Syndication

Where I Welcome My Twitter Feed to My Blog

I've always been a bit phobic about upgrades, so I am happy to announce that this blog has been successfully upgraded to the latest version of Movable Type. The only... Continue reading "Where I Welcome My Twitter Feed to My Blog"

Blog Rush

As an entrepreneur, I read a lot. One of the online marketers I follow is John Reese, who has just announced a traffic widget called BlogRush. It is a free... Continue reading "Blog Rush"

RSS in Plain English

Lee LeFever and his Common Craft company have done a terrific job explaining RSS in the following "low-fi" video. The "low-fi" is their tongue-in-cheek way of describing their refreshing paper... Continue reading "RSS in Plain English"

Claim Your Feed at Feedster

To increase exposure for my RSS feeds, I am "claiming" them at Feedster, which is a registration process that proves that I am the legal owner of the feed. I... Continue reading "Claim Your Feed at Feedster"

Use Free RSS Feeds on Your Site

Adding fresh daily content to your website with RSS feeds is either incredibly easy, or frustratingly difficult, depending on your technical knowledge and how your website is set up. The... Continue reading "Use Free RSS Feeds on Your Site"

Tracking Pixels in RSS Feeds

Dear Barbara, I am trying to get RSS tracking installed using AdTrackZ, which I see that you have reviewed along with other similar ones. I know you can put in... Continue reading "Tracking Pixels in RSS Feeds"

Parsing RSS Feeds

Most of my discussion of RSS in this blog (and other publications) has focused on: 1) using RSS as a personal tool to read headlines and newsletters 2) or, on... Continue reading "Parsing RSS Feeds"

How to Syndicate a Column

An audio transcript is now available of the one-hour teleseminar I gave last year titled "Getting Syndicated for Fame and Profit."... Continue reading "How to Syndicate a Column"

Renaming RSS

What's in a name? Plenty. Despite Shakespeare's protestation that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," perhaps not as many people would try to smell it if... Continue reading "Renaming RSS"

Building Amazon Stores

A question from a colleague reminded me of a great tool that I use to build Amazon stores with my site's look and feel (and of course my embedded Amazon... Continue reading "Building Amazon Stores"

RSS as a Syndication Platform

Most of my focus this month has been on RSS as a newsletter publishing medium. But one of my readers reminded how nicely RSS works for syndication with this use... Continue reading "RSS as a Syndication Platform"

Surfnetkids Newsletter in RSS Format

What are the two biggest problems facing email users today? Ironically they are: #1) spam #2) spam filters Unsolicited email is flooding our in-boxes. Unfortunately while trying to fix the... Continue reading "Surfnetkids Newsletter in RSS Format"

RSS Feed Validator

As I am working on adding more RSS feeds to the four I already produce (see 'My XML Feeds' in the right-hand sidebar), I have found Mark Pilgrim and Sam... Continue reading "RSS Feed Validator"

RSS Readers

Although Surfnetkids usually shies away from tech topics, I just finished a Surfnetkids column on free blogging tools/hosts. It won't be posted to my site for two weeks, but when... Continue reading "RSS Readers"

Free or Fee?

Today I received an email from an author who has invested "heart and soul" in publishing a free newsletter for 15,000 subscribers without deriving any income from it. She now... Continue reading "Free or Fee?"

Easy Online Syndication

In addition to my weekly newspaper column, which is syndicated by United Feature Syndicate, I also self-syndicate five free features. They include a mix of daily, weekly and semi-monthly content.... Continue reading "Easy Online Syndication"

Getting Syndicated for Fame and Profit

I gave my first teleseminar in January, and I loved it! What an efficient use of time. No driving, no parking, no traffic. Here's the handout each of attendees ... Continue reading "Getting Syndicated for Fame and Profit"

Introduction to XML/RSS

Although I think XML syndication is still only for techies, if you've run into the acronym XML or RSS, and want to know more, here's an article from Web Reference.... Continue reading "Introduction to XML/RSS"