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Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary is a great way to get your information syndicated for others to read. These articles and information explain what RSS is and how it can be used.
Promoting Your RSS Feed
Creating an RSS feed is probably the easiest XML document you\'ll ever write, if you choose to write it from scratch. And once you have your feed, you\'ll want to promote it. It can be tempting to try to find custom icons and scripts to link to it, but the best way to promote your feed on your site is to link to it. This article covers various ways to link to your RSS feed, gives you sources for good icons to use, and shows you how to make your own icon for your links.
How to Add an RSS Feed to a Web Page
Once you've built an RSS feed for your website, you'll want to connect it to the site with a link tag. It's best if you link the RSS off every page of your site, but you can also link it from just one or two pages - for instance, the pages that most make sense for that feed.
How to Use RSS on Your Website
RSS is a great way to promote your site and new site content, and a great resource for RSS feeds is a list of what's new on your website. I have started a what's new RSS feed for my About.com Web Design / HTML website that I maintain with a text editor.
What is RSS?
Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary, no matter what you think it stands for, RSS is the answer to Web site syndication.
How to Syndicate this Site
The Web Design/HTML weblog is available for syndication. And with a simple script, it's easy to have this site and other RSS feeds right on your Web page. You can also use aggregators and newsreaders to read RSS feeds you're interested in.
Sample RSS 0.91 Feed
A sample RSS 0.91 feed explaining how to use RSS Syndication
Syndicate the Web Design/HTML Site
Syndicate the Web Design/HTML Site
Anatomy of an RSS File
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it's called that because it's one of the easiest XML formats to use - there is very little to it. This article will walk you through how to write your own RSS file so that you can syndicate your site even if you don't have a blog or don't want to buy the Dreamweaver extension to write RSS.
Promote Your RSS Feed to Aggregators
Creating an RSS feed is easy, but getting it found can be just as challenging as promoting Web sites. Follow these steps to at least make sure that your feed is listed.
Does CSS belong in RSS feeds? - JeffCroft.com
What's mostly interesting about this article are the comments. My reader displays RSS as a Web page most of the time, so I don't know that I have an opinion either way.
The Anatomy of an RSS Feed - WebReference.com
Understand how to build an RSS feed from scratch with this step-by-step tutorial. Even if you use a feed builder, this can be helpful, because at least you'll know what went wrong.
RSS and Atom in Action - webreference.com
Learn more about these two popular newsfeed formats from WebReference.
Introduction to RSS
This short article clearly explains what RSS is and how it works.
RSS 0.91 Specification
A clear description of the rules behind RSS 0.91 and the elements used.
RSS 2.0
This is UserLand's explanation of RSS 2.0. It details what it is, how to use it and where RSS is heading.
RSS and You
Use Perl to create and manipulate RSS feeds.
RSS Tutorial
A really nice description of RSS for the tech-phobic.
Sharing Your Site
A walkthrough of what RSS is and how you can use it on your site.
What is RSS?
XML.com provides a very technical description of RSS in several of its flavors.

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