Pengertian RSS dan mengimplementasikannya

1. What is RSS?

RSS is the XML-formatted text file for provision of information. RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. RSS feeds are created by Webmasters with the purpose to supply information to subscribers. RSS feed is the place where it is possible to find whatever you like even that you would never guess it can be found there!

The abbreviation “RSS” refers to special versions that were created throughout all RSS history and the version RSS 2.0 is found to be very easy-to-use since it incorporates changes and modifications of all other versions with advanced specifications. Any RSS feed is a document (often XML-based) which contains content items with web links to longer versions of the texts followed by such information as pubDate and authorship.

2. The way you create RSS

Various editing programs do not require skills to markup web pages in order to create RSS feeds with the help of WYSIWYG-editors. What we need is to place various elements of the page, and the editor creates a HTML code by itself as compared with the text editor where you should manually write all tags. And you might not know XML or the RSS specification.

You don’t need to be a high professional in IT to create RSS feeds, and Feed Editor is the solution for you since it will function as Creator, Editor, Publisher and Podcaster. For more information see:

http://www.extralabs.net/feed-editor.htm

Another RSS editor, which is suitable for use both by specialists and native users, is Feed Mix. Here you may create, edit and publish the unlimited number of RSS feeds and podcasts. And which is significant you can create a new RSS feed from several others that have already been created. For more information see:

http://www.extralabs.net/feed-mix.htm

So, you have your RSS feed created. Now you need to transfer your feeds to your Website. For web hosts that support FTP, or the File Transfer Protocol, you need a program called an “FTP client” to transfer the file and this program is already installed for the aforesaid products.

3. Promote RSS

Before starting to promote your feed, check that the XML file is free of errors. You can use this free RSS-validator:

http://www.feedvalidator.org

Go to your website and link to your RSS feed once you checked it for correctness. Afterwards special search machines and directories should be advised on your RSS feed. It is possible for you to do it yourself but the most optimum way is to let the special services and software do it for you:

RSS Submit - Promote your RSS feed easily

Needless to say that submitting your RSS feed is very important, as the popularity of your RSS channel mostly depends on visitors coming from search engines. And you’d better place a link to your RSS feed on various forums, boards of notice, blogs, etc.

4. Final provision (create rss)

And as a final provision of success and popularity of you RSS feed it should be not only visited by more people but also it should attract permanent visitors who support and comment on it. To achieve this RSS feeds should really contain unexpected and interesting information, more to say exclusive one to attract people. Your feed should be free from pushy adds-on. To seize the attraction of readers your messages should not be too big in volume and free from loads of enclosures.

The optimum and successful RSS feed is the updated one that therewith meets requirements of your readers