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With all the enormous amount of information available on the Internet, 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 have unique opportunity to gather information, and you can filter them so that you can only see unique and relevant content. Information superhighway become packed with content, and those familiar with technology uses RSS to filter content, will be able 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 currently do not have a RSS feed available. Perhaps it would be easier to ask what can not be published using RSS? RSS is a standardized format published by the Internet content, not just blogs and podcasts, but any form of content. Podcasting clearly shows that feeds can be media-rich, and while podcasting is generally regarded as a medium for entertainment, the educational value of podcasting is not lost on many educational institutions. Industry has been a little slower to embrace the power and the importance of RSS as a communication medium, but industry leaders adopt gradually it as a new and powerful method of communication. But back to the original point ... RSS can deliver virtually any type of content, including spreadsheets, PowerPoint applications, database updates, video tutorial, and much more. The true value of RSS feeds is that the Subscriber can review and evaluate the information at a time and place of their own choice. There are a number of ways companies can make use of the RSS feeds ... Automated generated Feeds (like ego searches)Google, Yahoo and many Blog search engines can automate the generation of RSS feeds, often based on a keyword or keyword phrase. Updated each time the keyword appears in a search result, the RSS feed is. This is a good way for companies to keep up to date on industry news, competitors, or even their own company, staff and marks. Manually created RSS Feeds Webmasters can create targeted RSS feeds that contain unique and targeted content. RSS feeds can be created manually by the webmasters to target specific types of content. Existing Feeds Webmasters and publishers can often use existing RSS feeds to create Web content. Existing RSS can be merged and filtered to create new RSS feeds and content. The new merged or filtered RSS feeds can then re-released or displayed on a Web site. There are a number of free tools and tutorials available to assist webmasters in merge, filtering and viewing of the contents of a web feed.Link to Display RSS Feeds-http://www.feedforall.com/displaying-rss.htm database Feeds publishers, webmasters can extract information from a database, and then give this content via an RSS feed. The information contained in such an RSS feed is updated dynamically as the contents of the database changes. RSS is a great tool for businesses, but it is important to respect copyrights. Do not assume that any content in someone else's RSS feed is free of charge for you to publish. It is important to review all policies for the use of the RSS feed original publisher before syndicating the contents of the RSS feed. About the author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for RecordForAll http://www.recordforall.com audio recording and editing software.