RSS and Feed Readers are a popular and effective combination of distributing information on the internet these days. Chances are you have utilized these technologies at your favorite website, and didn’t even realize it. In case you are not up to speed yet, here are some definitions to help you along:
“RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated digital content, such as blogs, news feeds or podcasts.”
“An aggregator or news aggregator or feed reader is client software that uses a web feed to retrieve syndicated web content such as weblogs, podcasts, vlogs, and mainstream mass media websites, or in the case of a search aggregator, a customized set of search results.”
The screen capture below displays a live snapshot of our news feed reader in action:
The purpose of this “feed overview” is to announce the integration of news feeds and article excerpts into the growing content found at the Specindex. We are searching the world wide web for all of the top Real Estate and Home Builder related websites that offer shared content in this format. Our goal – is to display the largest collection of Residential Construction specific news and headlines on the entire internet!
So, if you frequent certain websites to catch up on the building industry’s top stories, let us know which sites – and if possible thier address, and we will consider adding them to our frequently updated list of publications.
*Technology definitions from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.