Microsoft Responds to RSS Patent Application Hoopla
A lead programmer from Microsoft responded to the blogosphere’s fury and anger over Microsoft’s filing of RSS patents. Here are a few quotes: First, these patents describe specific ways to improve the RSS end-user and developer experience (which we believe are valuable and innovative contributions) — they do not constitute a claim that Microsoft invented RSS. Applying for a patent on your innovation is common industry practice, and one which, by incenting and protecting the companies and people involved, encourages everyone to contribute to the community. Complete Response
TalkDigger Ego Search Tool
TalkDigger is another Ego Search tool, enter a search word or phrase and subscribe to the feed generated. The feed ill update each time TalkDigger locates the defined keyword online.
Blogger Update Adds Video
Googles Blogger team this week solved a technical problem with the blog publishing and hosting service and introduced a new feature that gives publishers the ability to upload videos to their sites.
2007 Year of RSS
ReadWriteWeb posted 2007: The Year in RSS an interesting overview of RSS events over the past year.
Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties
While it may still be debatable whether all the major search engines currently employ a duplicate content penalty, all have made it abundantly clear that they do not have any desire to provide search results that rehash the same content over and over. Actively avoid any potential penalties by taking a proactive approach to building unique content. Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties
RSS Field Explanation
This chart contains detailed information about the fields contained in an RSS feed. Feed creators can use this to assist with feed creation.
Fair Use Defined by RIAA
Cary Sherman the President of the RIAA defined Fair Use and expressed his concern that it was being twisted far beyond what the original framers intended. Like a trademark that becomes generic, the fair use doctrine is in danger of losing its meaning and value if CEA’s self-serving claims are taken at face value. CEA has twisted and contorted “fair use” beyond its true intent, turning it into a free pass for those who simply don’t want to pay for creative works. Complete Article
Feed Displaying Service
RSS2HTML.com is a free service that uses different layouts and templates to display the contents of RSS feeds as HTML web pages.
