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Your Blog's Syndication
29 March, 2007
You have probably noticed the final element in your Al Bawaba blog’s sidebar: Syndicate. If you have ever wondered what RSS and Atom mean, then read this article to learn what they stand for.
RSS is basically a web feed that strips a blog of its formatting and keeps the content. It is used to publish frequently updated content (like blogs), and it is then read by certain programs called “feed readers” or “feed burners.” Atom is a different web feed but it has the same function.
In general, syndication means distributing articles or posts through a “syndicate.” A syndicate is an RSS or Atom feed. Your Al Bawaba blog already offers you these two types of web feeds.
The benefit of having web feeds for your blog is that you can gain access to an audience that uses feed readers (like Bloglines). These people simply read your blog through these programs, which saves them time and effort. The feed reader checks the user's subscribed feeds to see if any of those feeds have new content and then retrieves that content and presents it to the user.
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