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ABCs of RSS Feeds |
06/01/2012
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Implementing RSS - Really Simple Syndication can be aided by an understanding of the terms relating to RSS. Learn the ABCs of RSS....
A - AutoDiscovery
Auto Discovery is code that is inserted into the header of an HTML web page, which then indicates to readers that an RSS feed is available for the content.
B - Blogs
Blogs are web logs that are updated regularly, usually on a daily basis. Blogs generally contain information related to a specific topic. In some cases, blogs are used as daily diaries about people's personal lives, political views, or even as social commentaries. The truth of the matter is that blogs can be shaped into whatever the author wants them to be. While initially thought of as diaries or online journals, blogs have evolved into the latest fresh web content.
C - Cache
Cache is a temporary storage area for frequently-accessed or recently-accessed data. Having certain data stored in a cache area speeds up the operation of the computer. Using a cache with RSS feeds will help minimize bandwidth and display an RSS feed's content quicker.
ABCs of RSS Feeds
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How is Podcasting Used? |
05/29/2012
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Although podcasting is new, it is well on its way to becoming a mainstream communication medium. Podcasting, simply put, is audio files that are delivered via RSS. Many people believe that podcasting is solely for the distribution of music files, but really, nothing could be further from the truth. This emerging method of audio file distribution has opened an array of marketing and communication opportunities to businesses. Currently, most who are familiar with podcasting are technically savvy, but it is clear that podcasting will be more than a passing fad as many businesses are adopting podcasting and employing it in unusual yet powerful ways. Podcasting can be used for talk shows, tutorials, music demos, educational training, stories, comedy clips, debates or even foreign language tutorials.
How is Podcasting Used
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Blog Tips for SEO |
05/28/2012
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Blogs are the current rage, and many webmasters have blogs but fail to use their blog to it is full potential. Blogs provide a steady stream of fresh content, and if this content is written and managed properly, blogs have the ability to increase a website's ranking in the search engines.
1. Host Your Own Blog
In order to prosper from a blog, be sure to host it on your own domain. Hosting the blog on your own server will maximize the links to your website. Link popularity is one of the factors search engines use to rank websites. Resist the urge to use free hosting services, do not give away your link popularity
Blog Tips for SEO
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Good Things to Social Bookmark |
05/28/2012
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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
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What Can Be Published Using RSS? |
05/26/2012
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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. RSS has the unique ability to compile information and filter it, so you only see unique and relevant content. The information superhighway has become packed with content, and those familiar with technology are using RSS to filter the content, allowing them to drill down and access only the content they want, without having to wade through all the noise.
There are very few subjects or topics that do not currently have an RSS feed available. Perhaps it might be easier to ask what can not be published using RSS? RSS is a standard format to syndicate Internet content, not just blogs or podcasts, but any type of content.
What Can be Published Using RSS?
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What is Podcasting? |
05/25/2012
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Podcasting is quickly becoming a buzz word among the techie crowd. So what is podcasting, anyway? Podcasting is online audio content that is delivered via an RSS feed. Many people liken podcasting to radio on demand. However, in reality, podcasting gives far more options in terms of content and programming than radio does. In addition, with Podcasting, listeners can determine the time and the place, meaning they decide what programming they want to receive and when they want to listen to it.
Listeners can retain audio archives to listen to at their leisure. While blogs have turned many bloggers into journalists, podcasting has the potential to turn podcasters into radio personalities.
What is Pocasting?
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Blog Post Ideas |
05/23/2012
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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:
1.Google News
Monitor Google News for keywords related to your industry. If you find a story you disagree with or wholeheartedly agree with write about it. Add your thoughts, and editorialize the content. This does not mean you should just repost Google news summaries. The value is not only in the news aggregation, but in the commentary that you provide. Tie news items to specific events, conditions, or the impact of specific news on the industry. Adding a view point or reference to a news article adds genuine value.
Blog Post Ideas
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Top Deadly Web Design Sins |
05/22/2012
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Many webmasters repeat the mistakes made by their predecessors. Take a look at these Top 10 most common web design sins. Have you fallen victim to any of these?
Sin #1 - Using Techie-Speak
Many websites fail to communicate in terms that website visitors can understand. Set the technical jargon aside, and use simple language and words that will be easy for your audience to understand. Web copy should be written in simple terms. Also, keep in mind that the Internet audience is global, and using language that is more common and easy to comprehend will often expand your reach, even to include non-native speakers.
