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RSS for the rest of us

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Are you one of the many folks out there who wonder what RSS is and why anyone would care? Take a look at this plain-spoken presentation on RSS at Common Craft.

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Many of the most popular RSS feed readers available are mentioned; one he doesn’t mention is the one I use and which I recommend: NetVibes. You can get NetVibes here.

Having an RSS feed on your blog or news site is a great way to increase the traffic and visibility of your site, by making it easy for both search engines and human readers to keep up with new postings.

MaineToday.com and RSS

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Bad News: MaineToday.com doesn’t have an RSS feed for news.
Good News: My old boss Joe Michaud says they are on the way and will be built into the next generation of the MaineToday site.

Can’t wait. Netvibes awaits…