15 RSS applications
The primary use of an RSS feed is to promote site content by sharing a list of recent or selected articles.
But many other applications have been found for this standard syndication format because it is very convenient for disseminating information. And remember that with the Ara editor, creating and editing a feed is now very easy.
RSS feeds can be displayed using an aggregator or on a web page with scripts provided on the iqlevsha.ru.
1) Website promotion
The file is published on the site, allowing visitors to subscribe to it, either to directories or register in search engines.
Plus, news sites like Wikio can select your articles after you've added your RSS feed.
2) Announcements and news
Depending on the domain, all of the above and developing over time can spread in the form of tapes: new commercial products, appointments, announcements, etc.
3) Classified ads
Whether in employment, real estate or private sales, the RSS is the perfect environment to constantly offer you the latest listings.
4) Software
The list of changes between two software versions can be published in the ribbon and included in both in the software archive or posted on the site.
Similarly, error messages and patches can be distributed in this way.
5) Technological and legislative monitoring
Public procurement, legislation, etc., if you need to be informed about professional news, subscribing to an institutional or commercial feed is the way to go.
6) Weather
Be informed about the climate ahead or elsewhere by subscribing to the Channel - that's what the weather site RSS Weather has for you.
7) Ask the teacher
You can ask questions to Yahoo Answers, and thanks to the RSS feed created from time to time, you can get any answers that may come over time.
8) Entertainment.
The cinema site informs about new released films. Similarly, you can learn about television programs. This can apply to concerts, theaters, events in the region, book releases, etc.
9) Trade and Procurement
eBay allows you to find out about great deals in this way. Video and audio sharing sites also offer a list of recent arrivals.
In each professional field, you can find specific applications...
10) Education
List of examinations and contests. Results. Timesheets.
11) Finance
Recent stock market prices, lists of exchange rates.
12) Commerce
Customer orders, tracking return to after-sales service.
13) Restaurants
A restaurant can present menus via RSS, on its website, or for specialized sites.
RSS is widely used by social media sites.
14) Semantic web
Social networks focus not only on sources of information, but also on the information itself. That is why the RSS RDF 1.0 format adds meta information used by blog search engines in particular. Their content is called Semantic Web.
Social media and sharing sites such as Facebook, MySpace, etc. use blog RSS files to develop relationships between registered bloggers. For example, people from the same region can find each other using the data contained in the RSS RDF file.
15) Statistics
RSS files are also statistically processed to detect Control web trends.
Conclusion
As you can see, there are no restrictions on what you can do with an RSS file, distribute information, or simply reuse it in different contexts.
Nothing prevents you from finding a new application for it and thus taking advantage of the tools developed around this format.
RSS and Atom Tools
- Common Reader. PHP 5 script for displaying tape in RSS 1.0, 2.0 and Atom formats.
- Ara. Editor and RSS file generator.