What is RSS Syndication? Simply put, it is an underlying technology of the page you are viewing that allows the content of the page to be utilized by other methods. The feed is just a wrapper for pieces of regularly updated web content including (but not limited to) news articles, web log posts, photo albums, and more types are being integrated all the time.
So what do I do with them? RSS Syndication is most often used to keep track of your favorite web pages for content updates rather than loading web pages individually to check for new content.
How do I do that? You’ll need a method for viewing the feeds. This can be accomplished by installing a feed reading piece of software, usually referred to as a news reader, feed reader, or aggregator. You can avoid installing software by utilizing a web based feed reader. Readers are very easy to configure, and sites that feature RSS feeds will typically have a link or URL to read the feed.
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The nice thing about an RSS feed on the OSU Admissions blog is that it allows readers to stay up-to-date with a variety of OSU Admissions topics.
A reader could “feed” several OSU blogs into their feedreader and take OSU information with them on their laptop, pda, or even their cellphone.
You might wanna try feedburner service. Lot’s of stuff done automaticly. I like the RSS feature.
The folks at OSU are using Feedburner for their rss feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/OsuAdmissionsBlog
Feedburner also provides some great tracking statistics. Very handy.
You might wanna try feedburner service. Lot’s of stuff done automaticly. I like the RSS feature.
Feedburner provides best service when it comes to RSS. I use it for my blogs and i am very happy with the service.
“RSS Syndication is most often used to keep track of your favorite web pages for content updates rather than loading web pages individually to check for new content.”
We take for granted how easy an RSS syndication makes getting new articles and posts. Built into almost all blogs this is one part of technology many use without thought.
Yes, Feedburner is on the top right now but sometimes it shows less RSS readers, sometimes more (in a day difference).. I’ve yet to get that part
Assuming, with experience comes knowledge.
@moin, the stats are funny sometimes because i think it has to do something with google bots or search engine bots..
And this newbie is finally getting around to adding feedburner to my blog, better late than never….
RSS Feeds has given nearly all website that use RSS Syndication a much wider scope with there pages which are indexed by the thousands and in doing so is helping your website by adding new contents which helps the site through search engine ranking and serps
All new content is good to any site whether it is a blog or webmaster input. Good content brings people to the site and helps SEO if that’s what you’re interested in. Who cares what what a spider thinks if a human doesn’t care.
@moin & Jensen – Yes, feedburner is definitely showing you bots hitting your site. When dealing with stats in general I usually discount the first 5 hits and assume they are bots. But of course, search engines hitting your site isn’t a bd thing either.
Thanks for the tips with RSS, I have been trying to get my suite mates to start using RSS feeds because it irritates me to see them waste time checking 7-8 sites daily when they can do it all in one step. I’ll send them to this post.
Thanks for the info. I’m triying feedreader.com and save me lot of time. Now have all updates in one step. Also I will try Feedburner to use the stats of this.
Thanks for the info. I’ve been confused about RSS feeds but with this article I think I got a grasp on it now.
Iam now using feedburner and also joined social networking for feed at friendfeed.com, its works for make my blog more popular.
Awesome RSS posts … I like these are informatiove.
Lots to learn out there on the world wide web. Now that it has become such a 2-way medium it is great to hear from and speak to real people!
Feedburner is definately worth trying. It helps your blog get noticed and gain interest and thus popularity.
I have always wondered about RSS. All my friends get their blog articles via RSS and i always wondered how it worked. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info. I haven’t tried Feedburner yet…don’t know why but i use other RSS Aggregators out there.
RSS has been an awesome thing in my life since I can now just set it and forget it. That means, I don’t have to hunt all over for the new that I really care about. I can just set up a feed and check my feed when I get the time.
Rss feeds are a great way to keep you blog up to date and relevant in the search engines. There is a reason they call it really simple!