What is RSS and How Will it Help Me?
RSS, RSS, RSS… you hear the constant chant, but do you really know what the heck it means?
RSS stands for ‘Real Simple Sydication‘ and is a way for webmasters to publish (or ‘feed’) new information posted on their site to feed subscribers. A single item will typically include a headline, a snippet of content and a link to the website.
Benefits of Using RSS
The benefit to feed subscribers is that it allows them to stay informed of rapidly changing content on a multitude of sites without having to sign up for individual newsletters or having to visit each site separately.
Most webmasters make it easy to sign up for their feeds, with easily recognizable icons and links such as:
There are many RSS feed readers, also known as ‘aggregators‘, to choose from. I started off with ‘FeedReader‘, which is a freeware application for Windows, and now use Google’s reader.
The primary benefit for webmasters who syndicate their content with RSS feeds is that feed subscribers are automatically notified as new items are published. Making RSS feeds available to readers typically increases readership and site traffic.
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Ros, I agree with you re the person who referred to you as Dude. This is totally without class and good family upbringing. I had a male friend once who used to call me the same Dude and he also came with many other traits that were ignorant of good upbringing so I told him sold.That was the end of our association as he was a know it all and of course did not like my position to tell him my opinion..
One does not need to associate with people who have never read a book on proper expressions and behavior so let them found their own level of water to feast on I say.
Regards Jim
Hi Ros
I just set up my feedburner account. I understand it will set out updates to subscriptors, but as an incentive to subscribe. Question is could that incentive be auto generated to them as they subscribe ?
Thanks
Robert
Hi Robert,
You would really need to have an autoresponder account like Aweber to be able to automatically send a follow-up message with an incentive, such as a free report.
Cheers,
Ros