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as soon as they are published? Want to find
a way to save time if you read many websites?
This FAQ will show you how, and will answer
some of the common questions about BestRacebookReview.com's
news
& features feeds.
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1.
Where can I see a neat list organizing all
of BestRacebookReview.com's News, cheerleader
of the day and features feeds?
2. What is a news feed?
3. How do I subscribe to
BestRacebookReview.com's news feeds?
4. What is a news reader?
5. Should I use a news reader?
6. What is RSS?
7. What is syndication?
8. Where can I find out more
about syndication?
1. BestRacebookReview.com's
complete News and features RSS Feeds
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Clicking
on the name of each feed will take you
to the page of the XML & RSS feed
to see an example of what kind of content
it contains.
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The Orange
XML button will take you to the source
of each feed. Simply copy and paste the
url (once you've clicked the XML button)
into your news reader to start seeing
your favorite sport's news or lines.
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The "+
MY Yahoo!"
button will add the selected feed to
your MyYahoo account, if you have one.
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2. What is a news
feed?
A news feed (also known as
an RSS feed) is a listing of a website's
content - In our case, it's our sports news
and lines. It is updated whenever new content
is published to the site. News readers
"subscribe" to news feeds, which
means they download lists of stories at an
interval that you specify (every 30 minutes,
for example), and present them to you in
your news reader. A news feed might contain
a list of story headlines, a list of excerpts
from the stories, or a list containing each
story from the website All news feeds will
have a link back to the website, so if you
see a headline, excerpt, or sports line you
like, you can click on the link for that
piece of content and will be taken to the
website to read it.
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How do I subscribe
to BestRacebookReview.com's news feeds?
Step one is to download your
favorite news reader. If you have never used
one before, try installing one of the news
readers mentioned below and see which one
you like.
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4. What is a news
reader?
A news reader (also known
as a news aggregator) is simply a piece of
software that you can use to read your subscribed
news feeds. It is to news feeds what Outlook,
Hotmail, Lotus Notes and Entourage are to
email.
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5. Should I use a
news reader?
The short answer: it depends.
The longer answer: if you
visit a lot of websites on daily basis, or
read a lot of weblogs (or "blogs"),
a news reader can save you a lot of time.
Using a news reader to consume
your web media means that you only need to
visit a website when you read a story in
your news reader that is of interest to you.
You won't have to visit many sites multiple
times every day to see if there are updates;
your news reader will do that for you and
will let you know when there is a new story
to be read!
So if you visit a lot of websites
regularly, or want to be alerted automatically
when your websites publishes a new story,
using a news reader might make sense.
Some commonly used news readers
are Feed
Demon, Sharp
Reader, and NewsGator (an
Outlook plugin) for Windows, NetNewsWire , Shrook
for Macs, and Bloglines.com for
those who like web-based readers.
You can find even more news
readers at itopik.com.
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6. What is RSS?
Depending on whom you ask,
the acronym RSS stands for "Really Simple
Syndication",
"Rich Site Summary", or any of
a handful of others.
The meaning of the acronym
is not terribly important, however. An RSS
feed (also known as a news feed) is a site's
syndicated news feed that you subscribe to
using your news reader.
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7. What is syndication?
Syndication refers to the
process that occurs when a publisher provides
content in a form that can be consumed by
software (like a news reader).
The concept is similar to
email: your Yankees-hating buddy Bob (the
publisher) writes you an email about Derek
Jeter's partying habits (the content). Your
favorite email program (the software) receives
the email, and probably alerts you with gentle
"You've got mail!"
With a syndicated WagerOnFootball.com
feed, it works like this: WagerOnFootball.com
(the publisher) publishes a story about Donovan
McNabb and Terrell Owens leading the Eagles
to a superbowl XXXIX victory (the content).
Your favorite news reader (the software)
sees that WagerOnFootball.com has published
a new story, and probably alerts you with
a flashing icon on your screen.
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Where can I find more
about syndication?
There is a thorough explanation
of syndication at Dynamic
Objects
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