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Feed and RSS Tools in 5 Steps

Posted on 9:16 AM by liza decausta

RSS is a wonderful tool, you can many articles explaining what can be done.
To understand have a go at the RSS Playground after reading the .

Add-ons/Linkrolls: See also under converters.

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Builders/Generators:

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Converters: See also Linkrolls for javascript conversion.

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Validate: It's allway good to check it to see if it's readable to all readers and tools.

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Track, Statistics: (Many email services also include monitoring)
  • FeedBurner: A very complete service that will manage, track with click though, export (CVS, Excel) and has many side tools such as badges, feed count button...
  • Kinja
  • : Service that lets you track keywords and generates an RSS you can subscribe to.
  • Socialmeter for feeds
  • FeedPublish: Multi tools, mix and trac.
  • Rapidfeeds: Create, Publish an track
  • Saved Search Pro: enables you to create advanced eBay searches and delivers them to you every day via a single email or RSS feed.
  • Stats Tools: by Big in Japan. To come.
  • Montastic: Website monitoring tool, notifies when sites go down or comes back again. Notifications via mail or RSS.
  • Free Bidding Tools: Generates a feed for tracking eBay auctions.
  • Weed: Open source experimental statistics application. Possibility to participate to the public statistics by adding a code to your website. Download version available.
  • RSSwatcher: Let's you track keywords in feeds

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Filter:
  • FeedFinding: Generates a URL from one or several RSS feeds, where you change the [SEARCH TERM]
  • Feedgit: NEW! Search Engine RSS feed generator. Shows results from Digg, Google, Blogs, image search... [info]
  • Feedshifter: Ajax application. Free demo allows 5 entries. (login required.)
  • BlogSieve.com: Advanced Feed Processing for Atom, RDF and RSS with filtering, merging and sorting.
  • mySyndicaat: aggregates, filters and let's you search though your own feeds. (login required.)
  • ReFilter: Simple filter (no login)
  • weblog: RSS filter (login requiered)
  • ZapTXT: Mail with filter (login requiered)
  • Feed Rinse: url list and file upload. Login required. free up to 4 filters. (login requiered)
  • Feed-Directory: Advanced search with filtering
  • Touchstonegadget: Closed Alpha. Software for windows, Filtered Feed reader and manager

Mix:
  • Publi.sh!: Disposable feeds for personal and groups, also by HTML mail
  • feedblendr: Mix and Upload OPML
  • Feed Digest: Mixer, converter.. statistics to come. (login required.)
  • FeedJumbler: Merge/splice several RSS or Atom-based feeds into one combined RSS and/or Atom feed. RSS javascript generator, Convert a RSS or Atom-based feed into RSS, Atom and/or HTML and JavaScript.
  • Frankenfeed: Generats a master feed. (login required.)
  • RSS Mix: Simple mixer
  • Feedpublish: RSS Mixer. (login required.)
  • FeedShake: merge, sort and filter multiple RSS, Atom feeds and Podcasts.
  • fwicki: NEW! Online reader with statistics and mixer with custom display.
  • xFruits: Social or private: mix(RSS/Atom/OPML), RSS2xHTML, RSS2mobile, RSS2PDF (login required.) [mix example]
  • Speedyfeed: NEW! Social, mixe, tag and read.
  • Suprglu: Centralizeses information from other social software and let's you browse them by tag. (login required.)
  • Peoplefeeds: Same as above using gloabal tags. (login required.)
  • Profilactic (beta): NEW! Centralizeses information from other social software My Space, Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, Digg, del.icio.us, Blogger, Vimeo, Zooomr..
  • Ufeed: Presettings for flickr, del.icious and blog feeds. Creats a public or private (example) (login required.)
  • Atiki.com: Social mixer. Let's you also manualy list rss links to create a feed.
  • feeds.reddit.com: Social mixer. (login required.)
  • RSSor: Social mixer.
  • Feedbite, myFeedz: Social mixer.
  • Feedcollectors: Social mixer.
  • Aggrssive: Social mixer and bundel.
  • Feedbite: Social, create and search bundels
  • BozPage: Creates a social custom single webpage aggregator.
  • FeedRaider:NEW! Like the above but private and with a custom favicon.
  • RSS DJ: Social mixer
  • Kickrss: NEW! Combines RSS or ATOM feeds witht an easy-to-remember URL. (login required.)

