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What is RSS? RSS means Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a format based on XML, which was originally used to unite with headers web content. Indeed, RSS feeds are XML files containing the data according to the RSS specification and generally located on a site. As soon as an RSS feed appears on the Internet, from any computer connected can access it. For the user to use the RSS feed, it needs special software or services called readers or aggregators. RSS allows users to record their time, however, is quite difficult to create an RSS feed manually. That is why now is a series of programs that do not require knowledge RSS or XML to use them. These programs allow you to create RSS feeds in WYSIWYG mode, as well as maintain and update it. One of these programmes is RSS Editor that has some additional features beyond publishing RSS feeds. The RSS technology is being actively developed and used in various fields. It is likely that in future vai not be possible to make a site successful without an RSS feed. Why use RSS? If you are a user, RSS will help you save time - you will be able to receive latest information using only a special program or Web service. RSS vai bring you information from sites, forums, blogs - from anywhere on the Net Moreover, RSS files are quite small so that it will save your traffic. If you own a site, RSS can help you increase the popularity of your site and its quality. Sometimes it becomes popular site only because it provides an interesting RSS feed. Using RSS today is considered a particularly good shape because it is very easy to add an RSS feed for your site. Do not forget to update their food and often it will fructify. How to read RSS? To take advantage of RSS, you need a special program (or service) to read feeds. Now, there are a lot of such programs, both free and commercial. If you use Opera (7.0 or IE, Maxthon), you do not need any special software, because Opera can download and read RSS feeds. Of course, Opera is a browser before everything, so it does not have all the characteristics of an advanced RSS reader. We have compiled a list of prominent RSS readers: YeahReader - Extremely popular and free RSS reader news aggregator (Windows); http://www.bloglines.com - Online RSS reader; Creating RSS? To create RSS, you can use special online services or desktop applications. Also, if you have not afraid of difficulties, you can write the code of your feed manually, since it is based on XML RSS. Windows applications: software to make RSS feeds - Webvigour.com Creating RSS feed RSS feed How to promote? Several methods are used to promote the RSS feeds. The most used is a presentation of the feed file specialized in search engines and directories. You can use the following services:
http: / / feedshark.brainbliss.com / http://www.submitrssfeed.com/ Besides the presentation of any other commonly used methods to promote the site can also be used to promote the feed.
About the Author: Leonid KOGAN - Assistant Marketing ExtraLabs business of software, and the author of a series of articles and reviews related to the RSS, podcasting, marketing and programming.



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