3rd Party Feeds May Incur Liability Issues
A French court has punished web publishers because of snippets of text that appeared on their sites via an RSS reader. It is believed to be the first time that a website operator has been held responsible for content delivered by a third parties RSS feed. complete article
MonitorThis! - OPML of Ego Feeds
Ego searches have increased in popularity and more and more businesses are using them to monitor publicity. MonitorThis allows you to setup ego search feeds with 22 different engines at the same time. It creates an OPML file for each of the engines. Another option is to merge all the feeds using a tool like RSSmesh so you have all the ego feeds in a single feed. You can even filter out duplicates.
Audio Recording Software for Podcasters
For those interested in turning their RSS feeds into podcasts might have an interest in RecordForAll. RecordForAll is very easy to use desktop audio recording and editing software. An evaluation version is available for download from the website.
Transparency and Blogs
PayPerPost has instituted a new policy that mandates bloggers must disclose that they are accepting payment, either in the write-up or in a general disclosure policy.
RSS is Really Simple Savings
This article in the Hartford Courant does a great job detailing how users can save money with RSS from the Dollar Stretcher to Consumer Reports. RSS can help save money.
