Category Archives: RSS

Your only as sharp as your reading list

Regator has launched to the public - check it out. 
The value proposition of this type of service is that it enables you to expand your reading list by seeing what others who are into the same topics or industries are reading. You are only as sharp and informed as the depth and breadth of your [...]

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Regator - “Mainstreaming RSS”

Scott of Regator has sent me a log-in to the private beta of their service - a start up blog aggregator. Have had a look around and it looks really good. Nice user interface and interaction design. I think a lot of work has gone into the categorisation of channels, despite the fact I could [...]

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Using RSS for Business - Part II

RSS feeds are a toll for delivering frequently updated content to readers, without them having to search for it. Use of an RSS feed offers great opportunities to publishers who are looking for alternative systems to generate readership and/or revenue from their content, whether that content is written, audio or video.
This graph shows how RSS [...]

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Using RSS for Business - Part I

To watch the news and stay up to date with what is going on in my professional and personal interest areas, I use Google Reader, where I can pick and choose what I want to track. My range of sites that I follow spans new media, journalism, psychology, fitness, economics, perezhilton.com and obviously a whole [...]

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