Feed 43 Paid Service Debuts!   by access2

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I've been like a kid with a new toy since I discovered Feed 43, an online service that will (with a little HTML-massage) create an RSS feed from "any" page. The Feed 43 Announcements blog recently (16 JUN 06) unveiled the long-anticipated paid account upgrades.

Amazon associates don't make nearly as much as most people seem to think they would, and I keep a very tight grip on the purse-strings -- but I've been very pleased with Feed43's "paid 100" service so far. (Even though they seem to be having some trouble with the Christmas rush.)

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Getting Started 

It isn't even necessary to register to try the Feed 43 service, although the free registration gives you a place to store your feeds. The paid service, as you would expect, adds some very useful enhancements to the "basic" free service.

The documentation is a little sparse, consisting mainly of a tutorial and of course, the FAQ, but the latter explains that the macro-languge of Feed 43 is tha same as for an earlier A. I. Studio product, WatzNew

Watz New 

WatzNew is a "personal web portal" that polls your favorite websites and alerts you when they have published new content. It is available in a Freeware version and a 30-day free trial version

Most people will find that WatzNew suits their custom-aggregator needs, but for webmasters who prefer the RSS-creation of Feed 43, there is a more detailed expalanation of the macro-language in the WatzNew Manual

Feed43 Announcements 

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Feed43Announcements

Headlines from the Feed43 Blog

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Some Feed 43 Examples 

I'm pretty new at the Feed 43 interface, but I've cobbled together some feeds, and they're getting better as I go along. I'm sure I'll have to go back and revise the whole set periodically ...

I'm working on several new lenses that will incorporate feeds, so stay tuned ...

Captain Squid's Lenses of Doom

Well, I did say I was like a kid with a new toy -- sorcerer's apprentice might be more like it. In any case, I've got feeds in virtually all of my lenses. I'm gradually finding other ways to deal with "evergreen" (static) content. Stay tuned ...


Finding Popular Products for Your Amazon Modules

This "recent" series probably best represents the capabilities of the Feed43 service. The more you play with the interface, the more cool things you can do.

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I've never quite been sure what distinguishes a blog from a regular webpage. Timeliness seems to have something to do with it, but that doesn't seem to be a hard and fast rule.

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