enclosure field of an RSS feed.

Watch RSS Feeds
MappedUp is a software application that tracks a large number of RSS news sources and displays their latest items on a world map.

Japan to Bring Libel Charges Over Blog Posts
Japanese police said Thursday they would charge more than a dozen people for defamatory posts on a comedians blog alleging he was involved in a murder, in one of the countrys first cases of its kind.

Web users wrote messages on the website of the 37-year-old comedian, whose identify was not released, alleging that he was involved in the 1988 murder of a teenage girl, police said.

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Yahoo RSS Ads End
According to an email sent to publishers. Yahoo will be ending their Ads in RSS program effective February 2, 2009.

Twitter Value
A new tool to assess the value of your Twitter account - TweetValue as Dave Collins posted on his software marketing twitter feed it will be awhile before I can retire ;-)

Folder RSS
Folder-RSS is a small application that allows you to specify a folder and how you want that folder to be monitored. Using the command line—the author includes a sample batch file and a detailed list of the command line parameters—you can set it to monitor a whole directory or just certain sub-folders, set filters for specific file types, and limit the age of changed files monitored. If you mess up on the terminal syntax, Folder-RSS pops up a detailed menu of the right way to type your preferences.

Webmaster Resources
Great collection of resources and tools for webmasters. The website includes a variety of search engine optimization tools, link checkers, keyword tools, and articles related to search marketing and web design.

Huge List of Podcasting Tools
Check out this Huge List of Podcasting Tools in addition to the Huge List of RSS Tools.

CopyGator
CopyGator.com is a free service designed to monitor your RSS feed and find where your content has been republished in the blogosphere. They automatically notify you when a new post of yours is copied to another feed, we also build an overview page you can view to see how, when and where your content is being duplicated, quoted or plagiarized.

Locate Jobs Using RSS Feeds
In addition to actually seeking a job, there are also other valid reasons to monitor the job market. Perhaps you are satisfied in your current position, but just want to keep an eye on new positions in a specific sector. Perhaps you are just curious to know what the wages are for similar positions. The job market can be monitored quite easily using RSS feeds.

Locate Jobs Using RSS Feeds

Software Industry Conference Call for Speakers
The Software Industry Conference has just posted a call for speakers. If you are interested in speaking at the conference July 16-18, 2009 in Boston, MA submit an abstract. Check out the speaking requirements.

TechCrunch Reports FeedBurner Problems
Complaints about Feedburner, a service that helps websites manage their RSS feeds, have been around as long as the company itself. But you would think that when Google spent $100 million to buy the company, they would get it together.

But things haven’t gotten better. Instead, the service is becoming unreliable. Feedburner problems plague website owners far more than they should. And while Google is notoriously slow in absorbing its acquisitions, it’s far past time for them to get their act together and turn Feedburner into a grown up service.

Read TechCrunch Article

MyTV RSS Feed
Select your favorite shows below, and then click to create an RSS feed, this will generate your own personalized RSS feed from MyTVRSS.

MailChimp RSS Tool
MailChimp has an RSS-to-Email tool that will automatically send your subscribers a newsletter whenever your blog or update any RSS feed to get updated. Publish and they will send the newsletter.

Check out the RSS Tools.
 

Community Service RSS Feeds
So I stumbled across this cool application of RSS feeds. USAService is a collection of community volunteer opportunities. You simply enter the zip code and it will provide a list of volunteer opportunities in proximity to the zip code. The list is also available via RSS feed, so when a new opportunity becomes available in that region the RSS feed updates!

Dept or Labor Statistics Feed
The US Department of Labor has added RSS Feeds to their website in addition they offer feeds for the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

SuggestRSS
A new tool, SuggestRSS will analyze your OPML file and suggest additional related RSS feeds you might enjoy.

RSSFwd Future Questioned
On Mashable they posted:

Even though theres no mention of trouble on their website, RSSFWD, an end-user RSS to email service, announced via Twitter today that they will be shutting down the service at the end of the month.

Red Cross RSS
The Red Cross has added RSS feeds.

Where Do You Find Podcasting Content?
You should not have to look far to find content or new ideas for your podcast show. Look to your daily sources to find fodder and ideas for new podcasting segments.

1. News
Both online and offline sources, from the Associated Press to CNN, contain a deluge of news item each day. Scan headlines on a regular basis to see what catches your eye. In addition, explore your niche market to find any industry-specific news portals that may warrant monitoring.

2. Blogs
Blogs are a fabulous source of ideas and inspiration. Monitor blogs for developing industry news. Comment on breaking news or editorials that you strongly agree or disagree with. Be sure to credit the source of any blog posts that you comment on or quote within your show.

3. Friends & Colleagues
Casual conversation with friends and colleagues often results in ideas for podcast segments. Day-to-day interaction generates ideas worth discussing.

Where do you find Podcasting Content?

PowerPoint in RSS Feeds
Want to put PowerPoint Presentations in an RSS feed, here is a tutorial that will walk you through the process of setting up PowerPoint in RSS Feeds.

Top 10 RSS Resources
RSS Codes posted the top 11 RSS Resources:


1. RSS Specifications
rss blog, general information and rss articles

2. FeedForAll
tutorials, free rss2html script and free button generator

3. RSS Compedium
list of resources

4. FeedBurner
free hosting services

5. Harvard Law
specifications and RSS version history

6. Marketing Studies
educational blog and RSS articles

7. Lockergnome RSS Resource
long established blog

8. MNot RSS Tutorial
features and benefits tutorial

9. Userland
articles and history

10 Make RSS Feeds
instructional site

11. RSS Tools
collection of RSS tools and an instructional site
 

SEO Resolutions
Search engine optimization is a process, one that must always be revisited and adapted as search algorithms are changed by the search engines. Because SEO is a constant process, it is often pushed to the bottom of the to do list of marketers. Be that as it may, resolve not to ignore search engine optimization as it cycles its way through your task list. Give search engine optimization the attention that it deserves.

SEO Resolutions

Videocasting Tutorial
Interested in turning your YouTube videos into a videocast (vodcast or vidcast)? Check out this videocasting tutorial that walks your though the steps!

Check out RSS Tools
Take a look at RSS Tools it is a nice collection of categorized tools and resources for RSS feed management.

Huge List of RSS Resources
We have put a huge list of RSS Tools in a single page. This will help RSS users find tools that suit their needs. If you have an addition drop us an email.
 

