:: Asian Age RSS Feeds

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content. Think of it as a distributable "What's New" for your site. Originated by UserLand in 1997 and subsequently used by Netscape to fill channels for Netcenter, RSS has evolved into a popular means of sharing content between sites (including the BBC, CNET, CNN, Disney, Forbes, Motley Fool, Wired, Red Herring, Salon, Slashdot, ZDNet, and more). RSS solves myriad problems webmasters commonly face, such as increasing traffic, and gathering and distributing news. RSS can also be the basis for additional content distribution services.

How To Use The Feeds

Feeds are normally viewed in two types of applications: One is the desktop aggregator and two is the Web-based aggregator.

Desktop Aggregator

There are a multitude of desktop aggregators, free and commercial, available these days. You can find a listing of them here.

To illustratrate how to use the Indiatimes feeds, we are going to use RSSBandit, which is one of the free aggregators.

The software requires the installation of Microsoft's .Net Framework. You can download it from here.

Once installed, start the application and click on "Import Feeds' from the file menu.

Enter the URL of the Asian Age feeds. .

If you want to add the feeds manually

Click on "New Feed" in the "Feed Subscriptions" panel.

Copy the URL of the feed from this page

Click "Ok" and you are ready to roll!

Web-based aggregator

Some of the popular web-based aggregators are Bloglines, Yahoo's Syndication service and Syndic8.com.

You can access their services at their respective sites.

Related links:

What is RSS?
http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/1/

What is a RSS aggregator?
http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/
Technical_Services/Cataloguing/Metadata/RDF/Applications/RSS/News_Readers/

Some popular RSS Aggregators *
http://www.wildgrape.net/
http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/
http://www.sharpreader.net/
http://www.rssreader.com/
http://www.newsgator.com/
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/
http://radio.userland.com/
http://www.newsmonster.org/
http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/
http://rss.blogstreet.com/

* Please review each software's individual documentation as well as privacy polices before you decide to download it.