The RSS Promise for Internet Users
Copyright 2005 Rok Hrastnik
The RSS promise for end-users is simple:
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--> a unified one-stop-shop to consume online content,
without having to visit dozens of sites every day to see
what's new and without having their online subscriptions interfere with their personal and business e-mail communications;
--> complete control over their content consumption,
including a quick, easy and reliable mechanism to
unsubscribe from content they do not wish to receive;
--> the ability to receive breaking news as it becomes
available, without having to wait for a monthly, weekly or daily recap sent to their e-mail addresses;
--> the certainty of actually receiving the content they
want, without the fear of it being stopped by spam filters
on the way;
--> the ability to receive rich-media content directly to
their desktops, including audio and video content;
--> the promise of providing the tools to make their lives
easier, including receiving critical content updates as
soon as they become available.
These points are not simple enhancements, but important advancements that can fundamentally change how internet content is consumed. Furthermore, these points themselves prove why marketers need to start implementing RSS now!
To bring the point home, let us inspect some of the content services already powered by RSS.
LIBRARY ELF: MAKING THE LIBRARY EXPERIENCE EASIER
(http://libraryelf.com/)
Library Elf helps you keep track of your library accounts
in one place and received reminders, such as what library material is due, overdue and ready for pickup. Library Elf uses the power of RSS to help you forget about your library accounts and instead be directly notified of the changes you're waiting for, directly to your desktop.
INDEED: HELPING YOUR FIND THE RIGHT JOB
(http://www.indeed.com/)
Indeed.com provides its visitors with job seeking results
from hundreds of sites and then makes the search results accessible via RSS feeds. Users can subscribe to individual search results, pertaining directly to their search keywords to be notified immediately new jobs are available.
FLICKR: SHARING YOUR LIFE IN PICTURE
(http://www.flickr.com/)
Flickr is the most popular photography management and
sharing service on the web, enabling end-users to upload
their photos and then make them available to their friends, associates and family through a wide assortment of content delivery channels, including RSS. By subscribing to individual Flickr feeds from their users, everyone can have direct access to the latest life experiences from their friends.
RSSCALENDAR: SHARING YOUR EVENTS
(http://www.rsscalendar.com/)
rssCalendar.com allows individuals and companies to share
their personal or group calendars with the rest of the
world, letting everyone that matters know of where and what they are doing next, delivering this information via individual RSS feeds.
COUPONS.COM: SAVINGS TO YOUR DESKTOP
(http://www.coupons.com/)
Coupons.com brings the best deals and coupons to internet end-users, helping them save money by discounted shopping. As of late, they also started delivering coupons through RSS feeds, giving their subscribers direct access to their latest offerings.
PUBSUB.COM: TRACKING THE WORLD (http://www.pubsub.com) PubSub.com is an amazing service that allows you to track practically everything going on around the world by matching your keywords with tens of thousands of online content sources, and enabling you to subscribe to your customized search results through customized RSS feeds.
RSSAUCTION.COM: TRACKING YOUR PURCHASE INTERESTS
(http://rssauction.com/)
If you're a regular eBay user, you certainly want to keep
track of new products available, which precisely match your interests. rssAuction.com helps users keep better track of eBay by giving them a tool to first create a comprehensive list of product requirements and then delivering the search result through an RSS feed. As soon as new products matching individual interests appear, the user is notified of that through his RSS aggregator, giving him the ability to start bidding immediately and without having to visit eBay every day to find the right products.
UPCOMING.ORG: KEEPING TRACK OF LOCAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS
(http://upcoming.org/)
Nyms not only combats spam, it is one more layer of protection against other email threats viruses, worms, spyware, adware, phishing scams, and more. Better than a spam filter, Nyms puts you in control of your incoming email because it uses disposable, alias addresses. When your Nyms email aliases are shared with spammers, you can simply disable that Nyms alias and stop the spam from flooding your real inbox. spam filter to pinpoint where unsolicited messages are coming from and kill spam at its source.
Reading Email >From the Upcoming.org website: "Upcoming.org is a
collaborative event calendar, completely driven by people
like you. Enter in the events you're attending, comment on events entered by others, and syndicate event listings to your own weblog. As Upcoming.org learns more about the events you enjoy, it will suggest new events you never would have heard about."
FEEDBEEP: THE ULTIMATE "TIME-TO-INFORMATION" TOOL
(http://www.feedbeep.com/)
Depending on who you are and your current life situation,
many content alerts are critical for you. If you're looking
for a job, you want to know immediately when a new one
matching your precise interests is available, and so on.
While RSS brings this information to your desktop, that
might not be fast enough. Feedbeep.com takes internet
content delivery one step further, by empowering users to
have their critical content updates delivered from an RSS
feed directly to their mobile phones via SMS.
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RSS EMPOWERS CONSUMERS
The one thing all of these RSS-based or RSS-empowered
services have in common is that they empower consumers.
They empower them by getting the content that matters to
them delivered directly to their desktops or online content aggregators, but still giving them the power to unsubscribe within moments of not being satisfied with the content they are receiving.
Even more so, these services empower consumers to create
social networks and easily share their information with
their friends, family and associates on a large scale.
About the Author:
Rok Hrastnik is the author of »Unleash the Marketing & Publishing Power of RSS«, acclaimed as the best and most comprehensive guide to RSS for marketers by leading RSS experts. The complete guide on RSS for marketers: http://rss.marketingstudies.net/index.html?src=sa11
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Contact him at http://rss.marketingstudies.net
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