Anonymous Blog Posts
A model targeted by negative commentary by an anonymous blogger is seeking a court order that would force Google to reveal who the person or people responsible are.

Liskula Cohen, in her filing in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, said the commentary on her hygiene and sexual habits on the site was defamatory, malicious and false. The comments were posted on Googles Blogger platform.

Feedsr - RSS Feed Signature
RSS feed signatures. Simply enter your feed and blog url. Choose a background image, a font and a font color. Registered users may upload custom background images. Done! The only thing left to do is copy and paste the code into your forum signature or mySpace profile. Check out Feedsr.

RSS Buttons and Then Some!
Check out this huge collection of RSS buttons, its also got graphics from many of the RSS brands. RSS Specifications is not however in the collection ;-(

FeedBeater
FeedBeater is a free web based service that converts any URL into an RSS feed. It is essentially a scraper that creates RSS feeds.

British National Party RSS Feed
Large collection of RSS feed for the British National Party. Other government related RSS feeds can be found at Political Feeds or Government Feeds.

Oldest Internet Companies
The Full List of the oldest Internet companies.

All right, prurient interests addressed, ready to check out the full list of dot-com pioneers? Brace yourself, and dig in.

1. symbolics.com: March 15, 1985
2. bbn.com: April 24, 1985
3. think.com: May 24, 1985
4. mcc.com: July 11, 1985
5. dec.com: September 30, 1985
6. northrop.com: November 7, 1985
7. xerox.com: January 9, 1986
8. sri.com: January 17, 1986
9. hp.com: March 3, 1986
10. bellcore.com: March 5, 1986
11. ibm.com: March 19, 1986
12. sun.com: March 19, 1986
13. intel.com: March 25, 1986
14. ti.com: March 25, 1986
15. att.com: April 25, 1986
16. gmr.com: May 8, 1986
17. tek.com: May 8, 1986
18. fmc.com: July 10, 1986
19. ub.com: July 10, 1986
20. bell-atl.com: August 5, 1986
21. ge.com: August 5, 1986
22. grebyn.com: August 5, 1986
23. isc.com: August 5, 1986
24. nsc.com: August 5, 1986
25. stargate.com: August 5, 1986
26. boeing.com: September 2, 1986
27. itcorp.com: September 18, 1986
28. siemens.com: September 29, 1986
29. pyramid.com: October 18, 1986
30. alphacdc.com: October 27, 1986
31. bdm.com: October 27, 1986
32. fluke.com: October 27, 1986
33. inmet.com: October 27, 1986
34. kesmai.com: October 27, 1986
35. mentor.com: October 27, 1986
36. nec.com: October 27, 1986
37. ray.com: October 27, 1986
38. rosemount.com: October 27, 1986
39. vortex.com: October 27, 1986
40. alcoa.com: November 5, 1986
41. gte.com: November 5, 1986
42. adobe.com: November 17, 1986
43. amd.com: November 17, 1986
44. das.com: November 17, 1986
45. data-io.com: November 17, 1986
46. octopus.com: November 17, 1986
47. portal.com: November 17, 1986
48. teltone.com: November 17, 1986
49. 3com.com: December 11, 1986
50. amdahl.com: December 11, 1986
51. ccur.com: December 11, 1986
52. ci.com: December 11, 1986
53. convergent.com: December 11, 1986
54. dg.com: December 11, 1986
55. peregrine.com: December 11, 1986
56. quad.com: December 11, 1986
57. sq.com: December 11, 1986
58. tandy.com: December 11, 1986
59. tti.com: December 11, 1986
60. unisys.com: December 11, 1986
61. cgi.com: January 19, 1987
62. cts.com: January 19, 1987
63. spdcc.com: January 19, 1987
64. apple.com: February 19, 1987
65. nma.com: March 4, 1987
66. prime.com: March 4, 1987
67. philips.com: April 4, 1987
68. datacube.com: April 23, 1987
69. kai.com: April 23, 1987
70. tic.com: April 23, 1987
71. vine.com: April 23, 1987
72. ncr.com: April 30, 1987
73. cisco.com: May 14, 1987
74. rdl.com: May 14, 1987
75. slb.com: May 20, 1987
76. parcplace.com: May 27, 1987
77. utc.com: May 27, 1987
78. ide.com: June 26, 1987
79. trw.com: July 9, 1987
80. unipress.com: July 13, 1987
81. dupont.com: July 27, 1987
82. lockheed.com: July 27, 1987
83. rosetta.com: July 28, 1987
84. toad.com: August 18, 1987
85. quick.com: August 31, 1987
86. allied.com: September 3, 1987
87. dsc.com: September 3, 1987
88. sco.com: September 3, 1987
89. gene.com: September 22, 1987
90. kccs.com: September 22, 1987
91. spectra.com: September 22, 1987
92. wlk.com: September 22, 1987
93. mentat.com: September 30, 1987
94. wyse.com: October 14, 1987
95. cfg.com: November 2, 1987
96. marble.com: November 9, 1987
97. cayman.com: November 16, 1987
98. entity.com: November 16, 1987
99. ksr.com: November 24, 1987
100. nynexst.com: November 30, 1987

Time to Prune the RSS Feeds
Time to make the donuts..... I mean time to prune your RSS feeds. Many of us simply add to our RSS feeds and rarely take time to remove old items from the feed. Take a few moments this new year to remove items that are no longer current.

What is Hot and What is Not for 2008
Based on this years reflections, I have made some predictions for 2009.

Top 10 Winners for 2009

1. Personal Responsibility
2. Financial Diversification
3. Mobile Malware
4. Weight Loss
5. Going Green
6. Social
7. Cloud Computing
8. Virtual Collaboration
9. Video
10. RSS

Top 10 Losers for 2009

1. Global Economy
2. Republicans and Conservatives
3. Hollywood
4. China
5. Somali Pirates
6. Financial Services Industry
7. Corrupted Politicians
8. Security or Securities
9. Outsourcing
10. Gasoline

Details of 2009 Predictions - What is Hot and What is Not for 2009

Kinds of Podcasting Content
Podcasting content comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Businesses are finding many different and creative ways of incorporating podcasts into their business strategies and marketing plans.

Here are just some of the various types of content that businesses are turning into podcasts...

