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RSS Feeds, how and why?
- Posted in Search tools, Web & Technology, Work in progress
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ByTheOwner.com will be integrating in the next days the use of RSS feeds for the diffusion of the ByTheOwner Alerts. The visitors searching for a property will be able, with a single click, to create a RSS feed corresponding to their search criteria, and thus to be the first to know when the house of their dream gets live on the website.
RSS feeds are soooo cool ! But… why?
A RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication), is a XML file which a Web site diffuses in order to spread easily its contents. From the feed’s url, one can daily consult the new contents of the site without being forced to go on the website. Okay… so what? Why wouldn’t you want to go to the website?
Subscribing to RSS feeds becomes interesting from the moment you register several different rss feeds. With this intention, you will have to use a RSS reader in which you will add rss feeds that you wish to follow. You could thus add to your reader various blogists whom you would like to consult daily, 2 or 3 news sites, AND of course, your ByTheOwner Alerts RSS feeds.
In only one glance, you will be able to see all that is new in your favorite websites. And if one of your RSS feed loses its interest, hop, you simply erase it of the reader. Easier than unsubscribing to most of the emailing lists out there!
Many search engines (like Yahoo! and Google for example) also offer aggregation functions for your RSS feeds directly on their home page. I also strongly suggest that you give a try to NetVibes and Google Reader, two online tools that perfectly do the job and which, of course, are free!
Frédérick Dubois, Programmer
ByTheOwner.com / DuProprio.com
i think that bytheowner.com is slower on my computer but it is a good website it just takes to long to load on my computer
I agree with Bob, the site is quite slow; other than that, it is fantastic!!!!!!!
I am looking for a condo in a concrete building in the lower mainland – prefer: Port Moody, Burnaby, Richmond, NewWestminster, Vancouver, North Vancouver, Ladner, Tswassen Cloverdale, Clayton, Langley. Must be over 900 sq. feet. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Rentable and allow pets. Price range: $249900. to 325,000.
If you could email me listing that would be appreciated. I can’t seem to set it up myself as I have an old computer. I can’t even look at properties for sale as my computer freezes up.
Thanks!!
mcgowanfirefly@yahoo.ca