FeedForAll News &
Tidbits
11/30/2004 Advice on
What NOT to do with RSS Ads
Nick Bradbury from FeedDemon
recently posted some great advice about
what not to do when inserting advertising
into RSS Feeds.
The following is an excerpt from Nick's
Blog Post -
If you're planning to insert ads into your
feeds and don't want to see your readers
unsubscribe in droves, please consider this
list of DO NOTs when planning your implementation:
Do NOT insert an ad every time the user
updates your feed. I've seen some feeds
whose actual posts are several days apart,
yet they insert an ad every time the feed
is downloaded - resulting in far more ads
than content. If you're going to insert
an ad, only do so when you have new content
as well.
Do NOT change the GUID, pubDate or link
of an ad - just to get it to appear
as new in an RSS reader such as FeedDemon.
Resorting to tricks to get additional ad
exposure will backfire in the long run.
Do NOT insert ads in feeds that contain
only a summary description. If you're going
to insert ads, at least let us read the
full content.
Do NOT insert ads unrelated to the content
of the feed. For example, putting mortgage
ads in a tech feed makes you look like a
spammer.
Remember, people are reading your feed because
you're providing useful information. If
you clutter that information with too many
ads - or make ad delivery your primary focus
- we'll stop reading. RSS is not email:
if we don't like what you're doing, we'll
unsubscribe - and chances are, we'll never
come back.
Read the Complete
Post
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11/19/2004 In Search
of RSS, Publishers and Webmasters Interested
in Partnering
Consider becoming a FeedForAll partner.
FeedForAll's Partner program is
for software developers that have complimentary
product lines. By becoming a partner
we are able to utilize resources to co-promote
partner applications. If you have a complimentary
product line with ties to either RSS, publishing
or web development please contact
us.
Benefits to becoming an FeedForAll
partner:
co-promotion opportunities
bundling opportunities
cross promotion opportunities in newsletters/blogs
publicity and press exposure
exposure on ancilliary site sponsored by
NotePage
product sneak peaks
valuable leads and referrals in your area
of expertise
promotion on a network of 3rd party sites
As a FeedForAll partner you will be eligible
for featured promotion on the industry specific
and software specific sites sponsored by
NotePage that are deemed appropriate.
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11/15/2004 FeedForAll
and FeedScout Partner
NotePage is pleased to announce a partnership
with ByteScout, makers of FeedScout.
Feed
Scout is a RSS/ATOM/RDF/XML reader that
can be used directly from Internet Explorer.
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11/11/2004 Power Point
Explaining RSS
In an effort to assist individuals in
understand RSS and how it works, we've created
an RSS power
point. RSS is becoming increasingly
popular and is a hot topic and the tutorial
power point explains RSS in simple
terms. The power point is free to
use and provides an explanation of RSS in
simple terms.
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11/09/2004 Do I Need
an RSS Feed?
Do I Need an RSS Feed?
RSS has been around for more than 10 years
but has only recently become popular. RSS
provides headlines and summaries of information
in a concise and standardized way. The article
discusses the benefits of using an RSS feed
to publishers.
Complete Article: Do
I Need a Feed
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11/08/2004 Dr File Finder
Reviews FeedForAll
Mike Callahan also known as Dr
File Finder reviewed FeedForAll. Mike
has been reviewing software for
"FeedForAll, by NotePage, Inc., is one
of those neat products that I get to see
maybe a few times each year. It does one
thing, RSS feeds, and it does everything
there is to do with an RSS feed. To me,
the program is very impressive with the
depth that it has -- printing, exporting,
image editing, FTP, and the like. This is
not just an RSS feed tool, it's a complete
RSS feed tool. RSS news feeds are the hot
item on the Internet now. For businesses,
for organizations, and for individuals.
RSS feeds have been shown to increase Web
traffic and they are a great way for you
to do some "real simple syndication" and
get your thoughts and ideas out there. I'm
so impressed with FeedForAll that I'm not
just making it a "Pick", but I'm also making
it a Dr. File Finder Favorite and those
are few and far between. So, if you're into
RSS news feeds and you'd like to try your
hand at doing one of your own, this is THE
program to use! GIve it a try for yourself,
it has my highest recommendation!"
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11/05/2004 FeedForAll
Review
Laura Childs from Stampede Secret
gave FeedForAll a glowing
review! It really doesn't get much better
than this:
"I just LOVE it when something new
happens along that makes life so much easier.
FeedForAll is one such discovery!
Forget about setting aside time every day
or week to update your feed. Now you'll
do it in minutes, on the fly, and ftp the
file directly from the software to your
server. Need a spell check? It's in the
software. Fed up heading over to the validator
with every update? Go ahead and delete the
validator url from your favorites menu -
this software won't let you mess up your
feed code! My life just got oodles easier...my
customers lives just got easier...I hope
yours does as well."
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11/03/2004 RSS Forum
Feed
We have recently
added RSS feeds to the FeedForAll forums.
Simply enter the RSS url into your feed
reader in order to monitor the forum threads
- http://www.feedforall.com/forum/rss.php
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11/01/2004 FeedForAll,
an RSS Feed Creation Tool, Makes Content
Syndication Easy for Everyone
FeedForAll, an RSS Feed Creation
Tool, Makes Content Syndication Easy for
Everyone
FeedForAll, a software
tool designed to create, edit and publish
RSS feeds, has been released by NotePage,
Inc. Now, with FeedForAll, webmasters have
the ability to create new RSS feeds from
scratch, or modify and enhance existing
RSS feeds.
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication,
an XML format for distributing news headlines
on the Web. RSS has evolved into a popular
means to syndicate headlines and share content
on the Internet.
FeedForAll makes RSS feed creation easy.
The FeedForAll wizard walks new users through
the RSS feed setup process, delivering ease
of use and conformance to specifications.
FeedForAll automatically repairs improperly
formatted feeds, guaranteeing that all feeds
used with FeedForAll, conform to the RSS
specification. FeedForAll can be used to
create and maintain an unlimited number
of RSS feeds, enabling users to flawlessly
maintain and distribute multiple content
streams.
Read the FeedForAll Press Release
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