Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies 1st Edition

by Ellen Finkelstein (Author)

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So you have a business and you have a Web site. Bravo! You’re doing all the right things to be successful. But wait — the information on your Web site needs to be updated, and your customers need to know. Good heavens, didn’t you spend half of last week doing that? There’s got to be a quicker, easier way to keep your clientele informed, and while we’re at it, how about building your business too?

RSS can come to your rescue, but first you need to know what it is and how to use it. Syndicating Web Sites With RSS Feeds For Dummies has what you need to know to get up and running fast—and with today’s flood of constantly-changing information, “fast” is a top priority.

Here, in plain English, you’ll find out how to:

Use RSS to drive traffic to your Web site and build brand awareness
Choose and install the right software, set up RSS feeds, and decide on the format that meets your needs
Create RSS feeds from scratch, or put a news reader on your Web site
Improve your site’s ranking in search engines and build customer loyalty
Enable your customers to choose when and how they receive updated information
Tailor information for your audience and publish all your updates quickly and easily
Promote your RSS feed and explain to your customers how to use it
Provide added value for your customers

Making the most of RSS can make life easier for both you and those who do business with you. Syndicating Web Sites With RSS Feeds For Dummies will help you maintain fresh content for your Web site, blog, or e-zine, promote your site and establish links to it, and even update vital documents like employee guides, price lists, and procedures manuals, quickly and easily.

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From the Back Cover

Get your site noticed and bring your visitors back

Market your business, promote your blog, and make RSS work for you

In the beginning was the Internet, and then there was too much e-mail. Now there's RSS, a win-win solution for both Web sites and their visitors, and this book is your ticket to jump on the bandwagon! It helps you set up RSS feeds — including podcasts — select the right format, choose software, and keep your visitors coming back for more.

Discover how to

Find and subscribe to RSS feeds
Choose and use an RSS feed reader
Create compelling RSS feeds
Promote your feed and syndicate your content
Bring visitors to your Web site

About the Author

Ellen Finkelstein has written numerous best-selling computer books on AutoCAD, PowerPoint, Flash, and other topics. She writes articles on AutoCAD and PowerPoint for Web sites, ezines, and magazines. As an Adjunct Instructor of Management at Maharishi University of Management, she has taught courses on Human Resources and eBusiness. Her Web site, www.ellenfinkelstein.com, offers tips and downloads for AutoCAD and PowerPoint and that’s where you’ll find her RSS feeds.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies; 1st edition (April 8, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764588486
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764588488
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.34 x 0.8 x 9.21 inches

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Melissa

This Book is OK ... not great.

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2009

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I have read a few Dummies books, and rather like them. I needed to learn more about RSS, as I didn't know anything at all. My problem with this book is that is seems kind of disorganized and perhaps overly broad and doesn't zero in on the important information quickly and succinctly. On the one hand, to be fair to the author, having read the book, I do understand what I need to about RSS. But I really think it could have been said in less than half the pages, and get the reader much more quickly to the point. There's a lot of "chatting" kind of "happily" that just should have been edited out. Having read the book, the points a reader would need to know could be summarized in a very small book, maybe 80-100 pages, and I don't like that I had to spend time reading far more pages than necessary. But the information is in there. I haven't read anything else on RSS, so I don't know if there is anything better (more tightly written) out there.

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Steve H.

Some Missing Coverage

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2010

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While I do like this book, and basically agree with most of the reviews here, I was frankly suprised that during the discussion of RSS with Blogs, WordPress was left out. Not even an entry in the index.

Blogger, Movable Type, TypePad, LiveJournal, etc were all discussed. How can you leave out WordPress, one of the Major players in the blogging market? Maybe not a big deal, but it does make me wonder what else was left out?

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Claudia Strasbaugh

Good Idea, and Doable

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2014

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Based on this we actually did it with several websites. This book is filled with new views of how Internet works, how it should work and how to make it work for you.

Claudia Strasbaugh

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S. Friedland

It would have been great at half the length

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2010

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The author took much too long in getting where she needed to go. I wanted a "how to" book from the getgo and this was not it. I did not need to wade through all kinds of minutia to get to the heart of the matter. I wanted to sit down and do a rss feed and she took about 5 unnecessary chapters to get there.

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Arthur B. Floyd Sr.

old out dated books

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2020

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the book i ordered was out of date

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Ian Scoop

The perfect foundation

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2007

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I love this book, it has broaden my horizons. I didn't know anything abour rss until i read this book, I'm now well on my way. If you are looking for a book that will teach you the basics of rss and that will get you started on your rss project, this is the book. Because of the vast amount of information in this book, you will actually be more confident in any rss project you start, even if you are just looking to buy another book on a related topic. This is the perfect book to start working on syndicating websites and rss, or just to understand why it works.

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Declan Hayes

Very good, very helpful

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2006

I should be finished this book in about two days. It has been very helpful and specific and a vast improvement on some others in the Dummies series. Ellen Finkelsrtein has done a good job and crafted a good book. I particularly like the wayu she says: go to this web site and do this this, So I go to the webiste and bookmark ans I find it very valuable.

feedvalidator.org was one such site. I went and it complained soem of my taigs.com blog was not properly validated: litle things like a ">" i na closing tag omitted. So I fixed them. Without this book, they would still be broken. The little things add up in this game.

Another thing: she does not waste time explaining irrelevant basics. She sticks to her topic and does not squander time telling you how to install this, that or the other. She also divides up the programming bit from the take it and go bit. There is an acompanying site which gives you the code to write your own feeds. All in all, I concur with the earlier reviews and give it top marks.

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Foothills Larry

A "Must-Have" Introduction to New Web Communication Tool

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2005

I just finished reading Ellen's book. For a year or more, I have seen webfeeds on some websites, and those little XML and RSS buttons showing up everywhere. For the life of me (and I'm pretty technosavvy), I just couldn't put it all in context. This book lays it out concisely and makes a compelling case that news and webfeeds are the next communication phenomenon, likely to be as ubiquitous as faxes and email.

I'm not always a "Dummies" fan, but this one rocks! My website will have a feed very soon and I'm already thinking of many ways to use this new technology in creative marketing efforts and to deliver content in a more useful way to our clients.

Colorado divorce and family mediator, Lawrence King, J.D.
Divorce Resolutions, Colorado Center for Divorce Mediation

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Buzzman

... and were all well packed and delivered in very good product very pleased with it the time stated

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2015

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these books were very helpful and were all well packed and delivered in very good product very pleased with it the time stated

Lynne Hunter

Syndicating for etc etc

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2013

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This book despite being full of information still managed to miss out on exactly what I was looking for. My only real critic was the price, a bit too expensive I thought.

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