Copyright © 2004 Tinu AbayomiPaulUnlike part one , rest of this article series will outline fewer Google API applications, as it focuses on only one thing. By time you finish reading it, you will know how to implement what in my humble opinion, is best way to use certain Google API Applications to enhance your own site.
This simple idea isn’t new. It has been used by dozens, perhaps hundreds of sites. You may have even attempted to use this idea yourself, but gave up because of amount of time involved, or how much it used to cost to attempt to put into practice - it used to take weeks just to compile enough information to get started.
Now, several Google API applications make this particular kind of major site improvement much faster and easier to carry out.
You can now combine free tools that help you create an RSS feed about your site with power of your free Google API key, to transform your site into an industry leader on your site's topic. You probably already knew that you can collect RSS feeds and have content displayed on your site, and also create a feed of your site and its updates without spending any money. With your Google API key, you can now leverage power of RSS format in less time.
What is an RSS feed, and why does your site need one?
Briefly, its most common abbreviation is “Really Simple Syndication”. The purpose of an RSS feed is to distribute headlines of news or content that appears on your site. Once feed is compiled, all you need to do is syndicate your content - and it doesn’t have to be just yours.
RSS has been around for a while, but is becoming progressively popular, as end-user base increases, and becomes more education. Also, site owners like you and I who are becoming more frustrated with ever-increasing barriers to distributing newsletters.
There’s another reason why your visitors may prefer to subscribe to your RSS feed instead of your newsletter that we’ll get to shortly. For now, let’s focus on reason you need one.
One of greatest things about using RSS feeds to get your site more visibility is that headlines don’t need to be just about your particular site, as I mentioned before. You could also turn your web property into news desk for your entire niche. Especially if no one else is doing this in your field, it can turn your home page into destination for anyone who wants to know what is happening in your industry.