Podcasting Content

Pheedo Video Ads
Video ads have begun popping up in all kinds of places we have not seen them before. Goodmail last week talked up a new video-in-email offering. This week the format comes to RSS advertising, courtesy of Pheedo.

The feed management firm and ad network has begun offering video ads that can reach the users Google Reader, Bloglines, NewsGator and other feed readers.

What Is RSS? A Popular Query
Googles Zeitgeist list for 2008 released this week shows that many Americans are now searching by asking a question --Who is? ... and What is ... are the most common questions. At numberfive on the top ten list of What is questions is What is RSS?

RSStalker
RSStalker.com provides RSS feeds to track price changes of Amazon.com products. Generate a feed for a single product or for an entire wishlist. Add it to your favorite aggregator and you will be automatically notified when the price changes. Simply unsubscribe to the feed when you are done.

FeedNuts
FeedNuts appears to be a new RSS Feed directory. All categorized RSS feeds.

RSS to HTML Updated
NotePage, Inc. released a new version of their popular RSS2HTML script. RSS2HTML is a free PHP script that converts RSS feeds into HTML web pages. The RSS2HTML script allows webmasters to easily display RSS feeds on their websites.

The content of the RSS feeds can be easily integrated into an existing website's theme using the rss2html.php script. The rss2html.php script parses the RSS feed, extracts the pertinent information, formats it, and outputs it as regular HTML.

Using RSS2HTML webmasters can customize the format and look of the web page created from the RSS feed. The content of the RSS feed can be easily integrated into an existing website's theme. The webpages will always display the most current information from the RSS feed, and because the resulting page is pure HTML, it will be in a format friendly to search engine robots. The RSS2HTML script runs on any webserver that can run PHP scripts and supports feeds in the RSS 2.0, .93, .92, .91, or .90 format.

More on RSS2HTML
 

Google Reader Updated
On Friday, Google rolled out an updated interface to Google Reader the interface has been renovated, is cleaner and faster The new look eliminates much of the color seen in previous iterations of the RSS reader, while setting up a foundation for a more streamlined and customizable navigation system.The biggest alterations apart from a new look include, collapsible navigation, more visibility for your friends’ shared items, enhanced feed bundles and luckily the ability to hide unread counts.

Unusual RSS Tools
Web 2.0 syndication tools are finally catching up with the technology. There are a number of unusual ways that businesses are utilizing RSS feeds.

Unusual RSS Tools

Christmas Web Design
Dress your website up for the holidays!

The CD is shipped free of charge and includes Christmas Web Templates, Christmas Logos and Christmas Stock Photos.

RSS2Email
rss2email lets you read newsfeeds from a program that you already know and use everyday: your email client.

CVS2RSS
Convert CVS files to RSS Feeds. Check out CVS2RSS.

Facebook and Twitter
A social-media giant that has been wooed by the likes of Yahoo and Microsoft is now looking at an emerging social-networking play. Facebook recently held acquisition talks with micro-blogging phenom Twitter.

The Times cited people familiar with the matter who confirmed that Facebook offered to acquire Twitter in an all-stock deal.

Rumors are that Twitter declined the deal.  

Discount on RSS Feed Editor
The cyber specials are rampant, and there are some available on RSS Software!

Purchase FeedForAll RSS Feed Editor with the coupon code rssspec and get $ 5.00 off of each copy you purchase.  This offer is only good through Monday, December 1st so buy now!



Also get FREE shipping on any CD orders!

Purchasing FeedForAll also includes a FREE subscription to the RSS Scripts Directory. The RSS Scripts directory contains: RSS2HTML Pro, FutureRSS, RSSmesh, SQL2RSS, RSS2SQL, RSS Cache, and RSS Filter.

Good Things to Social Bookmark
It can be tricky to predict what content will perform well on social bookmarking websites. The interests of our democratic populace are widespread and constantly changing. Webpages, podcasts, and images which are deemed more newsworthy, humorous, or intriguing often steal the spotlight. Knowing how to present content on social bookmarking websites can help internet marketers stand out.

Good Things to Social Bookmark

Bloglines Outage
The popular Bloglines RSS feed reader was knocked offline for several hours last Thursday by what was described as a technical glitch.

The Bloglines home page was inaccessible from about 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday November 20th.

HP Tabbloid Converts RSS to PDF
Hewlett Packard has a new service available that lets you easily convert RSS feeds to personal PDF magazines. The service, Tabbloid turns RSS feeds into  deliverable, printable PDFs.

DoYouFeed Service
Service transforms any RSS feed into an iPhone friendly site. Check out DoYouFeed

50 Ways to Increase RSS Subscriptions
This article details 50 ways to increase RSS adoption.

Most bloggers love their RSS readers. Not only that, but they also love to gain new RSS readers. It is such a joy when you wake up one day and see that your Feedburner count jumped by 200 or 300, right?

Holiday Party RSS Icons
A really interesting collection of RSS Icons has been posted check it out!

Notify.me
Notify.me is a service that notifies users when something changes that they are watching. You can choose to have notifications delivered to Instant Messenger, SMS, Email, or Desktop Application.

Here are some examples of where Notify.me is used:

Craigslist - Be the first to respond to hard to find listings
Facebook - Find out immediately when something happens on your profile page
LinkedIn - Stay up to date with your professional network
Twitter - Get all your twitter updates in notify.me
Google News - Stay up to date on the latest news you care about
StackOverflow - Quickly respond to programming-related questions to gain reputation points
Woot - Find great deals during the legendary Woot-Off

 

Blogger on Death Row
Rogelio Reyes Cannady dreams of earning a degree that would lift him from his hardscrabble Texas roots to become a paralegal.

But he is most unlikely to realize that hope. On November 19, Texas plans to execute Cannady for murdering three people, two of them teenagers he killed in 1990 and left in a ditch.

and he is blogging about his experience.

Effective Podcasting Tips
Many people assume that podcasting is all about audio and fail to acknowledge the writing behind the show. Skilled communicators understand the type of planning required in order to pull off a clean final product. The most memorable and effective podcasts are always well planned. Some of the best podcast shows use a script and follow a structured format. The preparation that occurs behind the scenes is similar to what would take place for a radio show.

Effective Podcast Tips

Mime Types
If you are creating a podcast or video RSS feed you will need to include the appropriate mime type. It is important that the proper format is included. Check out this Mime Type list.

