Web Syndication

1. Web Syndication Presented by:Gani Dragusha

2. Web Syndication Overview What is Web Syndication? What is RSS? • History of RSS • Advantages / Disadvantages • RSS New Features

3. Web Syndication? • A section of a website that is available for other websites to use it. • It refers also as Web “feeds” (list of information) • It works by using “RSS”

4. Web Syndication What is RSS? • RSS refers to: • Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91) • Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) • some people call it Real Slim Shady  • A new web technology that automatically updates your news reader with information (feeds)

5. Web Syndication What is RSS? • Almost every news website offer RSS feeds. RSS Feeds are identified by these images: • You can also get feeds for web blogs, bookmarks, calendars, etc. • Protocol of XML file format

6. Web Syndication History of RSS

7. Web Syndication History of RSS

8. Web Syndication RSS Code Here is an example of RSS 2.0 feed

9. Web Syndication Advantages of RSS • Time Saving • You're in control • Your own personalized page • No Advertisements • Free

10. Web Syndication Disadvantages of RSS • Updates every 1 hour • When you get new feeds,you will lose the old ones. • Hard to know your web feed statistics • You must know XML & JavaScript

11. Web Syndication New RSS Features • Broadcasting - listen audio files - watch video clips • Images Flicker is a software that allows to share pictures using RSS feeds.

12. Web Syndication SOURCES • Wikipedia (www.en.wikipedia.com) • Answers(www.answers.com) • MNOT(www.mnot.net) • RSS Specifications(www.ss-specifications.com) • XML (www.xml.com)