By Heather Jewell

In a rapidly changing world of technical jargon, many terms are popping up in everyday conversations and the non-technical professional might be overwhelmed.  Podcast, blog, IM, domain, URL… the lingo can make your head spin. However, one such term, RSS, has frequently been showing up everywhere and seeping into the world of Online Marketing as well.  For business professionals today, the terminology might be a daunting task to keep up with, but utilizing the Web to your advantage doesn’t have to be. Read the full story

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By D.X. Tang

Social bookmarking sites generally organize their content using tags. Social bookmarking sites are an increasingly popular way to locate, classify, rank, and share Internet resources through the practice of tagging and inferences drawn from grouping and analysis of tags.

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By Donna Gunter

Listening to podcasts isn’t something I enjoy or take time for, quite frankly.  I’m a visual learner and prefer to read something rather than listen to it, as I find reading a much quicker way to gather the info that I need.  However, with the proliferation of audio listening devices, like the whole iPod family and other mp3 players, I have to acknowledge that I’m in the minority, I believe.  The world is listening to a wide variety of audio files, much more so than ever before in history, and I need to get on the bandwagon or be lost in the dust. Read the full story

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By Sean R Mize

Really Simple Syndication or RSS to a lot of people is a common mechanism used by many website owners and administrators to capture good traffic from potential visitors.  Just as it a good marketing and promotional mechanism, making it as effective as it is substantial.  Below are some of the ways on how you can excel in RSS:

1. Determine your targeted market.  This is going to be necessary because you will be able to Read the full story

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By G Allan Roberts

Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary to some others is one of the fastest growing marketing tools in the online arena these days.  This is a better way of informing your potential and targeted visitors for any updates that your website is having.  Below are some of the effective ways  you can successfully do your Rich Site Summary:

1. Make sure that you frequently update your website to make sure that your targeted clients will be Read the full story

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By Braeg Heneffe

What’s a blog? Well, it’s very much like an online dairy. This can be about and be used for anything at all, it can be used for news, reviews, products for a business etc. This is great as it helps the user stay in touch with the website with new and up to date information.

Ok, so we know what a blog is now. What on earth is that orange RSS icon I see everywhere! RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts. An RSS document contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with web sites in an automated manner that can be piped into special programs or filtered displays. Read the full story

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By Theo McLanahan

Having a podcast is a fun and exciting way to grow your website traffic and connect with your customers. Just like your website, a podcast still needs to be marketed so people will find it. If you create a podcast and just stick it on the internet, it won’t attract much traffic.

There are many different ways to market your business podcast. If you’re looking at growing your list at the same time, you might opt to keep your podcast private. This is easy to do- set up a mailing list within your autoresponder for your podcast subscribers. Include the link to sign up on your website. Read the full story

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By Stoney DeGeyter

I’m not the first one to chime in on this topic, mostly because I’ve gone both ways and I can make pretty valid arguments from either side. But I’ve finally settled it in my mind which is “best”.
Full RSS feeds are better than summary feeds.

Why?

I can answer that only from the perspective of a skimmer and scanner.

When I browse through my RSS feeds, I’m first looking for titles that draw my interest. If your title doesn’t make me want to read I scroll right past it. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you have a bad title, Read the full story

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By Titus Hoskins

RSS and Blogs are the topics of the moment. Seems like everyone is talking about it. Granted, there is too much hype about RSS and Blogs.

But where there’s hype - there’s interest!

And with good reason - RSS is posed to be the break out technology of 2005. Those who don’t take full advantage of it will be left behind. Read the full story

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For the webmaster who is interested in obtaining free traffic from his specific target group with little effort involved, RSS feeds are the way to go. Also known as newsreaders, RSS stands for really simple syndication and is a format for syndicating content from news sites and other websites or weblogs. Utlizing NewsReaders may be a way to keep your site current and bring in the right visitors to your online business. Read the full story

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