RSS Tools

Written by S. Housley


Consideringrepparttar ever-increasing support for RSS in online communities, we have compiled a list of resources and products that will benefit webmasters, web surfers and publishers in their quest to understandrepparttar 119826 power of RSS. RSS has rapidly become an alternative communication venue. In order to understandrepparttar 119827 full benefits, consider utilizing some ofrepparttar 119828 following tools and resources.

1.) RSS Tools - RSS feeds bring automatically updated information straight to your desktop. You can monitor or promote news, job listings, personals, and classifieds using RSS. The following tools assist webmasters in using RSS to maximize their time.

RSS Readers - RSS readers are designed as tools to view RSS feeds, making it easier for users to view and managerepparttar 119829 content of a feed. Feed readers make it easy to mark feeds as read or flag items that are important. The following are some of our favorite RSS readers:

FeedDemon - FeedDemon is a client that can retrieve and organize RSS feeds fromrepparttar 119830 Internet. It comes pre-configured with several news feeds, and you can easily add your own by addingrepparttar 119831 URL for an RSS feed of your choice. FeedDemon offers an attractive and easy-to-use interface with integrated web browsing. http://www.feeddemon.com

FeedScout - Feed Scout is a RSS/ATOM/RDF reader that can be used directly from Internet Explorer. Feed Scout enables you to view RSS/ATOM feeds from different sites directly in Internet Explorer. You can even set your Home Page to show your favorite feeds. http://www.feedscout.com

2.) RSS Creation Tools - As RSS feeds have increased in popularity and breadth publishers and webmasters have struggled to find a solution to create RSS feeds. The following tools will assist webmasters in creating RSS feeds:

FeedForAll - Desktop software used to create, edit, manage and publish RSS feeds. New RSS feeds can be quickly and easily created with FeedForAll. Advanced features enable you to create professional-looking RSS feeds quickly. Existing RSS feeds can be repaired and enhanced with FeedForAll. RSS feeds generated by other means can be automatically repaired, so that they conform torepparttar 119832 RSS 2.0 specification. Existing feeds can be enhanced to contain advanced feed properties, and give them a more professional look. http://www.feedforall.com

3.) RSS Articles and Tutorials - Articles and tutorials based on RSS and designed to demystify Really Simple Syndication for users and publishers. RSS Specifications - RSS Specifications contains a collection of articles related to RSS and news feeds that assist both publishers and users in deciphering Really Simple Syndication.

RSS Specifications - RSS Specifications contains a collection of articles related to RSS and news feeds that assist both publishers and users in deciphering really simple syndication. http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-articles.htm or repparttar 119833 articles can be read in an RSS feed. http://www.rss-specifications.com/article-feed.xml

Make RSS Feeds - Step by step instructional tutorial detailing how to manually create an RSS feed. http://www.make-rss-feeds.com

4.) Ebay Monitoring Using RSS - Monitor online auctions for specific items of interest. As eBay has grown it has become difficult to discern and locate specific auction items. By using RSS tools users can easily recieve instant notification when a specific item is being auctioned.

Free Bidding Tools - FMonitor online auctions for specific items of interest. As eBay has grown it has become difficult to discern and locate specific auction items. By using RSS tools users can easily receive instant notification when a specific item is being auctioned. http://www.freebiddingtools.com/

5.) Web Monitoring - Monitorrepparttar 119834 Internet for specific news items or blog topics of interest. A number of free online RSS tools make web monitoring very easy.

PubSub - Monitorrepparttar 119835 Internet for specific news items or blog topics of interest. A number of free online RSS tools make web monitoring very easy. PubSub - Every day, PubSub's matching engine performs billions of matches of new items against user subscriptions. The instant a match is made, PubSub alertsrepparttar 119836 user via RSS. PubSub monitors more than 6.5 million blogs, as well as 50,000 USENET newsgroups, all SEC/EDGAR filings, press releases from major wire services, and FAA airport delay alerts. http://www.pubsub.com

Google News Monitoring Using RSS - This free online tool turns a Google news search into an RSS feed. http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.php

6.) Other RSS Tools - Alternative tools for creative webmasters.

RSS2Wap - The RSS2Wap site is meant for online conversions of RSS feeds into WML for access on WAP devices (RSS2WML, RSS WAP or RSS-to-WAP). It's free and you can make a link on your web site. http://www.rss2wap.com

7.) RSS Graphic Tool - Websites that have RSS feeds available use colorful graphics as flags to indicate to web surfers that RSS feeds are available for specific content.

RSS Graphic Tool - Websites that have RSS feeds available use colorful graphics as flags to indicate to web surfers that RSS feeds are available for specific content. RSS Graphic Tool - Customize RSS buttons. If you have limited time and lack artistic abilities, use this free online RSS graphic tool to create an RSS button. The button's color and text can be customized to suitrepparttar 119837 look and feel of your website. http://www.feedforall.com/public/rss-graphic-tool.htm

8.) Displaying RSS - Many webmasters displayrepparttar 119838 contents of RSS feeds on their web pages as a fresh source of content and information that changes on a regular basis.

Javascript Options - Using Javascript to display RSS feeds is a very easy way to provide dynamic content with very little effort. Unfortunately, when you use Javascript to display RSS feeds, search engines do not seerepparttar 119839 feed's content, sorepparttar 119840 content is not spidered and ultimately will not help with search engine optimization.

4 Steps to a Successful AdWords Campaign

Written by Michael McLaughlin


Not gettingrepparttar satisfaction you want from your AdWords account? Want to make more money by spending less?

Google AdWords has made many businesses successful by providing them with a great deal of highly targeted traffic for as little as 5 cents! Yet many webmasters and advertisers are incompetent when it comes to using AdWords efficiently. After $100 in losses and having many failed campaigns, I have learned how to solve many of these setbacks, so I have put together a list ofrepparttar 119825 4 steps required to come out on top.

1. Design Decide howrepparttar 119826 layout of your ad will present itself. Next consider what you want to be included inrepparttar 119827 title and what facts or catch phrases you want your visitor to know before they decide to spend your money by clicking on your advertisement. Don’t be a fool and get your ad disabled, please be sure to follow all of Google's rules and regulations on there editorial guidelines page.

Many computer owners are just learning how to purchase usingrepparttar 119828 miracle ofrepparttar 119829 internet and even more people do not understand that when they click on those Google ad’s they are spending someone’s money just by clicking on it. They also don’t understand that most ofrepparttar 119830 pages that they are going to be clicking on are product pages trying to sell them something. Many aren’t even interested in spending any money no matter how convincing your sales pitch can be. Though, this depends on what they are searching for. To avoid this simply yet destructive problem merely putrepparttar 119831 price of your product directly into your ad.

2. Brainstorm This is where my downfall began, I selected few keywords and in turn received little traffic, andrepparttar 119832 traffic I did receive was very expensive! To avoid this start off by takingrepparttar 119833 position of your possible customer. If you were searching forrepparttar 119834 product that you sell, what would you, as a customer search for? Do that now and make a list of as many search phrases and keywords you can think of. Don’t be afraid to use Google’s keyword tool, though I found that this isn’t too helpful.

After you squeezed out as many words you can, glance over them and determine what words and phrases can be combined to form a new one. Simply come up with as many words as possible, once you get started its easy and you should come out with around 250 keywords. Review this list and delete some ofrepparttar 119835 keywords that are “out there” and wouldn’t produce targeted traffic.

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