Why is RSS adoption so low? Here's why.

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Published Saturday, March 13, 2004 11:09 PM by RoyOsherove
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Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:32 PM by David Cottrill

# re: Why is RSS adoption so low? Here's why.

"There are some RSS directory sources out there, but its still hard to find them. Compare this with the built-in news group searching features found in all newsreaders and youre starting to see how this is a not so easy task for a newcomer."

I agree wholeheartedly. The first weblog directory site that releases an API for aggregator developers (thereby enabling them to include a decent search function) will gain huge mindshare, and will aid the adoption of RSS in the process. Feedster, Technorati, are you reading this?
Sunday, March 14, 2004 9:41 AM by Taka

# re: Why is RSS adoption so low? Here's why.

Syndic8 already offers an API - we use it as part of Awasu :-)

Non-techies are a group of people we have specifically set out to cater for so we've put a lot of time into the installer and online help and support. We also present them with "channel packs", that is, sets of channels in various areas of interest to help them get started.

But I'd have to agree that the hardest thing is persuading people the value of it and to give it a go. Even techies :rolleyes: :-)
Monday, March 15, 2004 8:26 PM by James Robertson

# re: Why is RSS adoption so low? Here's why.

Roy,
This is why BottomFeeder has feed building wizards for:

Amazon
Feedster
Blogdigger
Google
Headline News Service
Yahoo News Service

and does auto-discovery to syndic8

Works very nicely....
Tuesday, April 13, 2004 1:27 AM by TrackBack

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Sunday, April 18, 2004 2:10 AM by Bill French

# re: Why is RSS adoption so low? Here's why.

I agree - the options for seamless access and utilization of RSS content by non-technical information workers is almost non-existent.

We've experimented with using Microsoft Office Research Services for delivering a rich search experience for RSS content sources. We do this by creating virtual RSS respositories (SmartSpaces) that also provide transformations to MOSTL (Smart Tags) and ORS (Office Research Services). Users simply subscribe to a research service through any Microsoft Office 2003 application and then begin to "discover" information that flows through the RSS collection for which the service is based.

I believe RSS will achieve rapid adoption at approximately the point in time when we stop calling it RSS. ;-)

--bf
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