New Feature: RSS Newsfeed of MW forums

[jokach]

We've now added the ability to provide RSS Newsfeeds of the content in the MatrixWatch forums.

Wherever you see an icon like <img src="http://www.matrixwatch.org/forums/images/misc/rss.gif"> in our forum lists, you can click on it to see the RSS feed of that forum, and although the output might not mean much to humans, RSS readers and more importantly, other websites can now post the hot topics being discussed in the matrixwatch forums via this news feed. You can also download, or purchase, an RSS Newsfeeder and subscribe to just the content you want from the internet, without doing any searching to find it. Just subscribe! It doesn't take anything to subscribe, just copy the URL off the RSS button, and you're subscribed, its that easy!

You can read more about RSS NewsFeeds and how else they can be used by going here:

http://www.rss-specifications.com/what-is-rss.htm

This is just another method we can use to inform the world about matrixes and other internet scams!

jokach

[websurfer03101]

I still don't get RSS. Is it that simple? Is this just for very lazy people or those that aren't smart enough to type a web address into a web browser? I don't mean that as bad as it sounds. For example; People buy a digital camera then one of these small printers that have the memory card slots. Basically they end up with a $500 to $1000 Polariod camera, because they are to lazy or not smart enough to download their pictures to a cumputer (that's if they have a computer, go figure) then print them out with the printer they have (which can do many more sizes besides 4x6), or email them or make a slide show to put them on a CD to hand out. Maybe I'm wrong about it but I can type faster than I can move the mouse around to click on a link. Maybe within a web site such as MW it could make things easier, but I don't see it across the web. Maybe someone can shed some light on it for me.

[MatrixWatch]

RSS newsfeeds are one of the most interesting technologies on the web. It is like having the ability to subscribe to ten major newspapers, three magazines, as well as the gossip at the schoolyard, around town, etc.

It groups information in a easy-to-read format, and enables news organizationg the ability to get their info out to more people quicker than ever.

With RSS Newsfeeds, MatrixWatch would now have the ability to broadcast its info to other websites, individuals, and even news stations (i.e. Google News).

Definitely a step in the right direction, Jokach. Awesome addition.

And by the way, for more info on RSS, just click the links below in the Google Adsense bar. There are some reputable players in there, and in doing the research you would be helping to contribute to MatrixWatch via the Google adsense fund!

[websurfer03101]

I see what you mean but I thought they were just ads. Not really interested in more ads. I got pop up blockers and firewalls to prevent such things. I don't want a whole computer full of them. I still don't get it I guess. I already have bookmarks for news, sports and etc. I don't need more and I don't need another program to give me more.

[MatrixWatch]

Actually, it is a means of compiling information. So, if you check out 4-5 news sites everyday, read a couple blogs, a few more forums, and some online magazine articles, then you can compile all of this info by using RSS.

You can also link RSS to a handheld and have all of your info to go if you'd like.

Most of the major news organizations utilize RSS technology, and it is the 'up-and-coming' way to receive news on a daily basis.

So, I wouldn't exactly say that it is a way of getting more. Rather, it is an efficient way of synthesizing what you have. It does take some getting used to though, but then again, so did the internet.

If you do a google search for RSS info, you should probably be able to find some good info on them. Good luck!

[websurfer03101]

Thank You little doggie. Like I said before, you guys rock. I'll give it a try. I guess it can't hurt. I just hate ads. I can remember a long time ago when the WWW was good. It is to bad corporations have ruined it. Everyone wants a buck. Shoot, you can't even read half of ESPN without paying or doing a search and all the results are ads for eBay or something. I remember the good 'ole days, a long time ago, and web sites put the ads on the bottom or at the right and a pop up was that ice cream you got at the corner store before Wal*Mart closed them down.

[jokach]

still don't get RSS. Is it that simple? I


Surprisingly, it is quite simple, when you have the right tools to access it. To the human eye, it really means nothing.


Maybe within a web site such as MW it could make things easier, but I don't see it across the web. Maybe someone can shed some light on it for me.


As "little doggie" ( lol ) mentioned, RSS is an up and coming technology, which is slowly gaining acceptance across the web. It follows the same concept as the "usenet" does, in that you can subscribe to specific content, the problem is that with the "usenet", it is so full of spam anymore that it doesn't even make it useful (in my opinion). The same was you would use a "usenet" reader (like Agent, or Pan) to read newsgroup headers, you would use an RSS Newsreader app to read RSS feed header, same reason you would use newsgroups, but different technology. The best part is that Newsfeeds can't be spammed out....

You can see RSS on sites like <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</a>, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/services/rss/">CNN</a>, which is the primary purpose of what it was created for, but the feed can actually be posted on another website as a way to get people to your website, as in the case of <a href="http://slashdot.org">Slashdot</a> (notice down the right hand side, how you get headlines from other websites, thats RSS).

Regardless, it may not have too much use now, but the Matrixwatch team sees it an up and coming part of the web, and we need to make sure we're on the ball with it.

jokach