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Web Syndication: Building A Custom News Page Presented to The Columbus Computer Society February, 2006 Web Syndication February, 2006 Introducing Syndication A New Way to Use the Web • Content Developers Publish – News – Blogs – Many other sources • Consumers Subscribe – Via clients – Via Web sites Web Syndication February, 2006 What Can Syndication Do For Me? • For Publishers – Share your content – Increase your readership • For Consumers – Create a custom news page – Browse your favorite sites all in one place – Save time Web Syndication February, 2006 How Does Syndication Work? • Publishers place a file on their Web site • This file contains content to be published • The file is encoded in RSS (or ATOM) format • RSS files are often generated by a program • RSS files (also known as Feeds) are often designated by icons like these: Web Syndication February, 2006 How Does Syndication Work? • Consumers access feeds via an aggregator • The aggregator can be a program… – FeedDemon – FireFox – Pluck • Or it can be a Web site… – My Yahoo – BlogLines Web Syndication February, 2006 Adding Feeds • Consumers add feeds in one of three ways: – Inside an aggregator client or Web site – Clicking an aggregator-specific link on a Web site – Manually copying a feed link from a Web site and pasting it into an aggregator client or Web site Web Syndication February, 2006 Getting Started with My Yahoo • For this presentation, we will use My Yahoo to demonstrate Web syndication • My Yahoo is a Web-based aggregator • A Yahoo account is required • Advantages of My Yahoo – No software to load – Available anywhere there is Web access – Transparently supports all RSS/ATOM versions Web Syndication February, 2006 Getting Started with My Yahoo • My Yahoo provides a place to bring together current information from many sources Web Syndication February, 2006 Getting Started with My Yahoo • With My Yahoo, you can choose your news. For example: – National headlines from CNN – Local news from the Dispatch – Sports from ESPN – Computer News from C-Net – Weather from Weather.com – Geek news from SlashDot Web Syndication February, 2006 Getting Started with My Yahoo • The first step is to create a Yahoo account (unless you already have one) • The next step is to create a My Yahoo page Web Syndication February, 2006 Getting Started with My Yahoo • After a My Yahoo page is created, the next step is to add content. Web Syndication February, 2006 Adding Content • There are many sources for RSS feeds – Favorite Web sites that support RSS – Blogs – My Yahoo – BlogLines Directory – Eventful.com for events – Feedster Search – BlogPulse Web Syndication February, 2006 Demonstration Web Syndication February, 2006 Questions & Discussion Web Syndication February, 2006 Web Syndication: Building A Custom News Page Presented to The Columbus Computer Society February, 2006 Web Syndication February, 2006
