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May 1 RSS Day?

by Juned on April 9th, 2008

And this is no April Fool’s joke … belated as it may be. Daily Blogging tips in a post, May 1st RSS Awareness Day: Get Involved, proposes that May 1 be celebrated as RSS Day. This seems to be a good idea and a fine way to spread the gospel of RSS.

But why do the good people behind Daily Blogging Tips proposes and copyblogger support May 1 as RSS Day? And how do we go about celebrating May 1?

The reason behind it is that despite the increasing presence of RSS only a few people actively use it. Hence, the niche for Kawasaki’s AllTop and Quazion. As Daily Blogging Tips states it the objective is:

The objective of the RSS Awareness Day is to get as many people as possible talking about RSS and its benefits on May 1st. Bloggers and blog readers are already aware of the RSS format, but if enough of them talk about it perhaps the mainstream media will cover it as well, and the general public will get exposed to it.

If people start reading about RSS and how it can help them everywhere, I am sure that some will get curious at least to try it out. Over the time the usage of the format should pick up, and all the Internet users (including content publishers) gain from it. [Source]

I am all for it. How does one do it? Or how does one join the campaign for RSS Day?

1. Blog about RSS on May 1

2. Put an RSS badge on your blog or website from now till May 1. I think Daily Blogging Tips will be providing some badges soon or they might have already at this point.

3. Help spread the word about the campaign. Check back on Daily Blogging Tips because they have the mechanics on the campaign, plus some prizes as well.

What other ways can RSS be promoted?

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