Top 10 Web Design Sins
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ABCs of Web 2.0 |
05/21/2012
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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. Depending on who you are speaking with, you may receive different explanations. At its heart, Web 2.0 is about the maturity of the Web. While many refer to Web 2.0 as companies that employ powerful web technologies, the key components of Web 2.0 are said to include: the Web as a platform, collaboration, and syndication.
Here are the ABC's of Web 2.0...
ABCs of Web 2.0
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Display an RSS feed within your HTML website. The easiest/best way to do this is to use RSS2HTML a free PHP script. This means that you can retain the complete control of the HTML layout using templates and make it match your existing design. Additionally using PHP rather than JavaScript will mean that search engine spiders can spider the contents of the RSS feeds.
Additional details and a free rss2html download is available at: http://www.feedforall.com/more-php.htm
Additional information and other options for displaying RSS feeds can be found at: http://www.rss-specifications.com/displaying-rss-feeds.htm
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MyClickApps LLC officially launches its newest app called Feedswire, which it says offers users unprecedented freedom to create a genuinely customized RSS portal that they can review regardless of whether they are online or offline. For
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How to Use Twitter to Make Sales |
05/18/2012
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When you think of Twitter, making sales isn’t the first thing that pops into your mind. After all, how can you sell anything on a social network where most people do nothing but talk about themselves?
You sell because they talk about themselves!
How to Use Twitter for Sales
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Facebook Marketing |
05/17/2012
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A new survey has discovered that over a third of small businesses are using Facebook to market themselves, freshbusinessthinking.co.uk reports.
Social media marketing is fast becoming the most popular way for firms to attract and engage new customers according to research from technology company, Basekit.
Free and easy to use, it is no surprise to hear the 36 per cent of small businesses are using Facebook as a marketing tool, turning away from established directories, such as Yellow Pages or Thomson. Just 27 per cent said they relied on directories to drum up new business.
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Social Media WILL |
05/10/2012
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Government advises Americans to create social media will to handle Facebook, Twitter, email accounts after death.
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Discover Social Media RSS Feeds |
05/09/2012
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Most of the popular online apps and services – including the likes of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, offer RSS feeds but the problem is that you have to be a near geek in order to discover any of these feeds.
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WordPress RSS Widget |
05/08/2012
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If you are looking for a way to display RSS feeds anywhere on your site and you are using WordPress then you will be happy to hear about this trick. You know about the WordPress RSS widget… but what if displaying a feed in the sidebar is not enough. This tutorial will show you how to take an RSS feed and put it anywhere in your theme, including a page or post template.
WordPress Tutorial
Another option is RSS2HTML
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Facebook Offers in a Feed |
04/24/2012
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Eight months after killing its Deals feature, Facebook is launching a new service called Offers, which makes discounts and coupons available from businesses you have Liked on the social network.
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The problem with RSS in most marketing plans is that the marketer does not really go beyond providing a simple RSS feed for your brand news. To get started the right way you need to segment RSS as a critical element of your overall content placement strategy. Your RSS Marketing strategy should not just indiscriminately push content, but carefully serve in delivering to the content preferences of your audiences.
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Tips for Increasing Blog Readership |
04/16/2012
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As if it were not hard enough to make yourself seen in the big, bustling world of online marketing, consider this: snagging your blog readers attention is just the first challenge. To use your blog to grow your business, you have to keep those readers coming back, too.
Your home comfort blog should be a key part of your online marketing strategy. While various social media – including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ – serve their own purposes, your HVAC blog should sit squarely at the center of your online plan. Why? Because blogs are best-suited for the kind of quality content that will position your service company as the go-to source for information, products and service in your community.
And it is great content that keeps home comfort blog readers coming back
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Marines Seek Guidance from Pentagon on Social Media |
04/09/2012
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Marine Corps officials are seeking additional guidance from the Pentagon regarding service members' use of social media amid discharge proceedings against a Camp Pendleton sergeant who criticized President Barack Obama on Facebook.
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Chinese Social Media Crack Down |
04/03/2012
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After weeks of Internet-fueled rumors suggesting fissures in the top leadership ranks, Chinese authorities struck back this weekend, closing 16 Web sites and arresting at least six people in a broad crackdown on the freewheeling world of cyberspace.
Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, said in a dispatch late Friday that the Web sites were closed, and the unnamed individuals detained, for fabricating or disseminating online rumors.
