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Web Site Syndication Reading and Creating Syndicated Content Lisa Wolfisch US Census Bureau lisa.wolfisch@census.gov
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How much time do you have?
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Syndication allows you to get content without surfing to individual sites Subscribe to sites you enjoy Surf more efficiently, decrease spam, and prevent irritating pop-up ads Add feed content to your web pages local headlines, weather reports...
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Feed aggregators do the surfing for you Feed aggregators manage subscriptions with a single application – also online aggregators like Meerkat from O’ReillyMeerkat Can be integrated with a browser, or as a standalone application
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Reading Feeds with Firefox
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Firefox live bookmarks Firefox will pick up site feeds referenced on a web page The feed items become bookmarks that are updated by the browser
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Feeds are popping up all over
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Create XML files following a syndication specification RSS is one specification in an XML format Programs can create XML feeds for aggregators, or HTML for web site content RSS Headliner: http://www.webdevtips.com/RSS Headliner webdevtips/codegen/rss.shtml Feeds can contain more than just headlines Product announcements Up to date statistics, caledar entries Audio files for MP3 players
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Read more... Cnet RSS Tutorial (has a nice video) http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10088_7-5143656-1.html RSS Specification http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS in Government http://www.rssgov.com/
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