RSS Feed Component
FeedForDev VCL Control and ActiveX components makes it simple to communicate with users from within software applications!

RSS Code
A great resource for manually creating an RSS code for Make RSS Feeds. Walks publishers through the process of creating RSS feed code.

ABCs of Search Engine Optimization
Follow the ABCs of Search Engine Optimization.

Display RSS Feeds
RSS offers webmasters a unique opportunity to display fresh content on websites. While publishing an RSS feed is a great way to generate site interest and increase communication, syndicating and displaying feeds from related relevant sources can also generate interest, increase traffic and improve search engine ranking.

There are a variety of tools that you can use to display RSS on your website, the most popular is probably RSS2HTML a free PHP script that allows you to customize the RSS feed to match the design of your website. Additional details on how RSS feeds can be used to  display RSS Feeds as HTML. A list of tools for converting RSS to HTML.

Converting Databases to RSS Feeds
There are PHP scripts available that will assist you in converting MySQL databases to RSS feeds and RSS feeds to SQL databases. The feeds dynamically update as the source is updated.

Danielle Steele Blog
The famous romance author Danielle Steele has started a blog. There is no RSS feed available though!

Track iPhone Apps with RSS Feeds
Pinch Media is providing RSS feeds for new iTunes applications.  Scroll to the bottom to get:

New Apps feed
Updated feed
Current top 100 free apps
Current paid apps

Halloween Web Design Elements

Halloween Logos, HTML Templates and Stock Photos all related to Halloween check it out!

Happy Halloween
Check out the latest Halloween Logos

Blogging Platforms Targeted with Denial of Service Attacks
WordPress has been targeted by hackers in Denial of service attacks. LiveJournal too has been experienced some downtime over the past couple of days as a result of network attacks. The blogging platforms appear to be getting hit hard.

Alphabet of Search Engine Optimization
Check out the The ABCs of SEO .
 

Twitter for Terrorists
A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.

The report by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, posted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), examines a number of mobile and web technologies and their potential uses by militants.

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Strange Things Happen in Cyber Space
A woman has been arrested in Japan after she allegedly killed her virtual husband in a popular video game.

The 43-year-old was reportedly furious at finding herself suddenly divorced in the online game Maplestory.

Police say she illegally accessed log-in details of the man playing her husband, and killed off his character.

The woman, a piano teacher, is in jail in Sapporo waiting to learn if she faces charges of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data.

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You Do Not Know, What You Do Not Know
According to LifeHacker:

A new report shows use of RSS feeds growing from two to 11 percent in the past three years. The key finding, though, is only 17 percent of the 89 percent who do not use RSS are interested in learning how, indicating a possible peak.

I disagree, how can you know whether you want to learn about or adopt RSS if you do not know what it is?

Blogging Piracy
A blogger accused of leaking songs from the long-delayed Guns N Roses album Chinese Democracy has pled not guilty to violating federal copyright laws.
Kevin Cogill appeared Monday morning in federal court in Los Angeles and entered the plea.
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Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N Roses songs on his Web site in June. The album has been 10 years in the making.

If convicted, Cogill faces up to three years in prison or more if prosecutors prove he did it for financial gain.

Businesses Missing RSS Opportunity
A number of businesses have not added RSS feeds to their websites, a new study has found.

Research by marketing consultancy firm MarCom Ink found that 70 per cent of companies in the technology sector are not using the systems, which means they are failing to regularly communicate with visitors to their websites.

According to Marketing Charts.com, only ten per cent of those who use the feeds provide multiple options for readers hoping to subscribe.

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Libel Insurance for Bloggers?
Interesting -

A U.S.-based group has worked to bring liability insurance within reach of average bloggers, highlighting the risks that an increasing number of do-it-yourself publishers face when they unleash their thoughts on the Internet.

The non-profit Media Bloggers Association has announced an insurance policy designed to protect bloggers who face threats of libel lawsuits, copyright claims, invasion of privacy accusations and other legal woes.

I personally would prefer if bloggers simply stuck to the facts!

Blogging Scholarship
Attention college bloggers:
Do you maintain a weblog and attend college? Would you like $10,000 to help pay for books, tuition, or other living costs? We're giving away $10,000 this year to a college student who blogs. The Blogging Scholarship is awarded annually.

Requirements:
Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are passionate about.  
U.S. citizen or permanent resident;
Currently attending full-time in post-secondary education in the United States; and
If you win, you must be willing to allow us to list your name and blog on this page. We want to be able to say we knew you before you became a well educated, rich, and famous blogging legend.

Submission deadline is October 30.

The Blogging Scholarship.

Google Alerts via RSS
Matt McGee at Search Engine Land confirmed the reports in the Wall Street Journal that Google will be offering web search result notifications not only via Google Alerts, but also via RSS format.

RSS.com For Sale
Rss.com is planned to go up for auction on www.greatdomains.com in October with a $750,000 USD reserve. Buyers can submit their interest either by contacting Sedo directly or by visiting www.sedo.co.uk and searching for the Internet domain name.

FindLaw Delivers Case Summaries Via RSS
FindLaw,  is launching a case summary RSS feed service to deliver up-to-the-minute court opinions in a standardized RSS format. This new and unique legal RSS feed service from FindLaw.com provides real-time information to attorneys, legal commentators and anyone seeking up-to-the-minute case information.
 

Google Blog Search
Google has launched an enhanced blog tracking service that helps people mine a growing mountain of online commentary for gems worth reading.


The Google Blog Search tool  competes with Techmeme, Polymeme, and other memetrackers that sort and organize blog posts into categories.

Open Regulations RSS Feeds
Open Regulations, a website for government regulations. Their content is now available via RSS feeds.

RSS Feeds for Affiliates
Clickbank RSS feed generator allows you to generate a keyword feed using your affiliate ID. You can display the feed as HTML to generate sales or simply syndicate the feed.

FBI Feed of Missing Children
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is providing an RSS feed of missing children.

Ford Has RSS Feeds
Ford Motor Company is now providing RSS Feeds. You can easily stay abreast of news about our products and services by having Ford news the RSS feeds cover things from design to safety.

RSS to Email
There is a new RSS feed to email delivery service. Checkout Feed My InBox.

New RSS Directories
There are some new RSS feed directories at:

FeedBees - Has more than 100,000 RSS feeds.  

RSS Mountain - Free RSS directory that is searchable.

