RSS and Podcasts What Is FirstGov.gov Doing? RSS, Blog and Podcast Workshop NOAA, February 21, 2006 Joanne McGovern Web Content Manager FirstGov.gov
RSS What Is FirstGov.gov Doing? Created page “What Is RSS?” Created Government RSS Library Created two feeds from FirstGov.gov Share How To’s and Best Practices on webcontent.gov
What Is RSS?
What Is RSS Page Reference_Shelf/Libraries/ RSS_Library/What_Is_RSS.shtml
RSS Library
Reference_Shelf/Libraries/ RSS_Library.shtml
FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds 1.FirstGov.gov Updates Same content as sent out via alerts Frequency depends on how frequently site updates 2.Popular Government Questions Uses the content from our FAQs (faq.gov) Have 2,000 Q & A’s to choose from Chose 170 of likely interest to RSS user demographic Post several a week Will send by monthly themes (this month: Money)
FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds
FirstGov.gov Updates RSS Feed
Popular Government Questions RSS Feed
FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds They bring traffic to other government websites. We are pointing to your information. FirstGov.gov Updates are usually a link to another site FirstGov FAQs contain answers with referrals to other agencies for more detail
Webcontent.gov
Lessons Learned It is very inexpensive to add RSS feeds to your site The real work is in the content—delivering quality and regular content that is of interest to your audiences Consider how you re-use content via various channels
Podcasts What Is FirstGov.gov Doing? Government Podcast Library Working with Podcast directories (iTunes, Yahoo!, Podcast Alley, Podcast.net, Odeo, Podnova, PodSpider) to promote government Podcasts Working on creating FirstGov.gov podcasts (audio and video) Webcontent.gov—sharing How To’s and Best Practices
Government Podcasts Library
Government Podcast Library Reference_Shelf/Libraries/ Podcasts.shtml
Webcontent.gov
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