| WagerOnFootball.com
Press Release
January 31, 2005 10:00 AM ET
Sports News and football
features XML RSS Feeds
Want to be the first to get WagerOnFootball.com's
headlines as soon as they are published? Want to find
a way to save time if you read many websites? This
FAQ will show you how, and will answer some of the
common questions about WagerOnFootball.com's news
& features feeds.
1. Where can I see
a neat list organizing all of WagerOnFootball.com's
News, cheerleader of the day and features feeds?
2. What is a news feed?
3. How do I subscribe to WagerOnFootball.com's
news feeds?
4. What is a news reader?
5. Should I use a news reader?
6. What is RSS?
7. What is syndication?
8. Where can I find out more about
syndication?
1. WagerOnFootball.com's
complete News and features RSS Feeds
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Clicking on the
name of each feed will take you to the page of
the XML & RSS feed to see an example of what
kind of content it contains.
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The Orange XML button
will take you to the source of each feed. Simply
copy and paste the url (once you've clicked the
XML button) into your news reader to start seeing
your favorite sport's news or lines.
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The "+ MY Yahoo!"
button will add the selected feed to your MyYahoo
account, if you have one.
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2. What is a news feed?
A news feed (also known as an RSS feed)
is a listing of a website's content - In our case,
it's our sports news and lines. It is updated whenever
new content is published to the site. News readers
"subscribe" to news feeds, which means they
download lists of stories at an interval that you
specify (every 30 minutes, for example), and present
them to you in your news reader. A news feed might
contain a list of story headlines, a list of excerpts
from the stories, or a list containing each story
from the website All news feeds will have a link back
to the website, so if you see a headline, excerpt,
or sports line you like, you can click on the link
for that piece of content and will be taken to the
website to read it.
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How do I subscribe to
WagerOnFootball.com's news feeds?
Step one is to download your favorite
news reader. If you have never used one before, try
installing one of the news readers mentioned below
and see which one you like.
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4. What is a news reader?
A news reader (also known as a news
aggregator) is simply a piece of software that you
can use to read your subscribed news feeds. It is
to news feeds what Outlook, Hotmail, Lotus Notes and
Entourage are to email.
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5. Should I use a news
reader?
The short answer: it depends.
The longer answer: if you visit a lot
of websites on daily basis, or read a lot of weblogs
(or "blogs"), a news reader can save you
a lot of time.
Using a news reader to consume your
web media means that you only need to visit a website
when you read a story in your news reader that is
of interest to you. You won't have to visit many sites
multiple times every day to see if there are updates;
your news reader will do that for you and will let
you know when there is a new story to be read!
So if you visit a lot of websites regularly,
or want to be alerted automatically when your websites
publishes a new story, using a news reader might make
sense.
Some commonly used news readers are
Feed
Demon, Sharp
Reader, and NewsGator
(an Outlook plugin) for Windows, NetNewsWire
, Shrook
for Macs, and Bloglines.com
for those who like web-based readers.
You can find even more news readers
at itopik.com.
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6. What is RSS?
Depending on whom you ask, the acronym
RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication",
"Rich Site Summary", or any of a handful
of others.
The meaning of the acronym is not terribly
important, however. An RSS feed (also known as a news
feed) is a site's syndicated news feed that you subscribe
to using your news reader.
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7. What is syndication?
Syndication refers to the process that
occurs when a publisher provides content in a form
that can be consumed by software (like a news reader).
The concept is similar to email: your
Yankees-hating buddy Bob (the publisher) writes you
an email about Derek Jeter's partying habits (the
content). Your favorite email program (the software)
receives the email, and probably alerts you with gentle
"You've got mail!"
With a syndicated WagerOnFootball.com
feed, it works like this: WagerOnFootball.com (the
publisher) publishes a story about Donovan McNabb
and Terrell Owens leading the Eagles to a superbowl
XXXIX victory (the content). Your favorite news reader
(the software) sees that WagerOnFootball.com has published
a new story, and probably alerts you with a flashing
icon on your screen.
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Where can I find more
about syndication?
There is a thorough explanation of
syndication at Dynamic
Objects
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