FeedSee - Human edited RSS directory.

More RSS Search Engines and Directories

Google Founder Now Blogging
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has started a blog, candidly telling of being at risk for Parkinsons Disease and plugging his wifes genetic testing start-up firm.


While Brin is no stranger to news-making webcasts and online press announcements, he made a blogging debut Thursday by sharing personal musings in a post at the Blogger weblogging website Google bought in early 2003.

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Kindle Feeder
kindlefeeder.com is a service for Amazon Kindle owners that lets you aggregate your favorite feeds and have them delivered to your Kindle in a convenient, easy-to-navigate format. You can also have your feeds delivered to your Kindle automatically on a schedule.

kindlefeeder.com is currently in beta. During the beta period, the service will be free to use, apart from Amazon's $0.10 wireless delivery fee.

Checkout the Best Search Marketing Blogs
Attempting to stay current on the latest search engine algorithm changes or search optimization tactics can be overwhelming for webmasters attempting to juggle it all. With this in mind, we have put together a list of the industrys best Search Marketing blogs. These blogs are current and discuss important issues related to search engine optimization and search marketing. Subscribe to the search marketing blogs RSS feeds, or visit their website regularly to stay current regarding the latest search news.

Best Search Marketing Blogs

State of California Political Feeds
The State of California has added a collection of RSS feeds. The feeds cover the gamut from California politics to the courts.

State of California RSS Feeds

Political Pundit Feeds
Have you ever been curious about what the politicians and political pundits read? Google has released information on the news sites read by McCain, Obama and political journalists. See articles the campaigns and political pundits are sharing with Google Reader this election season. Check out the Google PowerReaders.

American Institute of Physics
The American Institute of Physics have added a bunch of RSS feeds. They cover the American Institute of Physics Journals and news feeds.

The Internet Is Influencing Politics
Blogs played a significant role in the 2004 election, but the 2008 race has seen even newer types of communications play a significant role. Obama has reached young voters through text messaging and social-networking sites like Facebook, while incendiary speeches by his former preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright were viewed widely on the YouTube video site.

This was an interesting article that was written a number of months ago:

The staggering distribution numbers, through channels like iTunes, YouTube, or podcasting websites, indicate that technology could play a critical role in the upcoming elections. Technology could be the deciding factor in the 2008 US Presidential race, and while distribution has never before been as accessible as it is to todays politicians and political candidates, politicians have far less control over the news and media than their counterparts in previous years.

The curious need not look any further than YouTube to find the latest political constituents being haunted by their own words and dogged by their past missteps. Todays politicians have far less control of the news media and messages associated with their candidacy.

The Internet and technology is positioned to play a huge role in elections. Whether that truly occurs remains to be seen.

Influencing Politics through The Internet

Bloggers At Democratic Convention
The 2008 DNC is expected to be the most blogged-about political convention in history.That, of course, is just a small segment of the estimated 15,000 total media in attendance. Nonetheless it is worth noting.

Google Gets Political
Google will be pampering bloggers and tutoring US policy makers at Democratic and Republican national conventions as Internet culture flexes growing political muscle.


The Internet giant is joining news-ranking website Digg and blogger groups to set up a Big Tent for media and delegates at the Democratic convention next week in the US state of Colorado. The 8,000-square-foot center will feature a public area with kiosks for uploading videos to Google-owned YouTube and demonstrations of services offered by Google.

PowerPoint Subscription Website Uses RSS
This new PowerPoint Templates website provides RSS feeds for each category. As the category updates the new PowerPoint Presentation appears in the topical RSS feeds. The PowerPoints cover a variety of topics for all kinds of presentations and they can be used with any version of PowerPoint.

PowerPoint RSS Feeds

American Physical Society Has RSS Feeds
American Physical Society is now providing content using RSS feeds. The feeds cover a few topics of strong current interest and draw from all of the APS journals.

FBI Adds More RSS
The FBI recently expanded their news feed offerings on the FBI.gov website to include wanted fugitives and missing children. The feeds, which enable subscribers to get new FBI content and site updates delivered to them, include the popular Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and Most Wanted Terrorists list.

 

Instant Messaging RSS Feeds
IM Feeds is a new service that allows you to get RSS feeds via instant messaging. IM Feeds delivers RSS updates directly to your Instant Messenger.

Deal of the Day
With the economy in a questionable state, everyone is looking for a good deal. Savvy business owners have jumped at the opportunity to carve out a niche for themselves in the struggling economy. Coupon and Deal-Of-The-Day websites have become extremely popular. Everyone is getting into the action, from large conglomerate websites to small specialty shops, and many now have some sort of Deal-Of-The-Day special where an item is offered at a significant discount for a specified and limited period of time. While the Deal-Of-The-Day websites were originally designed to capture impulse purchasers, many financially-conscious penny-pinching shoppers are now monitoring these sites regularly, in search of good deals on products they might need.

Where to Find the Deals!

Web Easy Discounted 40% on Software Deal of the Day
Web Easy is website design software that allows you to create a great website in one hour with drag-and-drop simplicity. WebEasy includes everything you need in one box to create your ideal website with built-in templates and e-commerce tools.  Web Easy is featured on Software Deal of the Day at a 40% discount for only 24 hours!

New Blogger Version Not Liked By Beta Testers
A new version of Googles Blogger blog publishing service that went into public testing last week has generated some concerns among users, especially regarding a significant revamping of the tool for composing and modifying postings.


In the official Google blog entry detailing the post editor changes, many testers have commented that the revamped tool differs too much from the current one, causing confusion, frustration and mistakes.

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The Traits of a Perfect Link
Webmasters are given the advice that they must attract links, but the key is not just to attract links... they need to attract good links. But what is the perfect link? The search for the perfect link need not be a quest in vain. Consider the following when attempting to attract links...

The Traits of a Perfect Link

Overcoming RSS
I thought this was rather funny but sadly true -- a different kind of RSS.

A look at a common affliction among domainers.

Thousands of people suffer daily from Repetitive Statistics Syndrome (RSS). RSS is an obsessive compulsive disorder that involves checking revenue statistics from programs such as Google Adsense and domain parking multiple times a day. RSS sufferers know that checking their statistics repeatedly will not increase the final revenue number at the end of the day, but they can’t bring themselves to stop checking stats. This article will discuss RSS and what can be done about it.

