Feedburner by Google
What is this thing called burning a feed? Why do I need it? ohh yea and what is RSS really mean?
Well lets start at the begining.
Rss = Really Simple Syndication – it is basically a way to relay your blog entries to large news suppliers, also it is how people connect to your blog to receive a digital copy of your latest post. It is read through a reader such as newsgator, google reader and others.
What is Burning a feed? – this is a way to force sites like content feeds including USATODAY.com, BBC News Headlines, ABCNews, CNET, Yahoo!, Amazon.com. Read feedburning 101 here.
Why do I need it? well I guess you don’t if you would rather stand on the street corner and hand out printed versions of your blog. This is a simple way to start the ball rolling in telling the world about what you have to say.
Ways to help Burn your feed – if you are using wordpress you will need to use FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin
This is a simple install that will really help with getting your posts out where people will find it.
Happy Blogging
