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What is RSS?

RSS stands for “really simple syndication” and is a new, easy, low cost method for distributing content on the web, using a newswire model.

How does RSS enhance Blog Performance?

A blog can be read with a standard browser, or alternatively, can be read by an RSS reader (or “aggregator”). Blogs and even web pages can be syndicated to form an RSS feed. This RSS feed then can be made available unfiltered to a client’s desktop via a well-known URL.

Hint: WordPress automatically creates a RSS feed for your blog.

The url below is an example of an RSS feed generated by WordPress http://www.resellrightsblowout.com/rrb/feed/

Many content rich sites use RSS and Blogging to keep the user up-to-date with information, breaking news and other stories. Subscription by RSS makes the content come to the user rather than the user having to go to different web logs to fetch it. Hence, RSS utilizes ‘pull’ technology which means users ask for content, unlike email marketing, which relies on ‘push’ technology to push content unasked for.

RSS offers the potential of endless opportunities to the Internet marketing community right now. Cleverly written blogs are relatively easy to maintain pages that contain enough information about a product or a service to soft-sell it.

Higher Search Engine visibility

Several major search engines such as Yahoo! and MSN are offering to index your RSS feed along with your website (or Blogs) if your visitors include your RSS feed in their search engine specific accounts.

For instance, Yahoo! will spider your RSS feed and blog if a visitor to your blog includes your feed in his or her My Yahoo! account. Yahoo! is doing this within 48 hours of such an occurrence – a remarkably fast indexing time for Yahoo!

To top it all, this happens without costing you a penny! You can further speed up the process by subscribing to your RSS feed in your My Yahoo! account.
How To Add Your RSS Feed To Yahoo!

After you regularly start posting to your blog, you should add your RSS feed to Yahoo!

If you don’t have a My Yahoo! account, go create one now by visiting this url:
http://www.yahoo.com/

Simply click on the My Yahoo! icon and register.

Adding Your Content

The first thing you will need to know, is what your RSS feed url is. Once you are armed with this information, log onto your My Yahoo! Account.

When you first log into your account you will want to click on the “Add Content” button.

On the next page you will see a search box, and to the right of this box, there is a link you need to click on titled “Add RSS by URL”

On the next page, simply copy and paste your RSS feed into the box and click on “Add“

If your feed is valid, you will see it listed in the next step. Now simply click on the “Add To My Yahoo!” button.

You should double check that the feed was added, by going to the front page of your account. If you did everything correctly, you will see your feed listed towards the bottom.

If you don’t see your feed, repeat all of the steps as necessary.

Microsoft has created a program similar to My Yahoo! called “My MSN.”

You will again need to create an account, if you don’t already have one.

This can be done by visiting the MSN Website and clicking on the My MSN link in the menu navigation bar. http://www.msn.com/

Once you have registered, and are logged into your account, you will want to look for the “Add Content” box.

Copy and paste your RSS feed url into the box and click the green arrow.

Your feed will then be displayed on the next page. Place a checkmark by your feed and click “OK.”

You will then be taken back to the main page, where your feed should be displayed.

That is all there is to it!

Each time you create a new blog, be sure to add it to both Yahoo! and MSN using the steps listed above.