RSSMicro is an RSS search engine. RSSMicro uses ajax and an interactive database to retrieve RSS feeds based on keyword searches.

RSS2SQL Launched
RSS2SQL is a new RSS script that stores RSS feeds in an MySQL database has been added to FeedForAll’s RSS Scripts Directory. Now with the purchase of FeedForAll or FeedForAll Mac users receive FREE access to the RSS Scripts Directory which contains a host of PHP scripts that can be used to manipulate, manage and convert RSS feeds. Scripts in the directory include: RSS2HTML Pro - The RSS2HTML Pro add on script expands the functionality of RSS2HTML by allowing publishers and webmasters to dynamically create an index of feed items. FutureRSS - The FutureRSS script only displays items thats dates have passed. Allowing web publishers to prepublish content weeks or even month’s in advance, knowing that the content will automatically be displayed at the appropriate time. RSS Cache - The rss2html Cache module can be used by users of the rss2html.php script and will decrease the display time of RSS feeds. SQL2RSS - The sql2rss.php script allows you to easily create rss feeds from SQL databases. RSSMesh - The RSSmesh script is used to merge multiple RSS feeds into a single RSS feed. If users do not currently own or wish to purchase FeedForAll or FeedForAll Mac but would like to utilize the above RSS Scripts they can purchase a subscription to the RSS Scripts directory for $ 29.95.

RSS Tools
Learn about the latest RSS Tools, Scripts and Software. The RSS Tools website contains a myriad of tools to manage and manipulate rss feeds and news feeds.

UK Food Warnings Via RSS
The Food Standards Agency website uses a free news feed so it is now even easier to stay updated. The UK Food Standards Agency is equivalent to the FDA in the US.

DipNote
U.S. diplomats are revealing their personal sides on the new State Department blog. Although the blog, launched Sept. 25, has its dull aspects it lives up to its promise of providing glimpses of diplomatic work and what it is like to serve overseas.

Pheedo RSS Research
Pheedo conducted research of RSS adoption in the automotive industry and here are some of their conclusions: - automotive enthusiasts are adopting RSS at an alarming rate and are extremely active: RSS feeds in general across all of Pheedo’s categories are growing at a rate of 7% month over month - based on impressions. The auto category, however, has seen growth of 38% month over month, and more than 500% growth during the fourth quarter of 2006 to-date. - automotive content publishers prefer summary and headline feeds: 63% of auto publishers offer readers summary RSS feeds while the rest publish headline-only feeds. No auto publishers in the Pheedo network currently deliver their content via full-text RSS feeds. - auto enthusiasts prefer headline-only feeds: Headline-only feeds garner a click-through rate (CTR) of 33% on content while summary feeds garner a 15% CTR. - Yahoo! leads content aggregators among auto category readers: The majority (52%) of RSS content readers across the automotive publishers in the Pheedo Network opt for Yahoo! RSS reader products, marking a departure from past Pheed Read data and trends in other content categories. Firefox placed second with 18% of the market share, while Bloglines, the top RSS reader in past Pheed Reads, came in well behind both with 7% market share. - auto category consumers are financially diverse and the vast majority are over the age of 35: Demographic data from the auto category shows that readers vary significantly in their household income with four different income brackets holding around 20% of the total readership. Additionally, consumers over the age of 35 represent more than 75% of the auto category readership. More on Pheedo

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.

Google Reader Security Hole
A DigitalPoint Forums member points to a vulnerability within Google Reader that enables blog owners to add code to their blog that will allow any visitor to automatically subscribe to the RSS feed.

Who Owns Content?
PC Mag takes on the question of who owns content, especially where RSS Feeds are concerned: Every day people put virtual truckloads of information into the public domain. Books are published. Newspapers printed. A lot of that ends up on the Internet as well, along with the words of bloggers and other online denizens. All of these people make content public so that others can hopefully benefit from it. Once it is out in the public domain, who owns it? Well, the author of course, or in some cases, their employers. That makes sense when we’re talking about a web Wage. But sometimes, in order to make it easier for people to find and read the information, it is delivered as an RSS feed. RSS breaks down the information into article-sized chunks and streams it out so that news-reading tools can grab it and display it for users.

The business Case for RSS on Government Websites
Millenial Living recently posted an analysis about the business case of RSS on government websites. They even include a downloadable document for government agencies looking to justify the need for RSS. The author an employee of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, was required  to develop a business case on RSS before he could implement it on the FERC Internet website. It is clear that RSS is growing in popularity on all types of government websites.