November 2006
Intermediate to advanced
46 pages
1h 7m
English
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Great Ideas for Using RSS
This final section is intended to be one part resource list, and one part inspiration. Most of sites in this list are most relevant in North America, but there are many international equivalents in practically every region and language across the globe.
There are cool new uses for RSS introduced on the Web all the time... maybe your idea will be next.
Blog Engines
Here are a few popular blog engines that provide integrated RSS feeds for bloggers:
Blogger - http://blogger.com
Live Journal - http://livejournal.com/
Moveable Type - http://sixapart.com/movabletype/
WordPress - http://wordpress.org
News
The original concept for RSS was to give news outlets a new means of distributing content. Ironically, many outlets have only recently begun to provide RSS. Here are some of the bigger names in news:
BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3223484.stm The BBC provides dozens of RSS feeds categorized by geographical, political, and topical interests.
CNET - http://www.cnet.com/4520-6022-5115113.html The CNET Networks offer RSS feeds for dozens of technology-related interests, from product reviews to gaming news.
Google News - http://news.google.com/intl/en_us/news_feed_terms.html Get an RSS feed as the results of a keyword search across thousands of news sources. This is a great way to use RSS as a clipping service on any topic you choose.
MSNBC News - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Another popular service that provides an RSS feed of your search query.
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