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FeedDude - Create RSS feeds from any web site. Create RSS Feeds. Feed43 : Convert any web page to news feed on the fly. Feedity RSS Feed Generator - Create RSS Feed, Track Website Changes. Broadcatching. Broadcatching is the downloading of digital content that has been made available over the Internet using RSS.

Broadcatching

The general idea is to use an automated mechanism to aggregate various web feeds and download content for viewing or presentation purposes. History[edit] Fen Labalme describes coining the term 'broadcatch' in 1983.[1] It refers to an automated agent that aggregates and filters content from multiple sources for presentation to an individual user. Stewart Brand later used the term independently in his 1987 book The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MIT to describe artificial-intelligence technology (in one application) to assist content selection ('hunting') and viewing ('grazing' or 'browsing').[2] [edit] One of the first practical implementations was released in 2004. Uses[edit] Broadcatching is often used in situations where multicasting may be used but is cost prohibitive.

Broadcatching television broadcasts[edit] Measurement Study[edit] RSS. RSS (Rich Site Summary); originally RDF Site Summary; often dubbed Really Simple Syndication, uses a family of standard web feed formats[2] to publish frequently updated information: blog entries, news headlines, audio, video. An RSS document (called "feed", "web feed",[3] or "channel") includes full or summarized text, and metadata, like publishing date and author's name. RSS feeds enable publishers to syndicate data automatically. A standard XML file format ensures compatibility with many different machines/programs. RSS feeds also benefit users who want to receive timely updates from favourite websites or to aggregate data from many sites. Comparison of feed aggregators. The following is a comparison of RSS feed aggregators.

Comparison of feed aggregators

Often e-mail programs and web browsers have the ability to display RSS feeds. They are listed here, too. List of News Aggregators. Find the Best RSS Feed Readers / News Aggregators - About Email Product Reviews. RSS feed readers and news aggregators let you follow news and blogs easily, comfortably and efficiently in a dedicated program, on a web site or in your email program.

Find the Best RSS Feed Readers / News Aggregators - About Email Product Reviews

I have reviewed the top RSS feed readers to help you choose the best program for your needs. Top 10 Free Windows RSS Feed Readers / News AggregatorsRSS feed readers offer one of the most efficient ways to follow news, web site and software updates, newsletters, blogs and more. Many of the best news aggregators for Windows are available for free. Find them reviewed here. RSSOwl - Powerful RSS / RDF / Atom News Feed Reader with Google Reader Synchronization.

BlogBridge. FeedDemon - Free Windows RSS Reader. Filter RSS feeds with Feed Rinse. Filter My RSS. PHP RSS Parser / RSS to HTML Converter. RSS 2 HTML. Rss2pdf. FeedBlendr - Feed Remix Service. FeedBlendr is a web service that lets you remix your feeds.

FeedBlendr - Feed Remix Service

It has just launched the public beta of its second version. At first glance FeedBlendr does not appear to have a lot of bells and whistles, but it is an interesting and intelligent service that lets you easily remix many kinds of RSS feeds. And after closer examination, we can see that developer Beau Lebens has put a lot of love into the site - and actually there are bells and whistles after all. Let's take a look... FeedBlendr features The basic idea behind the service is really simple - it's a pipe that takes one or more RSS feeds (or OMPL file) and outputs a single feed. The service allows you to combine RSS feeds with Atom feeds and it also produces the output in both formats. Firstly there is a set of buttons that lets you subscribe to your output feeds via your favorite news reader.

You can also get an instant OPML file of the input feeds. FeedBlendr for developers Ideas for blends Beyond blending Conclusion. Twitter RSS - Read twitter on RSS. Feedly. feed your mind. Feed Informer: Mix, convert, and republish feeds. Directory of RSS Feeds. Feedweaver - Create your own personalized RSS feeds. RSS Feed Search Engine. Instant RSS Search engine will help you discover RSS feeds on the web around your favorite topics.

RSS Feed Search Engine

You may use the tool to search RSS feeds for blogs, news websites, podcasts and more. It is instant search and hence the search results display as you type. You may use any of the Google search operators - like allintitle, inurl, etc. - for more accurate results. You can subscribe to the feeds in your favorite RSS Reader (like Feedly) or use the Preview link to see the 10 most recently published articles from that feed.

Where Do I Find the RSS Feed URL? : AWeber Communications. Best 5 Alternatives for RSS Feed Reader. For people who don’t know what is RSS, let me briefly explain.

Best 5 Alternatives for RSS Feed Reader

There are number of ways that you can keep track of your favorite website and get updates. One of the major thing is RSS Feed. No need of bookmarking a website and visiting again and again to know what is new on the website. NewsBlur. Web Feed Finder - FeedSee RSS Feeds Search. Best Free RSS Reader-Aggregator. In a Hurry?

Best Free RSS Reader-Aggregator

Go straight to the Quick Selection Guide Introduction There are many ways to aggregate and read feeds. Desktop readers: [Wikipedia] Many users prefer these desktop programs, which couple an integral browser (usually the IE engine) with feed management. The result is a complete, reader-centric workspace, which can be quite powerful. The "best" feed reader is a matter of individual preference, or even personal taste. No matter which reader you choose, it should give you some way to back up your feeds, preferably as an OPML file. Discussion QuiteRSS is a relatively-new, open-source, cross-platform RSS/Atom news reader. QuiteRSS is versatile, and offers a full set of options. It is is hard to discover some of the QuiteRSS options. Menu bar hint: click the tiny icon at the left end of the tabs bar to see and select the "Show Menu Bar" option. QuiteRSS has a rich set of social sharing options (Email/Twitter/Facebook/...

RSSOwl: Compares very favorably with FeedDemon. 8 Popular Feed Readers Compared. Which is the best RSS feed reader?

8 Popular Feed Readers Compared

With the ever advancement in the internet technology, every day many new blogs, newspapers, magazines and others sites are coming up with latest news and articles. It is very difficult for anyone to follow each and every favorite site individually to know the latest updates in respective sites. Advertisements But, with the introduction of the Feed readers, you can know easily when a site updates its contents or adds any new article in it.

All that you have to do is subscribe to the feed of the website using any of the Feed readers and get updates of all your favorite websites at one place. RSS Reader Reimagined - MultiPLX. Good Noows.