Using RSS Feeds in Hub Pages
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The purpose of this hub page is to give hub page creators the necessary information to set-up basic RSS Feeds to their hub pages.
Syndicator
What is an RSS Feed?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Subscription. There are many definitions for the word Syndication, but the one that applies here is: "An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously." The dictionary definition that applies to subscription is: "An agreement to receive or be given access to electronic texts or services, especially over the Internet."
RSS Icon
The sites or web pages that do offer RSS Feeds have a symbol either at the top of the page or at the bottom of the page that looks like this. If you click on the symbol, it will bring you to a RSS Feed Page that lists categories of different types of information where you can select the category of information you would like to subscribe to.
What is the Difference Between Syndication and Subscriber?
There are two parts to RSS, one is the syndication and the other is the subscriber. The syndicator is the website or facility that is providing the feed items. At this time it is beyond the scope of this hub article to talk about creating a syndication. The subscriber is the one who is subscribing to the syndication and receives the feed from the syndicator. The information is automatically updated to the subscriber's hub page when the syndicator changes the information. It is much like having a subscription to a newspaper and receiving newspapers daily with changed information.
Internal and External RSS Feeds
For purposes of explanation, RSS feeds for hub pages can be divided into two categories: Internal and external. Internal RSS feeds are from one hubber to another. External are from an external source, such as a web site to one of your hub pages. The RSS feed contains a list of topics. The hub page has a reader (RSS capsule) that is capable of reading the list of topics. When the reader receives and displays the list of topics, each topic will have the time the topic was created
The following two tutorials show how to subscribe to both an internal RSS Feed and an external RSS Feed. The example that I used for the internal RSS feed is to subscribe to a hub that "feeds" recipes to my hub on reading nutritional labels.
How to Create an Internal RSS Subscription
The example that I used for the external RSS feed is to subscribe to the California Department of Fish and Game website to a hub that I created on Duck Hunting in California. This subscription feeds fish and game information to my hub.
How to Subscribe to an External RSS Feed
What are the Advantages of Having RSS Feeds?
They can enhance your hub page by feeding the latest supplementary information to your hub page topic. But be careful to get a feed that is very close to your hub page topic but not to the point where you may be in violation of the Hub Page duplication policy. The other advantage is that by linking to RSS feeds, you increase your ranking in google search engine operation which makes it easier for viewers to find your work.
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Thanks for explaining RSS feed so well.Maybe now I will start using RSS finally.Good Hub
I'm glad you liked it. It is very satisfying to give someone that Ah Ha moment.
Thankyou so much for explaining about RSS, because I've been writing online for some time but did not know how it worked. This Hub is really informative and I appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge about it. Best wishes!
Thank you Viking305: I glad I could shed some light on the subject. I will visit your profile when I finish this reply.
Yes I used to use the RSS News Feeds on my hubs. But since Panda in Feb 2011 we were advised not to use them and then the capsule was removed.
The reason given was they were not always the same subject as the article and we were therefore being penalized by Google.
I stopped using the RSS feeds for my own related hubs too because of this reason but now that I have read your hub I am going to put back some RSS feeds that are directly linked to the subject I have written about on my hubs.
Thanks for SHARING. Up and Useful
I'm glad you liked it. Good luck on your venture.
I found this hub very useful and am off to include RSS feeds for my hubs with caution ofcourse. Voted up.
Thanks for bookmarking it. Glad I could help.
I never knew what the "RSS" in RSS feed meant. I just knew that you had to be careful on this site how you used it. You must use it properly or be labelled overly promotional. The only time I have used it is linking a hub trail hub of mine with that of other hubbers. Thanks for describing the acronym. I am bookmarking this in case I want to use an RSS feed on another one of my hubs.
Thanks Marcy. I love it when I can turn light bulbs on in people's heads.
Very helpful information! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! Voted up and useful.
