Web Syndication Presented by: Gani Dragusha
What is Web Syndication? What is RSS? History of RSS Advantages / Disadvantages RSS New Features Web Syndication Overview
A section of a website that is available for other websites to use it. It refers also as Web “feeds” (list of information) It works by using “RSS” Web Syndication?
Web Syndication What is RSS? RSS refers to: - Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91) - Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) - some people call it Real Slim Shady A new web technology that automatically updates your news reader with information (feeds)
Web Syndication What is RSS? Almost every news website offer RSS feeds. RSS Feeds are identified by these images: You can also get feeds for web blogs, bookmarks, calendars, etc. Protocol of XML file format
Web Syndication History of RSS YearVERSIONSOWNED BYDESCRIPTION Netscape - My.Netscape.com was launched using RSS Few months later released new version UserLand -Released their first version -Created confusions since Netscape’s version was called So they updated and called it 0.92
Web Syndication History of RSS YearVERSIONSOWNED BYDESCRIPTION RSS-DEV Working Group - Very different from previous versions of RSS - Not capable with the other version UserLand - Migration from versions 0.9x Harvard Law School User Land Software transferred Ownership to Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.
Web Syndication Here is an example of RSS 2.0 feed RSS Code
Time Saving You're in control Your own personalized page No Advertisements Free Web Syndication Advantages of RSS
Web Syndication Disadvantages of RSS Updates every 1 hour When you get new feeds, you will lose the old ones. Hard to know your web feed statistics You must know XML & JavaScript
Broadcasting - listen audio files - watch video clips Images Flicker is a software that allows to share pictures using RSS feeds. Web Syndication New RSS Features
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