History of RSS. RSS began with early incarnations of public e-mail services such as AOL and Prodigy. People who were new to e-mail would check their accounts multiple times each hour to make sure they quickly knew if one of their friends had forwarded a funny picture of a cat to them or if they needed to send out a chain letter to 7 people in order to stave off bad luck. This was called RES for Repetitive Email Syndrome.

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Whoisi - Track People
Whoisi is a central site that allows users to add people and their associated web feeds, and then track any number of these people and their feed items using a follower model.

In Whoisi, any visitor to the site can define a person or an identity, and add the feeds associated with that person for other users to find and follow. To prevent vandalism, there is a revision history so that changes can be reversed.

Take Website Usability to the Next Level
Website usability is more than just a good navigational structure. A large number of people have visual or hearing disabilities, so you should design your website in ways that allow those with either minor or significant impairments to view and navigate your web content. The following tips will help expand your websites usability so that all users, regardless of their sensory perception and abilities, are able to take advantage of your web content...

Take Website Usability to the Next Level

Why Should You Use Web Templates?
Web templates expedite the process of setting up a new website. The idea behind a web template is that it will save time with the creative design and layout process.

In the business world, time is money; hence, using templates can save money. It can be a challenge to find a web designer for hire, and quite often the designers schedule will not always mesh with the needs of a small business. Time rarely controls a web graphic designer. Artists are, well, artistic, and don't necessarily work by the clock. Instead, they work when inspiration strikes, which can be problematic when there are deadlines to meet. Templates are ready-made, and can be easily edited, allowing you to instantly create a website.

In addition, webmasters that may lack adequate graphic or design skills can quickly and easily create a website themselves, simply by editing and customizing the existing HTML layout in a web template. And locating a themed web template takes far less time than attempting to create a layout and graphics from scratch. Web templates also remove any coding issues. This is especially helpful to webmasters who are just starting out and just learning HTML coding.
The bottom line is that webmasters who use web templates will have their websites up and running much quicker.

Why Should You Use Web Templates?

Software Industry Conference
The Software Industry Conference is coming to Boston July 17th through 19th, 2008. This exciting event, now in its 18th year, will be held at the Boston Marriott Quincy in Quincy MA.

The Software Industry Conference features three days of informative sessions that cover a wide range of subjects of interest to software developers. There will be sessions on marketing, foreign markets, ecommerce, outsourcing development, copyrights and trademarks, and much more.

The Software Industry Conference provides lots of time to network with other attendees. Thursday evening there is a night of fun, excitement, food, and beverages sponsored by Digital River, always a highlight of the conference. Friday evening features an Exhibit Night with vendors in over 20 booths and food and beverages for all.
The Software Industry Conference is the premier software marketing event of the year.
 

Podcasting Rewards
Getting started with podcasting is a relatively inexpensive venture. The equipment and software required for podcasting is inexpensive for a business contemplating podcasting as a new marketing and communication adventure.

Required Equipment
1. A Computer Capable of Recording Audio
2. Recording and Editing Software (RecordForAll Suggested - US$39.00)
3. Podcast Creation Software (FeedForAll Suggested - US$39.00)
4. A Microphone
5. A Recording Location (quiet, without any echo)

Reaping The Podcasting Rewards

The Associated Press Looking to Develop Blogging Guidelines
The Associated Press, following criticism from bloggers over an AP assertion of copyright, plans to meet this week with a bloggers group to help form guidelines under which AP news stories could be quoted online.


Jim Kennedy, the APs director of strategic planning, said Monday that he planned to meet Thursday with Robert Cox, president of the Media Bloggers Association, as part of an effort to create standards for online use of AP stories by bloggers that would protect AP content without discouraging bloggers from legitimately quoting from it.

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The Attributes of a Perfect Link
Webmasters are given the advice that they must attract links, but the key is not just to attract links... they need to attract good links. But what is the perfect link? The search for the perfect link need not be a quest in vain. Consider the following when attempting to attract links...

The Attributes of a Perfect Link

Podcast Consumer Profile
Podcast consumers are more likely to have a college degree and earn in excess of $75,000. They are also more frequent online shoppers and spend more money online than other Americans. These consumers are also adverse to interruption based advertising and use pop up blockers, SPAM filters and other tools to block out commercials.

Podcast Consumer Profile

Google RSS to HTML Wizard
Embed a Dynamic Feed Control on your web page and let your users see customized views of the feeds. Customize how the dynamic feed control should be displayed, and the Google wizard will write the code for you.  

 

FEMA Adds RSS Feeds
The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has added RSS Feeds. Now you can receive emergency alerts via RSS.

Government Website Improvements
Government web sites have been a joke for almost as long as there have been web sites. They tend to be slow, clunky, and far behind their private-sector counterparts. All three presidential candidates have signaled that they want the federal government to make better use of the Internet, but there is a real danger that the next administration will simply add another coat of lipstick to a very ugly pig.

A new paper from researchers at Princeton University suggests a different strategy.

The focus should be on providing raw public data such as regulatory decisions, Congressional votes, and campaign finance data in open, structured formats such as RSS and XML. This raw data would be made freely and publicly available to anyone who wanted it and could be used for any purpose.

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LA Times Gets Web 2.0
Paul Bradshaw is not a psychologist. He just plays one on the Internet.

Calling himself an amateur psychotherapist to the blogerati, the U.K. blogger has identified common psychological complaints of bloggers and social media addicts as they adapt to the demands of new technologies.

Among them:
-- Comment guilt: Feelings of worthlessness and frustration that they don't comment more frequently on other peoples blogs.

-- Twitter rage: Extreme psychopathic episodes directed at microblogging service outages (the most acute case currently being studied: TechCrunchs Mike Arrington)

-- Twitterhoeia: The uncontrollable urge to share mundane experiences with Twitter followers (Arrington currently taking part in a case study)

-- Six degrees of separation syndrome (also known as Robert Scoble multiple personality disorder): The delusion that he or she is just one friend removed from anyone else in the world and compulsively adds friends on social networks

-- RSS reader Sisyphus complex: No matter how much time is spent checking RSS reader, there are still 8,978 posts unread.

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RSS Advertising Growth
Pheedo, the leading provider of RSS advertising, today announced that Gawker Media, publisher of several of the webs most popular media properties including Gizmodo and Lifehacker, experienced more than 300 percent growth in RSS advertising revenue in the first quarter of 2008.

