Boost your Search Engine Rankings with an RSS Feed -

Home
>
Blogging, RSS & Feeds
>
Boost your Search Engine Rankings with an RSS Feed

Boost your Search Engine Rankings with an RSS Feed

I'm here to teach you about how RSS Feeds can boost traffic for your website. You may have heard of it, but I guarantee you are not harnessing the full power of the tool. RSS Feeds are very hot, and the marketing pro's are getting their websites listed in Google within 2 to 3 days.

What is an RSS Feed?

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." Think of RSS this way: Whenever a writer who belongs to a syndicate writes a column, they don't just write it for their local paper, every article goes up on the newswire and any paper who belongs to the syndicate can reprint it.

First, you have to download an RSS Reader, a program that combines all the news online in one place. You can download a reader for free at www.RssReader.com. Once you've downloaded a reader, you can click any topic that suits your need, and only those topics will be delivered right to you.. Why would I put RSS on my website?

An RSS feed can be thought of like this. Let's take five news sources (Yahoo, MSN, CNN, ESPN, FOX). An RSS reader would scan all five news sources and take each headline and create a summary of the article. Now, you can actually sort the news stories and have only the ones you are interested in delivered right to your website from all five news sources. Search Engines are crawling websites and looking for fresh content. If you have an RSS Feed, you are getting up to the minute news stories. These constantly change whenever a new story comes out. The Search Engines will give you a higher Page Rank because it thinks your page is updated on a regular basis.

How do I add one to my website?

I tried an RSS Feed for the first time, and it took less than five minutes. Here's what it looks like:

Bush Celebrates Shuttle's Launch (AP)
NASA sends shuttle back into space after long pause (Reuters)
Shuttle Discovery Blasts Into Orbit (AP)
NASA's aging workhorse returns to space (AFP)
NASA Returns to Flight as Discovery Reaches Orbit (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

As you can see, this is my very first RSS Feed. All the news stories within the last hour regarding the shuttle launch are now listed for me and my visitors to read. Guess what? It took less than 5 minutes, and I instantly have an RSS Feed. Why do I need one?

Search Engines are crawling your site and if you are not providing quality, up to the minute content then you are getting placed further down the rankings. Your competition who has this information is getting FREE advertising from the Search Engines who are placing their page 1st or 2nd when users search for a particular keyword.

How do I put an RSS Feed on my site?

You can now place an RSS Feed on your website in THREE easy steps.

? Step 1: Search for topics that you are currently interested in (use Yahoo).

When you see an orange RSS or XML box like the one above, you know that article is compatible with a feed. Copy the URL of the webpage.

? Step 2: Go to http://www.feeddigest.com and paste the URL in the digest for them to create a two line code for your webpage. You can also copy and paste the long page of code if you understand programming.

? Step 3: In Frontpage, Go to Insert - a web component - html markup and paste the two or three line script that RSS Digest gave you. Check it out! Your first RSS Feed! Try it yourself right now, create your first RSS feed in under five minutes, FREE! The only way you can truly learn about them is for you to JUMP in FEET FIRST!

Kit Elliott is the author of The Traffic Toolchest. His ethical approach to marketing makes him one of the top experts in his field. His highly anticipated book Super Affiliates Guide to Riches is expected to launch by mid-August 2005 at http://www.superaffiliate.com . Check out The Traffic Toolchest at http://www.thetraffictoolchest.com to get over 70 valuable marketing tools.

In The News:

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.appscout.com/2008/12/pocket_manila_puts_your_molesk_1.phpcid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNFHOXDWCLniSCl5Em4YujSysaUMGwimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=zP07OkBJzssJimgurl=www.appscout.com/images/PocketManila_NotebookCover.jpg width=80 height=58 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Appscout/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.appscout.com/2008/12/pocket_manila_puts_your_molesk_1.phpcid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNFHOXDWCLniSCl5Em4YujSysaUMGwPocket Manila Puts Your Moleskine on the Web/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fAppscout,nbsp;NYnbsp;-/font nobr7 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Whether you want to use the service for bblogging/b and sharing, or just personal notes, Pocket Manila makes your text attractive by automatically formatting b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/News/Breaking-News/Micro-blogging-goes-live-51797.aspxcid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNH8_ABCVpJ6OCbkYYHXwwGng5WZrAMicro-bblogging/b goes live/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fKMWorld Magazine,nbsp;NJnbsp;-/font nobr5 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Traction Software has introduced Live bBlog/b micro-messaging for TeamPage 4.0. The new offering enables users to write brief notes from wherever they are and b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0456943.htmcid=1276839585ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNEOnKsnP2G5NulTbxuM4BLU0xU7aAWallStreet Direct, Inc. Launches All-New Interactive Financial b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fCNNMoney.comnbsp;-/font nobrDec 2, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Members also have the ability to syndicate their bblogs/b via bRSS/b and on social bookmarking Web sites. Other enhancements include an improved archival system b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.marketingsherpa.com/article.html%3Fident%3D30946cid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNESr_WULIOmU8T1SWK8eMq8XX1qTwGenerate Leads with Social Media Strategy: 6 Steps to Fill Up b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMarketingSherpa.com (subscription),nbsp;RInbsp;-/font nobr7 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1They didn¨ˆt wait to finalize a bblog/b strategy before launch, however. Their bblogging/b approach evolved over time, based on observation of online b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.philebrity.com/2008/01/24/philebrity-decodes-dmacs-late-night-ron-paul-meltdown/cid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNGRYqEk5Z7uUFbF46BOmXXXDBKYmQPhilebrity Decodes: Dmac’s Late Night Ron Paul Meltdown/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fPhilebrity.com,nbsp;PAnbsp;-/font nobr7 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1b.../b into each bblog/b’s beat and fesses up to what no writer should ever fess to: That all his shit is publicist-fed or pulled from whatever “wacky news” bRSS/b b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://nabweekly.ca/%3Fp%3D2323cid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNEScq-5SJM_oNgHYFJ36NjQqYhtXwAcknowledgement from our Ontario workers is always a pleasure/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fNabweekly,nbsp;Canadanbsp;-/font nobr40 minutes ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Hoping soon those comments can be reopened and we can continue to keep Earth and the bblogging/b world, user friendly while we continue to share a common b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/12/social-media-monitoring-tools.htmlcid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNE8hbdh6ceJXxd5zHx107UBPS4Vwgimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=EUjgzEvrWpQJimgurl=www.marketingpilgrim.com/wp-content/authors/andybeal.jpg width=80 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Marketing Pilgrim/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/12/social-media-monitoring-tools.htmlcid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNE8hbdh6ceJXxd5zHx107UBPS4Vwg8 More Free Social Media Monitoring Tools You Shouldn’t Leave Home b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMarketing Pilgrim,nbsp;NCnbsp;-/font nobrDec 2, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1If you’re not a fan of bRSS/b feeds, TweetBeep offers a similar service with alerts sent via email. There’sa new bblog/b comment tracker in town and it goes by b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/12/02/pearl-clutchers-and-straw-women/cid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNHpqG3ibStjpIEeFsS8tp0ia47vuwPearl-Clutchers and Straw Women/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fFeministenbsp;-/font nobrDec 2, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1b.../b December 2nd, 2008 at 10:43 am and is filed under Guest bBlogging/b. You can follow any responses to this entry through the bRSS/b 2.0 feed. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://prmac.com/release-id-3558.htmcid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNGAzxhSfEwjhzw5z8b8fisup6tEDQMyAppleSpace announces quot;The New bBlog/bquot;/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fprMac (press release),nbsp;TXnbsp;-/font nobrNov 30, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1The perfect place to test your bblogging/b talent. My Apple Space gathers every members bblog/b posts into one collective bRSS/b feed and presents them into one b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081202/wallstreet-direct.htmcid=0ei=fyQ3SfbcC5zI8ATnzJSmDwusg=AFQjCNHh7tsVyF5WA6cRpr9mjht4LCsB1wWallStreet Direct, Inc. Launches All-New Interactive Financial b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fInternational Business Times,nbsp;NYnbsp;-/font nobrDec 2, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Members also have the ability to syndicate their bblogs/b via bRSS/b and onsocial bookmarking Web sites. Other enhancements include an improvedarchival system and b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

blogging rss - Google News

Boost your Search Engine Rankings with an RSS Feed

Blogging, RSS & Feeds