| Book by Category | |  | Web Marketing | Home » » » Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies ® | | | | | | | Description: | | So you have a business and you have a Web site. Bravo! You re doing all the right things to be successful. But wait the information on your Web site needs to be updated, and your customers need to know. Good heavens, didn t you spend half of last week doing that? There s got to be a quicker, easier way to keep your clientele informed, and while we re at it, how about building your business too? RSS can come to your rescue, but first you need to know what it is and how to use it. Syndicating Web Sites With RSS Feeds For Dummies has what you need to know to get up and running fast and with today s flood of constantly-changing information, fast is a top priority. Here, in plain English, you ll find out how to: - Use RSS to drive traffic to your Web site and build brand awareness
- Choose and install the right software, set up RSS feeds, and decide on the format that meets your needs
- Create RSS feeds from scratch, or put a news reader on your Web site
- Improve your site s ranking in search engines and build customer loyalty
- Enable your customers to choose when and how they receive updated information
- Tailor information for your audience and publish all your updates quickly and easily
- Promote your RSS feed and explain to your customers how to use it
- Provide added value for your customers
Making the most of RSS can make life easier for both you and those who do business with you. Syndicating Web Sites With RSS Feeds For Dummies will help you maintain fresh content for your Web site, blog, or e-zine, promote your site and establish links to it, and even update vital documents like employee guides, price lists, and procedures manuals, quickly and easily. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780764588488
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Ellen Finkelstein | | Paperback:
| 350 pages | | Publisher:
| For Dummies | | Publication Date:
| April 08, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0764588486 | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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 This Book is OK ... not great.Apr 16, 2009
I have read a few Dummies books, and rather like them. I needed to learn more about RSS, as I didn't know anything at all. My problem with this book is that is seems kind of disorganized and perhaps overly broad and doesn't zero in on the important information quickly and succinctly. On the one hand, to be fair to the author, having read the book, I do understand what I need to about RSS. But I really think it could have been said in less than half the pages, and get the reader much more quickly to the point. There's a lot of "chatting" kind of "happily" that just should have been edited out. Having read the book, the points a reader would need to know could be summarized in a very small book, maybe 80-100 pages, and I don't like that I had to spend time reading far more pages than necessary. But the information is in there. I haven't read anything else on RSS, so I don't know if there is anything better (more tightly written) out there.
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 Dr. Gwen reviews RSS Feeds for DummiesJun 08, 2007
The best part about this resource is that it assumes nothing. It takes a complete novice and explains that RSS means really simple syndication. Then it goes into the value of having changing content, the need to choose an RSS that is not only compatible with your content, but will add ever-changing, relevant content. I am using the resource to be sure that I have an accurate understanding of what it is, who it helps, how it helps, when to use one, and how to subscribe to an RSS Feed.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 The perfect foundationJan 11, 2007
I love this book, it has broaden my horizons. I didn't know anything abour rss until i read this book, I'm now well on my way. If you are looking for a book that will teach you the basics of rss and that will get you started on your rss project, this is the book. Because of the vast amount of information in this book, you will actually be more confident in any rss project you start, even if you are just looking to buy another book on a related topic. This is the perfect book to start working on syndicating websites and rss, or just to understand why it works.
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Very good, very helpfulJun 10, 2006
I should be finished this book in about two days. It has been very helpful and specific and a vast improvement on some others in the Dummies series. Ellen Finkelsrtein has done a good job and crafted a good book. I particularly like the wayu she says: go to this web site and do this this, So I go to the webiste and bookmark ans I find it very valuable.
feedvalidator.org was one such site. I went and it complained soem of my taigs.com blog was not properly validated: litle things like a ">" i na closing tag omitted. So I fixed them. Without this book, they would still be broken. The little things add up in this game.
Another thing: she does not waste time explaining irrelevant basics. She sticks to her topic and does not squander time telling you how to install this, that or the other. She also divides up the programming bit from the take it and go bit. There is an acompanying site which gives you the code to write your own feeds. All in all, I concur with the earlier reviews and give it top marks.
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A "Must-Have" Introduction to New Web Communication ToolOct 28, 2005
I just finished reading Ellen's book. For a year or more, I have seen webfeeds on some websites, and those little XML and RSS buttons showing up everywhere. For the life of me (and I'm pretty technosavvy), I just couldn't put it all in context. This book lays it out concisely and makes a compelling case that news and webfeeds are the next communication phenomenon, likely to be as ubiquitous as faxes and email.
I'm not always a "Dummies" fan, but this one rocks! My website will have a feed very soon and I'm already thinking of many ways to use this new technology in creative marketing efforts and to deliver content in a more useful way to our clients.
Colorado divorce and family mediator, Lawrence King, J.D.
Divorce Resolutions, Colorado Center for Divorce Mediation
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