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Follow RSS Specifications on Twitter |
04/02/2012
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4 Steps to Podcasting Series |
03/27/2012
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Simple steps to produce a great podcast series:
Decide on podcast series theme and some topics around that theme
Carefully select podcast participants based on your list of topics
Contact your participant and agree on a short list of podcast questions
Book a recording date and time and make sure both you and the interviewee have the right software and hardware
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Audio Recording Software |
03/26/2012
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Need audio recording software for recording podcasts? Checkout RecordForAll for audio recording and editing.
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Website Spidering |
03/13/2012
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Website Spidering refers to the automated process of indexing a web site by a search engine. An automated program, known as a web crawler or spider, will go through a website following the links on each page, and will gather pertinent information from each page until it has properly indexed the entire website.
Website Spidering
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RSS Feeds for Digital Signage |
03/12/2012
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There are sources of free content that can feed digital signs a stream of fresh, up-to-the-minute content that will grab and hold the attention of an audience. These sources are available online in the form of RSS feeds that offer something for just about everyone.
The diversity of the info available via RSS feeds is critical because there are so many uses for digital signs.
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Social Media Challenges |
03/06/2012
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Twitter, Facebook and blogging have become part of the everyday life of many of our journalists.
That presents intriguing challenges.
Traditional media have been largely static and impersonal. Stories follow a fairly standard style. Writers names generally are listed in the newspaper, but typically without a photo. Reporters, as opposed to columnists and editorial writers, are cautioned against reporting their own opinions. We strive for balance, accuracy and impartiality.
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Digital Signage and RSS Feeds |
03/05/2012
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The diversity of the info available via RSS feeds is critical because there are so many uses for digital signs. What might attract the attention of a digital signage viewer in a car dealership service department waiting area could be entirely different from what grabs the attention of those waiting in the reception area of an investment advisor or dentist. Fortunately, with enough online investigation it's possible to find RSS feed sources on topics that make sense for both people with shared, yet highly defined interests as well as mass audiences.
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Communicate with Users from Within Software Using RSS |
02/21/2012
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Actively communicate with users from within your software using RSS Feeds! Free FeedForDev VCL Control and ActiveX components makes it simple to communicate with users from within your software application!
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Setup RSS for Android Apps |
02/20/2012
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Use Javas SAXParser to retrieve and parse an RSS feed for Android. This Java tip is for developers new to Android and includes instructions for setting up an Android development environment and a short application tutorial.
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Feed Notifier is a news notification app for the Windows operating system. When you first start it up you are asked to add feeds to the program that you want to monitor.
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Small Businesses Embracing Social Media |
02/13/2012
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Billie Meggs was not entirely sure about Facebook at first, but after a bit of prodding from her son, she was hooked. Meggs, the gift shop manager at Borden Market Shoppe, now runs the popular Facebook page for the shop, which has attracted more than 3,600 fans.
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Custom RSS Feed on Reddit |
02/07/2012
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Reddit on the other hand is not the easiest site to use, especially its customization options require some explaining. When I first joined Reddit I tried to find public RSS feed links for categories, but could not find any that were working properly.
I then noticed that each Reddit account had its own private and customizable RSS news feed.
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RSS Information Overload |
01/23/2012
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As wonderful as it is to be able to tap into all the information in the world, there are only so many hours in the day to spend consuming it all. Not to worry: With a little pruning, filtering and prioritizing, we can turn the deluge of data into a nice, manageable stream of content. Here is how:
RSS Information Overload
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TumblRSS allows you to import RSS feeds to Tumbler.
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SportsFeedia contains RSS feeds of sports competitions from NFL to NHL
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2011 Reflections and Predictions for 2012 |
01/11/2012
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No country suffered more than Japan in 2011. Japan was rocked by an 8.9 earthquake, then a tsunami that was created from the quake hit the small island. The tsunami caused significant damage to one of Japans power plants making it impossible to properly cool or shutdown the nuclear reactor. The inability to cool the nuclear plant resulted in a nuclear melt down, and the escape of radiation. When the trifecta hit, the Japanese people earned the world's respect, they managed the tragedy with stoicism and grace. The consequences of this horrible tragedy, and implications of the radiation leaks, into the sea and atmosphere are still unknown. Japan will bear the scars from 2011, for generations to come.
2011 Reflections, 2012 Predictions
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