What is an RSS Feed?

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Can someone tell me what an RSS feed is?

There is a folder in my email that says RSS feed...what does that mean? What kind of stuff would belong in that folder?

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A RSS feed 'real simple syndication' I believe...it helps publish update-able websites (i.e. blogs,...

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What is a RSS feed? what are the benefits of an RSS feed? what is the downside for a RSS feed?

wanting to learn about RSS feed. what is a RSS feed? what is the purpose(s) of a RSS feed? what is the benefits of a RSS feed? what is the downside of a RSS feed? should i connect to a RSS feed? thank you for your assistance.

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RSS is a standard format for syndicating content on the Internet. The content can be anything! Often...

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What is Rss feed? what is feedburner?

what is Rss Feed? what for? what can Rss feed do to my website? and how about feed burner? what can feedburner do to my website?

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RSS is a standard format for syndicating content on the Internet. The content can be anything! Often...

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What is RSS Feed , and why some bloggers use it ?

Hi What is RSS feed ? I see them in many blogs , why do bloggers use them? And can anyone that has a blog use RSS feed? Thanks for helping

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RSS is a standard format for syndicating content on the Internet. The content can be anything! Often...

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What is an rss feed and how do i get one?

ok so i just started a blog on blogger and i wanna get it noticed. a bunch of sites say to get an rss feed but they dont explain how. what is an rss feed and how do i get one??

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Check out this link: http://searchenginewatch.com/2175271 hope it helps

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What type of files can I embed into my rss feed?

Is it possible to embed PDF files into an RSS feed? Alternatively, what type of files can we embed into an RSS feed?

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An RSS feed is essentially a list of links along with a quick summary of the link. The feed itself is...

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What is the algorithm used to summarize a Yahoo Answers question used by RSS feed generator?

A lot of my answers are still winding up being a dozen or two lines long, before they are truncated in the RSS feed prior to the "Read More" hyperlink tucked in at the end. Other people's answers are getting shortened to only being one or two...

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Looks to me like they're not truncated at all.

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What are the SEO implications of non-absolute URL links on Quora's RSS feed?

The user links in the RSS feed go to "/user-name" instead of "www.quora.com/user-name" Exporting this RSS feed to a blog creates broken links that don't exist: myblog.com/user-name (I've mentioned this to the people at Quora, but...

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I try to always go with absolute URLs for a few reasons.  None of them are make or break your SEO, but...

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What is the easiest way to automatically generate a daily e-mail from an RSS feed?

I want to get a daily e-mail every time someone posts a craigslist ad with certain specifications. I have the RSS feed for that, but not sure how to turn it into a daily e-mail. Is there a free service that does that? Looking for something very simple...

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Got it: http://www.feedmyinbox.com/

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What are some best practices to follow when designing an RSS feed?

Should the feed be limited by number of items or a span of days? How many items is the average for an RSS feed? Should the full description be shown? Should media such as images be displayed? Are ads in the feed heavily frowned upon?

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You can set whatever limit works well for your purposes.  There's no harm to RSS clients in having a...

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