2006 January

‘RSS of the future, TODAY!’ Alright, perhaps that was a tiny bit silly. Needless to say though, FutureRSS is a really great script with a powerful concept at its core.

I would be first to admit that some RSS editors can be a real pain to work with. Fortunately for us that there are developers out there who are willing to try and simplify the process as much as possible.

Alright, I’ll admit that the numbers may be higher with email opt-in vs RSS now, but keep in mind as more seamless adoption continues to take place, we are going to see RSS gaining some serious ground as email is a pain in the butt.

Could this be the beginning of a RSS bubble? Eh, I tend to doubt it. Yet, it could be the beginning of the realization that not everyone out there is running with a phone that can offer RSS.

Are you wanting to possibly cash in on some podcast traffic, but don’t have a podcast? Don’t worry, all you need is an RSS feed and you can start podcasting with Feed2Podcast.
MediaBlab has more info on the revolutionary (and free!) service.

Could there one day be attacks coming from RSS feeds? As silly as this may sound, I would not write off the possibility so fast…

A new service promises two-way personal communications via RSS. A great idea or a lost cause?

One of the key elements of the RSS marketing game is actually getting people new to RSS to subscribe to start using RSS and subscribe to your content. In this regard, BBC has done a huge leap forward and can serve marketers as real inspiration on how far to go to help their visitors “cope” with RSS.

The 2006 RSS Summit is shaping up to become the leading RSS event for marketers, covering key RSS marketing topics and developments.

Let’s face it, if you are the sort that does a lot of traveling, then getting your latest travel rates just makes sense. From the looks of things, Orbitz appears to get this.

If you’re looking to start using RSS in your marketing or want to expand on your knowledge and get some additional ideas, here are our top RSS Marketing articles and tips of 2005.

One of the great things about RSS is that it’s easily extendable through the use of “namespaces” - simply new custom elements or tags that work with the existing RSS specification - allowing developers to create their own additions to the RSS format.

Does anyone still remember that RSS was also supposed to be used to make it simple for publishers to share and display their content on other sites, to bring them additional visibility, credibility and targeted traffic? We now finally have a tool that makes this easy …

You know, I think it is great that MacSpecialist is offering a utility to change the RSS icon for Apple users when using the Safari browser. Yet, I am not all that sure it is that big a deal? They either get it or they don’t. End of story.

And yet, Slashdot has yet to respond to this point. Interesting, I wonder if others will pick up on this as well