Sep 20, 2007

Be Found: Adding RSS Feeds to Your Blog

If you have a specialized website or a blog where you publish new content regularly, don't forget to add a feed to it. News feeds come in different standards, with RSS being the most popular one.

Adding a feed to your blog is very easy, especially if you are hosting your blog on large platforms like Blogger or Word Press. In this case, you simply need to check the right box in your management settings.

If, however, you are hosting your blog independently, adding a feed will require a bit of code copying and pasting.

Tools for creating syndication feeds:

http://www.devx.com/xml/Article/10790
http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/rss_feeds.htm
http://www.webhero.org/Homepages/newsfeeds.htm
http://www.rss-specifications.com/display-rss.htm

RSS directories (submit your RSS feed):

http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm

Tools for creating blogs:

Blogger (by Google)
Fantastic service, loaded with features, ability to streamline AdSense ads and many other perks. Anbsolutely free.
Wordpress
Create a nice-looking blog with fancy features in less than 2 minutes, absolutely no technical skills required, everything is free, including hosting. Charges apply for advanced features and additional users.
BlogRolling
Add links to your blog as you surf, on the fly, without opening up your HTML template.
Drupal
An advanced portal with collaborative book, search engines friendly URLs, online help, roles, full content search, site watching, threaded comments, version control, blogging, news aggregator.
BlogPatrol
Track your blog stats free of charge.