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Archive for May 2006

May 30th, 2006

Turn any mailaccount into an RSS feed

My last post was about disposable e-mail addresses, this one is about converting an existing address into an RSS feed! Goto social-mail.com and turn any current email list into a feed by using a SocialMail address to subscribe. It can be a useful tool organizations where different people need access to the same inbox.
Tags: email, […]

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May 28th, 2006

Free disposable email-address via RSS

Free disposable mail-addreses are not new (dodgeit.com, mailinator.com, pookmail.com, spam.la, spambob.com) but Ipoo is! Ipoo.org is a new service that lets you create a temporary e-mail address with the ability to check this mail whenever you want via RSS. If you want you can also check the mail on their site but hey, who would […]

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May 28th, 2006

Validate RSS feeds and OPML files

Wanna validate your RSS or OPML but don’t know where? I got some links for you;) Try validator.opml.org for your OPML files. And if you want to validate RSS you could check out feedvalidator.org, w3.org or Dave’s validator at scripting.com. That’s all folks!
Tags: opml, RSS, toolsShare This

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May 26th, 2006

Reddit feedreader

Just found another feedreader which may be interesting: feeds.reddit.com. Reddit is a social service for what’s new and popular on the web (as you might know). Now they are testing this new online feedreader that keeps track of what you’ve read and haven’t read. Just like on reddit, you can vote on items you like. […]

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May 24th, 2006

Feeds for Google Bookmarks and Search History

A coupleof days ago Steve wrote about the fact that Google Bookmarks and Google Search History have gotten RSS feeds. Too bad you need to be logged in and using these services to be able to see the feeds (a sharing feature would be great!), anyway, here are the links:
http://www.google.com/bookmarks/?output=rss
http://www.google.com/searchhistory/?output=rss
Oh, and if you wanna import […]

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May 22nd, 2006

Microsoft RSS feeds directory

Microsoft now has a special “Feeds Directory”. The page on microsoft.com shows you all RSS feeds (webfeeds) from the company and makes them searchable. The feeds are from MSDN Magazine, MSDN Forum, MSDN Blogs, TechNet Blogs, Microsoft Dynamics and others. They are within categories like Communities, Computer Languages, Downloads, Events & Webcasts, Security, Support and […]

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May 21st, 2006

FeedPass has attention

The new FeedPass service is getting a lot of free publicity. FeedPass is a FeedBurner competitor and will make your RSS feed more manageable. Dave even thinks they should have asked for permission(?) while Techcrunch lets us know that it does absolutely nothing. Mike explains the service like this:
Feedpass’ value proposition is that they add […]

By Vincent -- 2 comments

May 17th, 2006

Pheedo Feed Report 3 is here

Pheedo has released their “Pheed Read #3” report, the complete report can be downloaded here (PDF). The most important findings include:

Consumers Remaining Within Aggregator / News Reader Environment To View RSS Content
Full-Text Feeds and Summary Feeds Garner Similar Click-Through Rates
Summary Feed CTR Varies Widely
Most Publishers Opt for Summary Feeds
Bloglines and MyYahoo! Lead RSS Content Aggregators
Standalone […]

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May 16th, 2006

The RSS top 55

Robin Good has published his RSSTop55, an overview of the best blogs and RSS-submission sites. Leading the list are Yahoo, Open Directory (DMOZ) and Moreover. In total there are 175 sites listed! The editor writes he has tested each of the services and lets us know that this is a VERY powerful list to use […]

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May 14th, 2006

Hanso Foundation RSS feed

Lost rules! And great news for all Dharma fans out there; the Hanso Foundation has an RSS feed! So if you wanna track the updates for thehansofoundation.org check this feed.
Tags: lost, RSSShare This

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