| I'm here to teach you about how RSS Feeds can | | | | Bush Celebrates Shuttle's Launch (AP) NASA sends |
| boost traffic for your website. You may have heard | | | | shuttle back into space after long pause (Reuters) |
| of it, but I guarantee you are not harnessing the full | | | | Shuttle Discovery Blasts Into Orbit (AP) NASA's aging |
| power of the tool. RSS Feeds are very hot, and the | | | | workhorse returns to space (AFP) NASA Returns to |
| marketing pro's are getting their websites listed in | | | | Flight as Discovery Reaches Orbit / LiveScience.com) |
| Google within 2 to 3 days. | | | | As you can see, this is my very first RSS Feed. All |
| What is an RSS Feed? | | | | the news stories within the last hour regarding the |
| RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." Think of | | | | shuttle launch are now listed for me and my visitors |
| RSS this way: Whenever a writer who belongs to a | | | | to read. Guess what? It took less than 5 minutes, |
| syndicate writes a column, they don't just write it for | | | | and I instantly have an RSS Feed. |
| their local paper, every article goes up on the | | | | Why do I need one? |
| newswire and any paper who belongs to the | | | | Search Engines are crawling your site and if you are |
| syndicate can reprint it. | | | | not providing quality, up to the minute content then |
| First, you have to download an RSS Reader, a | | | | you are getting placed further down the rankings. |
| program that combines all the news online in one | | | | Your competition who has this information is getting |
| place. You can download a reader for free at Once | | | | FREE advertising from the Search Engines who are |
| you've downloaded a reader, you can click any topic | | | | placing their page 1st or 2nd when users search for a |
| that suits your need, and only those topics will be | | | | particular keyword. |
| delivered right to you.. | | | | How do I put an RSS Feed on my site? |
| Why would I put RSS on my website? | | | | You can now place an RSS Feed on your website in |
| An RSS feed can be thought of like this. Let's take | | | | THREE easy steps. |
| five news sources (Yahoo, MSN, CNN, ESPN, FOX). | | | | - Step 1: Search for topics that you are currently |
| An RSS reader would scan all five news sources and | | | | interested in (use Yahoo). |
| take each headline and create a summary of the | | | | When you see an orange RSS or XML box like the |
| article. Now, you can actually sort the news stories | | | | one above, you know that article is compatible with a |
| and have only the ones you are interested in | | | | feed. Copy the URL of the webpage. |
| delivered right to your website from all five news | | | | - Step 2: Go to and paste the URL in the digest for |
| sources. Search Engines are crawling websites and | | | | them to create a two line code for your webpage. |
| looking for fresh content. If you have an RSS Feed, | | | | You can also copy and paste the long page of code |
| you are getting up to the minute news stories. | | | | if you understand programming. |
| These constantly change whenever a new story | | | | - Step 3: In Frontpage, Go to Insert - a web |
| comes out. The Search Engines will give you a higher | | | | component - html markup and paste the two or |
| Page Rank because it thinks your page is updated on | | | | three line script that RSS Digest gave you. Check it |
| a regular basis. | | | | out! Your first RSS Feed! Try it yourself right now, |
| How do I add one to my website? | | | | create your first RSS feed in under five minutes, |
| I tried an RSS Feed for the first time, and it took | | | | FREE! The only way you can truly learn about them |
| less than five minutes. Here's what it looks like: | | | | is for you to JUMP in FEET FIRST! |