RSS feed stands for Rich Site Summary. The name itself indicates the importance of a feed for every webpage in order to be listed in the search engines' database. Bloggers are increasingly attracted by RSS to advertise their site via Yahoo, Google to name the best ones.
When I stumbled upon Danny Sullivan's article on How to make an RSS feed which clearly explains in detail to create a feed, I was astounded by its simple implementation. All we need is to specify three factors
1. Title
2. Description
3. Link
The description is an optional part, often replaced by a customized button. Once these details are given properly, the RSS which has a brain on its own, reads whatever is given in the feed!
It goes something like this -
I will review it no matter how!
http://siminkdevelop.com
World of warcraft is the best thing that has happened to me since my childhood
http://gamezreview.com/wow111.html
Every site has a tag which could be added to the XML 1.0 after reading its specifications. It has the reason and version of RSS that are used. The final step is to use this service to generate a JavaScript code to be posted in the webpage. Those who copy the JavaScript automatically has the blog feed syndicated into theirs!
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