News RSS: Add Your Own Feeds Compared
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it. RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually.
RSS Feeds can be easily integrated into your Squidoo lens. Use the "Add Module" button while your in the lens workshop and click on the Add tab of the "RSS: Add Your Own Feed" .
Listed below ia a comparative study on various News RSS Feeds, their source location, option settings and how these options display on your Squidoo lens.
Google Top News
Feed: Google
Sample category: Top News
Setting: everything available, display HTML in the excerpt
Comment: Looks overly cluttered, break between image and header dose not help either
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byGoogle World News
Feed: Google
Sample category: World News
Setting: excerpt (100 characters), display HTML in the excerpt
Comment: Better than above, but break between image and headline still a distraction
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byGoogle Science/Tech
Feed: Google
Sample category: Science/Tech
Setting: excerpt (100 characters), no HTML display in the excerpt
Comment: About the best option from Goggle
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byGoogle Sports
Feed: Google
Sample category: Sports
Setting: no excerpt, no HTML display in the excerpt
Comment: Does not tell much
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byYahoo! Top Stories
Feed: Yahoo!
Sample category: Top Stories
Setting: everything available, display HTML in the excerpt
Comment: Adding space between image and text is not an option
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byYahoo! World
Feed: Yahoo!
Sample category: World
Setting: excerpt (100 characters), display HTML in the excerpt
Comment: Totally unmanageable display, not recommended
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byYahoo! Politics
Feed: Yahoo!
Sample category: Politics
Setting: excerpt (100 characters), no HTML display in the excerpt
Comment: What choice do you have?
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byYahoo! Technology
Feed: Yahoo!
Sample category: Technology
Setting: no excerpt, no HTML display in the excerpt
Comment: Might be useful as a space filler
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byABC News : Sports
Feed: ABC News
Sample category: Sports
Setting: everything available
Comment: Could be better
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byBBC News : News Front Page : UK Edition
Feed: BBC News
Sample category: News Front Page : UK Edition
Setting: everything available
Comment: As good as it comes
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byCBC.ca : Canadian News
Feed: CBC.ca
Sample category: Canadian News
Setting: everything available
Comment: You may opt for 100 character excerpt
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byCNET News.com
Feed: CNET News.com
Sample category: Headlines
Setting: everything available
Comment: As it
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byFOXNews.com
Feed: FOXNews.com
Sample category: Headlines
Setting: everything available
Comment: That's it
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMoreover : Top Technology Stories
Feed: Moreover
Sample category: Top Technology Stories
Setting: everything available
Comment: Feeds from Moreover are sponsored unless you get it from one of their subscribers.
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMSN Syndicated News : Automotive
Feed: MSN Syndicated News
Sample category: Automotive
Setting: everything available
Comment: Might be useful
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byNew York Times : Features : Arts
Feed: New York Times
Sample category: Features : Arts
Setting: everything available
Comment: New York! New York!
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byBlog: Matt Cutts
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byBlog: TechCrunch
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byBlog: Gizmodo (Excerpts)
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byby dinodino
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