*FOUND* website with list of rss feeds for various interests

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the link below is a website i found that has a huge list of sites with
rss feeds - seems to be updated regularly:

http://www.syndic8.com/
is there ever going to be an rss feed for pricelessare ?
 
*ProteanThread* said:
the link below is a website i found that has a huge list of sites with
rss feeds - seems to be updated regularly:

http://www.syndic8.com/
is there ever going to be an rss feed for pricelessare ?
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OK, my AcronymGenie gives 3 definitions for rss.

What is yours?
 
Glenn said:
OK, my AcronymGenie gives 3 definitions for rss.

What is yours?
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i've heard of two; one of them being "really simple syndication" can't
remember the other one though (probably 'cause the one i can remember
makes more sense)
 
i've heard of two; one of them being "really simple syndication"
can't remember the other one though (probably 'cause the one i can
remember makes more sense)
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In version 1.0, RSS stands for 'RDF Site Summary', where RDF stands
for 'Resource Description Framework'. Sometimes RSS is called 'Rich
Site Summary'.

In version 2.0, RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication'.
 
»Q« said:
In version 1.0, RSS stands for 'RDF Site Summary', where RDF stands
for 'Resource Description Framework'. Sometimes RSS is called 'Rich
Site Summary'.

In version 2.0, RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication'.
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My hope is that someday it will get (Really Simple) enough that I can figure
out what it Really does. :)
Glenn
 
My hope is that someday it will get (Really Simple) enough that I
can figure out what it Really does. :)
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An RSS 'feed' is really just a document that lives on the web; it's
updated to contain that latest stuff the site has. RSS readers
download that document and present the info to the user. It's much
smaller than most web pages, since it only contains the site summary.

From the BBC World News feed, here's a snippet of such a document:

<item>
<title>Andaman coral 'hit by tsunami'</title>
<description>India plans to initiate an assessment of the damage caused by the tsunami to the pristine coral reefs of the Andaman and Nicobar islands.</description>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/science/nature/4148235.stm</link>
</item>

Some feeds may have more information in them than that, but that
gives the idea. It's much quicker to scan the headlines in an RSS
reader than to dig around at the BBC site looking for news (and
viewing images in the process). If there's a headline of interest,
a click downloads the full story.
 
Thank Q

Glenn


»Q« said:
An RSS 'feed' is really just a document that lives on the web; it's
updated to contain that latest stuff the site has. RSS readers
download that document and present the info to the user. It's much
smaller than most web pages, since it only contains the site summary.

From the BBC World News feed, here's a snippet of such a document:

<item>
<title>Andaman coral 'hit by tsunami'</title>
<description>India plans to initiate an assessment of the damage caused
by the tsunami to the pristine coral reefs of the Andaman and Nicobar
islands.</description>

<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/science/nature/4148235.stm</link>
</item>

Some feeds may have more information in them than that, but that
gives the idea. It's much quicker to scan the headlines in an RSS
reader than to dig around at the BBC site looking for news (and
viewing images in the process). If there's a headline of interest,
a click downloads the full story.
Click to expand...
 
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