Syndicating Web Sites with Rss Feeds for Dummies

by Chris Pirillo and Ellen Finkelstein

Book Overview

So you have a business and you have a Web site. Bravo You're doing all the right things to be successful. But wait -- the information on your Web site needs to be updated, and your customers need to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764588486
• ISBN13: 9780764588488
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The perfect foundation

I love this book, it has broaden my horizons. I didn't know anything abour rss until i read this book, I'm now well on my way. If you are looking for a book that will teach you the basics of rss and that will get you started on your rss project, this is the book. Because of the vast amount of information in this book, you will actually be more confident in any rss project you start, even if you are just looking to buy another book on a related topic. This is the perfect book to start working on syndicating websites and rss, or just to understand why it works.

Very good, very helpful

I should be finished this book in about two days. It has been very helpful and specific and a vast improvement on some others in the Dummies series. Ellen Finkelsrtein has done a good job and crafted a good book. I particularly like the wayu she says: go to this web site and do this this, So I go to the webiste and bookmark ans I find it very valuable. feedvalidator.org was one such site. I went and it complained soem of my taigs.com blog was not properly validated: litle things like a ">" i na closing tag omitted. So I fixed them. Without this book, they would still be broken. The little things add up in this game. <br /> <br />Another thing: she does not waste time explaining irrelevant basics. She sticks to her topic and does not squander time telling you how to install this, that or the other. She also divides up the programming bit from the take it and go bit. There is an acompanying site which gives you the code to write your own feeds. All in all, I concur with the earlier reviews and give it top marks.

A "Must-Have" Introduction to New Web Communication Tool

I just finished reading Ellen's book. For a year or more, I have seen webfeeds on some websites, and those little XML and RSS buttons showing up everywhere. For the life of me (and I'm pretty technosavvy), I just couldn't put it all in context. This book lays it out concisely and makes a compelling case that news and webfeeds are the next communication phenomenon, likely to be as ubiquitous as faxes and email. I'm not always a "Dummies" fan, but this one rocks! My website will have a feed very soon and I'm already thinking of many ways to use this new technology in creative marketing efforts and to deliver content in a more useful way to our clients. Colorado divorce and family mediator, Lawrence King, J.D. Divorce Resolutions, Colorado Center for Divorce Mediation

Great introductory book to RSS

Being a sometime web developer, it is important to keep up with the latest web technologies. If you have never heard of RSS or are not that familiar with it, I recommend this book as a great introduction to what RSS is, and how you might use it in a website. It is not expensive, and is a good foundation in that it explains the basics of news feeders and how they are used, but doesn't go into a lot of technical/code information. In other words, if you want to code your own newsreader, find another book. On the other hand, the author does explain how to syndicate any item you want for RSS.

Great overview

Before I read this book I had no idea of what the "point" of blogging was all about. Sure, I knew the technical details, but the whole thing just didn't "congeal" in my mind and make any practical sense. After reading this and a couple other books over my summer vacastion, now I get it! Finkelstein does a wonderful job of not only providing an introduction, but enough supporting material so that I knew what to do with it. If you'd like to figure it all out yourself, get this and the companion Buzz Marketing book and give them a read. Then join in the fun! Highly recommended.