RSS is a standard for syndicating content on the Internet. RSS feeds are used in a variety of ways to distribute all types of content over the Internet. Benefits for individuals subscribing to RSS feeds has resulted in a rapid growth and adoption rate. Software and tools have made RSS feed creation and management easy, even for non-technical persons who also have gas fueled growth of RSS feeds.
How to create RSS It is no longer necessary to manually create an RSS feed. There are a number of WYSIWYG software programs available which simplify the creation of an RSS feed. This means that webmasters really don't need to understand the code and details about the RSS specification to create an RSS feed. Such a product is FeedForAll, where you can easily create, edit and publish RSS feeds. Both Mac and Windows versions are available at http://www.feedforall.com.
Can also be designed manually from scratch as well as feeds, and there is a simple tutorial that will walk you through the process at http://www.make-rss-feeds.com/making-an-rss-feed.htm.
And if you have existing content in a database that you want to include in an RSS feed, you can use a PHP script like SQL2RSS to extract data from the database and fill out an RSS feed.
All these things will simplify the process and assist with the creation of an RSS feed. Transfer When RSS feed is created, it must be uploaded to your website server, as is commonly done using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software. If you use RSS feed creation software, it will probably have a built-in FTP client for this purpose. Otherwise, you can use another FTP client to upload RSS feeds to the website. Validate When you have built a feed, it should be validated. If you use software (such as FeedForAll), it may have a built-in validator to help you assure that the diet is correct and correct. If you build the feed by hand, make sure that you use a sort of validator to ensure feed formed correctly. A feed that contains invalid syntax is unreadable by many RSS readers so that validation is very important. RSS promotion After you have created, uploaded, and validated an RSS feed, you must let your website visitors know that it is available. There are a number of ways to promote your RSS feed. The extra effort put into promoting the diet more quickly becomes popular. To send a signal to your website visitors that an RSS feed is available, containing content related to the home page, includes most webmasters a colorful graphic on the site. It has become a standard that nearly all Web sites with RSS feeds available use colorful graphics such as flags to indicate that RSS feeds are available for specific content. The Flag was originally standardized by the bright orange rectangles but as the popularity has grown, webmasters have bent the rules a little and have become more creative with their flags and graphics. Use colorful graphics that work within your website design to signify that you have an RSS feed available.
In addition, many RSS feed readers and aggregators will automatically detect the presence of an RSS feed on your site, if you add a little bit of code in the header field in an HTML page ....
[link rel = "alternate" type = "application/rss + xml" Title = "rss" href = "http://www.yourdomain.com/rss.xml"]
Make sure to replace http://www.yourdomain.com/rss.xml "" with the actual URL to the RSS feed and replace the "[" and "]" with<" less-than="" and="" "="">brackets "" greater-than symbols.
To increase exposure of an RSS feed, it should also be submitted to the RSS search engines and directories. Just as you would send the URL of a site or a Web page to a search engine, you must send the link to the actual RSS feed located on your site to the various RSS directories. There is a great list of RSS directories at http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm. Ongoing RSS Feed-maintenance Feed maintenance is a very important aspect for RSS feeds. You will continually add to your RSS feed to provide subscribers with new and changing content and information. Otherwise they will lose interest and find information elsewhere. As a rapidly growing number of content sources, new and old, add RSS as a key distribution channel, and as more and more people utilize RSS newsreaders and aggregators to keep themselves informed, the ability to maintain high exposure and visibility have gradually moved from full attention to the major search engines and content optimization techniques to a growing awareness of RSS feed directories and search tools. 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, manages Sharon marketing for RecordForAll http://www.recordforall.com audio recording and editing software.
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