Thank you so much for recognizing my work. I'm deeply honored to be a nominee for hubnuggets. I've only been on hub pages for three months and I really enjoy it. Once I learn something, I love to help others learn it as well.
I used RSS feeds during the time Hubpages had the hubmob thing going on. After that with all the comments about duplication, I didn't bother to use it anymore. Gosh, thanks so much for explaining all of this. Very helpful.
RSS Feeds to the Hubnuggets! Yes, your hub has been nominated by the Hubnuggets team. Do head this way to read and vote http://pattyinglishms.hubpages.com/hub/Presidents- Cheers!
Koffee: Thank you very much for your comments. It's very satisfying to know when there has been a breakthrough in understanding of a concept.
You have done what I thought was close to impossible. You have make the RSS feed sound simple and quite manageable. Great job.
Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad it was easy for you to understand.
thank you so much, i have so far stayed away from the RSS feed simply because i did not understand it or what it does. your hub was easy to understand. i will have to go back over my hubs and see where i can add the RSS feed to.
voted up and SHARED.
Ruchira: It's really not rocket science, once you understand it. Try it, you might like it.
Cyndy:You are welcome. Happy to help. I think exteranl feeds are considerd inbound links by google search engines
Barber Girl. You are welcome. Happy to help. I think external RSS feeds are consider back links by google search engines.
thanks for such well put information regarding RSS feeds.
very much appreciated :)
and voted up as useful.
I thought RSS stood for really simple silly! :-) But I didn't find it simple until you explained it the way that you have. Very good information. Maybe now I can follow the steps as you've outlined them. Thanks!
I have never really understood the value of RSS feeds. However, this does give a good explanation of both internal and external feeds. Thanks so much for SHARING!
You are welcome. I try to use it on just about all of my hubs. I think it creates backlinks if you link to external RSS feeds. Good luck.
Thanks for this hub. It will be very useful for my future hub. Thanks for SHARING.
Maximizer: You are welcome. I hope this has helped clear some of the fuzziness. Thanks for SHARING.
Wow, great tips here peoplepower. I've been running blogs and sites online for over 2 years and I'm still fuzzy sometimes about the specifics of RSS feeds. Thanks for SHARING
alocsin, Thank you my fellow neighbor.
Dee, thanks for commenting on my hub. It's quite satisfying to hear the words "I think I finally got it."
Thanks Brett. I appreciate the comments.
Thank you for explaining this useful hub option. Newbies can especially benefit from this. Voting this Up and Useful.
Thank you! Like Robin, I think I finally got it. Voted up and useful.
A very good explanation and I love the fact that you have included the VIDEO TUTORIALS for hubbers and others to learn from. I know many that use the RSS feed to keep up with their favorite hubbers.
Voted up and of course, SOCIALLY SHARING.
Amber, I'm glad you found the information useful and thanks for voting up. I try to use it in all of my hubs, because the feed is actually a inbound backlink that will give you a higer ranking in the google search engine.
Thank you for this Hub. I was actually planning on doing alittle research to figure out what exactly RSS feeds are and what their purpose is. Now, I don't have to since I found this hub :)
Thanks for SHARING!
Voted up as well!
Kevin, I'm glad you like it. Like I said, it's really not rocket science. I hope you can view the video
Thanks for Sharing this informative hub. I will be coming back to watch the videos, as I ran out of time. I really struggle with all this technical stuff and people like you really dumb it down for me. Thanks again, voted up, shared and will be back soon!
Thank you Robin. I'm glad to have been of service. I didn't understand it either until I broke it down into its component parts. It's simple but yet abstract which makes it hard to explain in simple terms. That's why I think there are so many explanations that just cover certain aspects of RSS.
Thanks for adding value to your hub. You offered such a simplistic explanation of what internal and external RSS feeds are I finally got it. Much appreciated Peoplepower73!
peoplepower73 Hub Author 13 days ago
I'm glad you liked it. I hope you do start to use it. It really works. Thanks for stopping by.