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China Unable to Stop Content Flow
China is now home to the worlds largest number of Internet and mobile phone users, and their hunger for quake news is forcing the government to let information flow in ways it has not before.

Almost nonstop, the uncensored opinions of Chinese citizens are popping up online, sent by text and instant message across a country shaken by its worst earthquake in three decades.

Who Owns Content?
PC Mag takes on the question of who owns content, especially where RSS Feeds are concerned:

Every day people put virtual truckloads of information into the public domain. Books are published. Newspapers printed. A lot of that ends up on the Internet as well, along with the words of bloggers and other online denizens. All of these people make content public so that others can hopefully benefit from it.

Once it is out in the public domain, who owns it? Well, the author of course, or in some cases, their employers. That makes sense when we're talking about a web Wage. But sometimes, in order to make it easier for people to find and read the information, it is delivered as an RSS feed. RSS breaks down the information into article-sized chunks and streams it out so that news-reading tools can grab it and display it for users.

MyTVRSS
Create your own TV RSS Feed using MyTVRSS. Select your favorite shows below, and then click Create feed to generate your own personalized RSS feed. We will then alert you through the RSS feed the day an episode is aired.

National Intelligence Adopts RSS
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which controls 16 federal agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community, is engaged in a technological revolution of sorts.

On at least one technological front, the office on Tuesday broke out an RSS feed on its flashy, newly designed public web site.

Job Seeking RSS Feeds
A guide for using RSS feeds for jobseeking.

By their very nature, regularly updated sites that advertise jobs are ideal platforms for RSS technology. The feeds should be categorised or customisable to your interests and always be free for you to access. Jobseeking is an ideal candidate for RSS technology.

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Choose a Domain
Choosing a domain is one of the first steps in establishing an online presence. Changing a domain after-the-fact can be time consuming, and can be harmful to search engine ranking, so it is best to get it right the first time around. Follow these simple steps to select a domain name that will represent your online brand...

Choose a Domain

Dilbert Goes RSS
The new Dilbert.com offers the poupular comic via RSS Feeds.

3rd Party Feeds May Incur Liability Issues
A French court has punished web publishers because of snippets of text that appeared on their sites via an RSS reader. It is believed to be the first time that a website operator has been held responsible for content delivered by a third parties RSS feed.

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Boston Marathon RSS Feed
Follow the latest Marathon news with the Boston Marathon News Feed or the  Google Boston Marathon News Feed.The Boston Marathon is the worlds oldest annual marathon.

Feed Tracking Numbers
Search Engine Land posted an interesting piece that analyzes who the various aggregators count RSS feed subscribers.

Bloglines will count anyone who is currently subscribed to your blog even if they have not viewed your blog feed ever as a subscriber.
Google will count anyone who is currently subscribed to your blog even if they have not viewed your blog feed ever as a subscriber.
Microsofts Live.com does not appear to share subscriber numbers.
Netvibes will count anyone who is currently subscribed to your blog even if they have not viewed your blog feed ever as a subscriber.
NewsGator will count anyone who is currently subscribed to your blog even if they have not viewed your blog feed ever as a subscriber.
Pageflakes will count anyone who is currently subscribed to your blog even if they have not viewed your blog feed ever as a subscriber.
Rojo will count anyone who is currently subscribed to your blog even if they have not viewed your blog feed ever as a subscriber.
Yahoo requires that the subscribed user has viewed (logs into My Yahoo or Yahoo Mail) your feed within 30 days to be counted as a subscriber.

 

Blog Posts that Attract Attention
Blogs are now a dime a dozen, and bloggers need to make their blog posts stand out. Developing a blog following is not as easy as it once was. Learn how to write blog posts that attract readers and retain their attention. Follow these guidelines to cultivate readers...

Blog Posts that Attract Attention

Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties
While it may still be debatable whether all the major search engines currently employ a duplicate content penalty, all have made it abundantly clear that they do not have any desire to provide search results that rehash the same content over and over. Actively avoid any potential penalties by taking a proactive approach to building unique content.

Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties

NanoTech Feeds
Nanowerk, the No. 1 nanotechnology portal, announced that it is offering a set of free nanotechnology news feeds for other websites and content providers.

China Assures No Internet Blocking During Olympics
China is progressing well toward the Olympics with fewer than 130 days remaining, and organizers have given assurances that Internet and media access will meet Olympic standards, an International Olympic Committee official said last week.

Clickz Takes on the Issue of Blog Credibility
Organic search results credibility and trustworthiness have always been widely debated. When SEO (define) first became a hot tactic in online marketing, search engines results became littered with spam -- doorway pages, link farms, you name it. Now that the search engines have become smarter and their algorithms increasingly complex, they are much better at weeding out spam.

But how do you define spam? Is it sites that provide no inherent value (e.g., a page full of links or ads) or content that's potentially invalid, unproved, or biased?
The answer to that question probably depends a lot on who you ask.

Clickz Questions Credibility of Blogs

Here is another article from a different source a few months ago:

Credibility online is becoming more and more of an issue. Anyone can have a blog or post to a forum and anyone can edit wiki entries. Web surfers are beginning to comprehend that just because it is in print does not necessarily mean that it is true. In fact, in today's online world, the collective truth might be the closest thing we can get to the real truth. Peer policing and social bookmarking have become common in the online world.

Human nature invariably prompts a level of trust;if it is written, it must be true. We live in a generation where we expect authors, editors and publishers that are qualified to write on various topics. What qualifications are required to post a blog, write an online article, or edit a wiki? Some web surfers may find the answer startling: None. Expertise is no longer a prerequisite. Wikipedia is a popular online reference, that frequently obtains top ranking in search engines as a reference source. How many Wikipedia readers realize that Wikipedia can be edited by anyone at anytime, regardless of their qualifications.

Questioning Online Credibility

Performing Better Searches
Performing and perfecting search engine results can save web surfers lots of time and energy. Understanding the nuances of searching allows researchers to immediately drill down and locate the information they are seeking, without having to wade through a myriad of irrelevant search results in the process. The increasing complexity of search engines has made understanding search engines a necessity for those who spend any amount of time online. The following search tips are standards that will work in most of the major search engines.

Use this guide to Perform Better Searches

Blogger Ordered to Pay for Libel
A Malaysian court has ordered a top blogger and editors of an opposition newspaper to pay 2.2 million dollars in damages over libel claims by a university head, reports said last Thursday.

