How to Add RSS Feeds in Five Minutes or Less by
Kit Elliott
I'm here to teach you about how RSS Feeds can boost traffic for your
website. You may have heard of it, but I guarantee you are not harnessing
the full power of the tool. RSS Feeds are very hot, and the marketing
pro's are getting their websites listed in Google within 2 to 3 days.
What is an RSS Feed?
RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." Think of RSS this way:
Whenever a writer who belongs to a syndicate writes a column, they don't
just write it for their local paper, every article goes up on the newswire
and any paper who belongs to the syndicate can reprint it.
First, you have to download an RSS Reader, a program that combines all the
news online in one place. You can download a reader for free at
www.RssReader.com. Once you've downloaded a reader, you can click any
topic that suits your need, and only those topics will be delivered right
to you..
Why would I put RSS on my website?
An RSS feed can be thought of like this. Let's take five news sources
(Yahoo, MSN, CNN, ESPN, FOX). An RSS reader would scan all five news
sources and take each headline and create a summary of the article. Now,
you can actually sort the news stories and have only the ones you are
interested in delivered right to your website from all five news sources.
Search Engines are crawling websites and looking for fresh content. If you
have an RSS Feed, you are getting up to the minute news stories. These
constantly change whenever a new story comes out. The Search Engines will
give you a higher Page Rank because it thinks your page is updated on a
regular basis.
How do I add one to my website?
I tried an RSS Feed for the first time, and it took less than five
minutes. Here's what it looks like:
Bush Celebrates Shuttle's Launch (AP) NASA sends shuttle back into space
after long pause (Reuters) Shuttle Discovery Blasts Into Orbit (AP) NASA's
aging workhorse returns to space (AFP) NASA Returns to Flight as Discovery
Reaches Orbit (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)
As you can see, this is my very first RSS Feed. All the news stories
within the last hour regarding the shuttle launch are now listed for me
and my visitors to read. Guess what? It took less than 5 minutes, and I
instantly have an RSS Feed.
Why do I need one?
Search Engines are crawling your site and if you are not providing
quality, up to the minute content then you are getting placed further down
the rankings. Your competition who has this information is getting FREE
advertising from the Search Engines who are placing their page 1st or 2nd
when users search for a particular keyword.
How do I put an RSS Feed on my site?
You can now place an RSS Feed on your website in THREE easy steps.
Step 1: Search for topics that you are currently interested in (use
Yahoo).
When you see an orange RSS or XML box like the one above, you know that
article is compatible with a feed. Copy the URL of the webpage.
Step 2: Go to http://www.feeddigest.com and paste the URL in the digest
for them to create a two line code for your webpage. You can also copy and
paste the long page of code if you understand programming.
Step 3: In Frontpage, Go to Insert - a web component - html markup and
paste the two or three line script that RSS Digest gave you. Check it out!
Your first RSS Feed! Try it yourself right now, create your first RSS feed
in under five minutes, FREE! The only way you can truly learn about them
is for you to JUMP in FEET FIRST!
About the Author: Kit Elliott is the author of The Traffic Toolchest. His
ethical approach to marketing makes him one of the top experts in his
field. You can now download The Traffic Toolchest for free at
http://www.thetraffictoolchest.com Entrepreneurs looking to take
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