{"id":436,"date":"2006-09-26T10:29:27","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T17:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=436"},"modified":"2006-09-26T10:29:59","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T17:29:59","slug":"blogoff-post-59-how-to-explain-rss-the-oprah-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/436\/blogoff-post-59-how-to-explain-rss-the-oprah-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #59: How to explain RSS the Oprah way . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Problogger ‘How To…’ Group Writing Project<\/a>, Back in Skinny Jeans teaches us “How to explain RSS the Oprah way”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The technical acronym for RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and be a means to share content on the web. Now, to geeks and techies that means something special, but to everyday folks like you and me, what comes to mind is, “Uh, I don’t get it?”<\/p>\n

So, to make RSS much easier to understand, in Oprah speak, RSS stands for: I’m “Ready for Some Stories”. It is a way online for you to get a quick list of the latest story headlines from all your favorite websites and blogs all in one place. How cool is that?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know if this is actually useful for anyone, but it’s a whale of a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

The funniest part, really, is that a good RSS-feed reader takes away almost every need you might have for a web browser. Imagine how well that flies with people who have barely gotten a grip on their web browser in the first place. Now tell ’em about the semantic web…
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Technorati Tags: blogging<\/a>, sellsius 101<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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From the Problogger ‘How To…’ Group Writing Project, Back in Skinny Jeans teaches us “How to explain RSS the Oprah way”: The technical acronym for RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and be a means to share content on the web. 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