Syria is Cracking Down on Web
Syria is cracking down more on Internet use, imposing tighter monitoring of citizens who link to the Web, as well as jailing bloggers who criticize the government and blocking YouTube and other Web sites deemed harmful to state security.

OSHA Using RSS Feeds
OSHA has implemented Really Simple Syndication Feeds to provide OSHA customers a personal, direct channel for receiving the latest news and information from the OSHA Web site.

LinkedIn Adopts RSS
LinkedIn is now offering RSS feeds for network updates.

The feature allows users to track updates and connections across their LinkedIn network via their favorite RSS Reader. For example the feed shows when people in your network connect with other people, make recommendations or update their LinkedIn status.

Top Podcast Tips for a Great Sound
What defines a good podcast? Make no mistake -- there is a difference between a good podcast and a not-so-good podcast. A high-caliber podcast is much more than just decent content. The sound quality, and the way a podcast is recorded, will impact the value of the podcast as well. Podcast structure and pre-planning are also important; do not skimp on the production, as it too can make or break a podcast.

Top Podcast Tips for a Great Sound

CBS Asks RSS Question
This question appeared on the CBS Website:

I have a question for any RSS gurus out there: Is there a way to set up my RSS feed so that it does not get published immediately?

The answer is yes, you can use FutureRSS a PHP script to schedule the RSS feed. You can prepublish content weeks or even months in advance, knowing that the content will automatically be displayed at the appropriate time.

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UK Food Warnings Via RSS
The Food Standards Agency website uses a free news feed so it is now even easier to stay updated. The UK Food Standards Agency is equivalent to the FDA in the US.

89 Year Old Political Blogger
With little money or manpower, a barely literate 89-year-old Malaysian grandmother running for parliament in Malaysias general election has turned to cyberspace to reach out to her voters with a Facebook profile and her own blog.

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Can and Should Schools Punish Students for Offensive Blog Posts Outside of School?
A teen who used vulgar slang in an Internet blog to complain about school administrators should not have been punished by the school, her lawyer told a federal appeals court.


But a lawyer for the Burlington, Conn., school told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday that administrators should be allowed to act if such comments are made on the Web.

Avery Doninger, 17, claims officials at Lewis S. Mills High School violated her free speech rights when they barred her from serving on the student council because of what she wrote from her home computer.

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Software Industry Conference - Boston, MA July 17-19, 2008
The 2008 Software Industry Conference  will be in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Marriott Quincy from July 17-19, 2008.

The Software Industry Conference is a three day event, that culminates with the Shareware Industry Awards ceremony. There are also dozens of informative, educational breakout sessions covering a wide variety of topics. And if that is not enough there are three nights jam packed with plenty of time to mingle with other attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors including an Exhibit Night featuring the best software development products and services.

Attendee registration is only $199 if you register before April 1st!

 

Website Purpose
When designing a website, it is important that webmasters ask some general questions before they begin the design process...

Website Purpose

Real Estate Video Podcast
The use of technology can define the success or failure of a business. This is no more evident than in the real estate industry. Realtors who flocked to the latest technologies, adopted them, and applied them in order to enhance and sell property, are still prospering.

Real Estate Video Podcast

The Evan Williams Story on Inc.
Who is Evan Williams? The brains behind blogger and twitter. Read his story on Inc. com.

Web Graphics, Photos and Templates
Web Design Elements are topic specific CD ROMs that contain graphics, hiqh quality photographs and web templates about a specific industry. Great solution for small businesses looking for an online identity.

Places to Get Blog Post Ideas
The best blogs and feeds are those that contain unique, fresh, compelling, content. So where do these prolific posters get their ideas? I talked to a handful of bloggers to determine where their inspiration originated for their content.

Not surprisingly, ideas for blog posts or RSS feed items originate or are influenced by other web content. The following are venues for finding your online muse:

Blog Post Ideas

TalkDigger Ego Search Tool
TalkDigger is another Ego Search tool, enter a search word or phrase and subscribe to the feed generated. The feed ill update each time TalkDigger locates the defined keyword online.

Political Feeds
Stay up on the elections!

Political Feeds - Locate political feeds and podcasts for politicians.
PolFeeds - Collection of candidate RSS feeds.

TSA Blog Invites Complaints
The Transportation Security Administration wants to know why we can not all just get along.


So, on Thursday, the agency launched a blog to open a dialog with travelers and to reconcile the perceived need for security with the desire for unhindered transit.

A day after its launch, the site's premiere entry has more than 330 comments. Those posting range from enthusiastic TSA employees who think the blog is a great idea to aggrieved travelers who want their civil liberties restored to an inventor who believes he has the answer to fungal infections arising from checkpoint shoe removal.

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Church of England Goes To Internet
The Church of England said Saturday it will turn to social networking websites and blogs to spread a new twist on Lent this year.

Instead of giving something up in the run-up to Easter, the Anglican church is encouraging Internet surfers to take on new challenges.

Among the ideas posted online will be suggestions like go a day without gossiping and leave a thank-you note for your postman.

Web Design Questions and Answers
How much do you know about web design? Take this web design quiz to find out how much you know about web design... so how much do you know about web design?

Logo Website Use RSS Feeds to Keep Customers Informed
This logo website uses RSS feeds, so that as new logos are added to the website consumers know instantly!

Track Website Changes Using RSS
Track webpage changes using RSS feeds. Feedity, create RSS feeds for web pages, the feeds update with webpage changes.

Cool RSS Usage for Web Templates
Subscribe to the RSS feed and receive notification when any new templates are added to the Webmaster Templates library.
 

RSS Mixers
More and more internet users are getting familiar with the concept of RSS feeds and its uses. This has resulted in number of online and offline services to help in better RSS Management. Feedburner and Feeblitz lead the way in RSS Management services.

Many a times you want to read content from different sources. While there are tools to filter RSS feed content, tools to mix, blend and Mash-up multiple RSS feeds are more important. They help you grab multiple RSS feeds and create a single customized RSS feed. Here are 10 tools worth checking out… RSS Mixers

RSS Scripts Directory
Large selection of popular RSS Scripts  for manipulating and publishing RSS feeds. Filter scripts, prepublish feeds, convert the feeds to html or merge multiple RSS feeds. Also extract information in a database and make a feed.