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A Gentle Warning To All Webmasters About RSS |
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RSS would finally enter the mainstream.
Since that article, during this year, there have been many developments for RSS. Some of the major ones:
Google Blog Search - Which now opens up the whole area of blog content and feeds to the one search engine that counts. Google also finally embraced RSS despite its major investment in the other syndication standard - Atom. Google bought Blogger.com a while back which promotes the Atom feed.
Microsoft's Longhorn Statement - The next version of Windows will have RSS. This will open up RSS to the mass market. This will put RSS center stage for computer and Internet users.
Google Sitemaps - This XML powered system lets you update and quickly index your site's pages in Google.
Podcasting - The enormous popularity of sending audio files or podcasting is opening up a whole new audience for RSS.
Media RSS - This will permit the syndication of all types of media, including video and TV programs through RSS, further opening up RSS to becoming a broadcasting system for the Internet.
RSS Search - MSN, as well as other search engines, makes it possible to search RSS feeds for the information we need.
Mozilla Firefox Browser - This RSS powered browser with its 'Live Bookmarks' is proving very popular with surfers. It also proves you really don't have to know a thing about RSS to enjoy its benefits - it can be seamlessly integrated into the background or operating system with the end-users oblivious to even the existence of RSS.
Commercial RSS - Then there is the whole potential of RSS ads and advertising which would commercialize RSS and bring it into play by large corporations who are mainly interested in the bottom line.
Not to mention all those orange XML or RSS buttons popping up on website after website. RSS is taking on a life of its own, gaining in popularity and growing in strength. RSS
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