Sunday, April 02, 2006

RSS Reading and Feeding

In an earlier post I gave a description of RSS and Atom Newsreaders and how this family of XML file formats is being used to syndicate news, websites and blogs through online aggregators or programs.

At that time I was trying out Newzie to subscribe to RSS or Atom subscriptions. Since then Newzie has changed a lot and I have found that there are other, far more intuitive, RSS Newsreaders available.

The one that I would now definitely recommend is BlogExpress. As Chris Pirillo at Locker Gnome states in his RSS Quickstart Guide, "Newbies don't need to look any further than this. Providing a familiar, usable interface and high-usability; BlogExpress stands out as an invaluable tool for those getting started with RSS."





If you are looking to syndicate your blog through a free RSS feed then look no further than Feedburner.

Official website blurb: As a publisher of syndicated content, be it a newsfeed, podcast, blog or otherwise, you have a vested interest in making sure your RSS or Atom feed looks its best and is easy for people to find. You also want to understand how many subscribers you have, how they are finding you and what appeals to them most so you can extend your reach beyond your wildest dreams. Finally, you may decide you want to turn all that valuable traffic into revenue, but might not know where to begin.

Enter FeedBurner. We offer a full range of services to help you build awareness, track circulation, and implement revenue-generating programs in your feed(s). A slew of publishers (over 120,000 and counting) currently take advantage of FeedBurner’s services, many of which are free and have been called “awesome” by these same customers.



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