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Preview Free public readers (No login)

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RSS Search:, see also Search Engine RSS generators and places you can submit generaly let you search too.

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OPML:
  • OPML search: OPML search engine. RSS, OPML, Podcasts/Audio/Video, Categories..
  • Complex Reader: Online OPML reader from OPML upload.
  • Live Search OPML Generator: NEW! Generates an OPML file from your query. [info][via]
  • Share Your OPML: Place to search, see who subscibed to where and share your OPML file
  • OPML Wishlist: Ning Application to list features you would like.
  • Opml Loader: Online OPML reader
  • Optimal: Online OPML reader, input OMPL file URL
  • OMPL manager: Online OPML manager and editor
  • Kosso's OPML manager: Online OPML editor with drag and drop.
  • ijot: OPML editor
  • OMPL workstation: Online OPML editor, manager, converter... with sharing options. (login required)
  • OPMLsearch: OPML search engine.
  • OPML surfer: Online OPML reader. Enter the URL of an OPML file or the URL of a Webpage that has autodiscovery to an OPML file
  • Feedshow OPML Builder: OPMLBuilder lets you create an OPML file from a list of RSS url or from url with wildcard filtering options. (login required)
  • Feedshow "Really" Share-Your-OPML: NEW! Just enter the Url of the page from which you want to create an OPML file. [via]
  • OPML Generator: Paste a list of rss-feed urls into the textarea and submit to convert into an OPML file.
  • Feedvault by Big in Japan. OPML backup with shareing options. (login required)
  • Tagjag: (aka gada.be) Outputs OPML for every quiery.
  • OPML Validator
  • Ziki: Lets' you upload and share your OPML
  • OPML Sampling: Server side script to Build a Page Showing the “Best” Item From Each RSS Feed from OPML, requires a Yahoo API key. See example.
  • Taskable: RSS and OPML browser built into the Windows taskbar notification area.
  • OPML Editor: for Mac and windows

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Notification
  • Beeplet: Event reminders using RSS, IM, SMS
  • Reminderfeed: Create a reminder message that will be delivered by feed. (no login)
  • RSS To Mail/IM...:
    • Beeplet: RSS to Email, SMS, IM notification, statistics using tags. (login requiered)
    • BlogAlert: (no login)
    • Bloglet: Blog mail.(login requiered)
    • Blogarithm: Blog mail (login requiered)
    • BlogFlux Subscriptions
    • Bot A Blog: email notification (login requiered)
    • Diffbot: Private Beta. RSS manager and notification. (login requiered)
    • feed2mail.org: Has a copy past code for an email subcription box. [alternative link]
    • InstantFeed: by Big in Japan. RSS or Atom to IM (MSN Messenger, Jabber, AIM and ICQ.) with an autodiscovery bookmarklet.
    • rss2pdf.org: RSS/OPML to PDF or mail
    • FeedBlitz: Notification, Customize look (logo,title...) and monitoring. (login requiered)
    • Feedcrier: RSS to IM
    • Feedlinx: RSS reader with several tools and email subscription
    • Feedwhip: RSS to mail with filtering. (login requiered)
    • FeedMail.com: Two way email to RSS service.(login requiered, complete for now)
    • FeedBurner: Complete service to track, convert... with a lot of tools. (login requiered)
    • immedi.at: RSS to IM
    • Loopnote: To come. Mail, IM, SMS notifications.
    • Mailfeed: by Big in Japan. To come
    • MSN Alerts: MSN Messenger, email and mobile. (login requiered)
    • Queoo: email and IM (login requiered)
    • PubSub: Keyword RSS notification. (login requiered)
    • Rasasa: RSS to email, IM, SMS notification with filtering.(login requiered)
    • RMail: RSS and OPML notification service with mobile support (no login)
    • RssFwd: RSS notification service. (login requiered)
    • RSSPECT: NEW! HTML2RSS, RSS2JS, email notofication, reader and statistics. (login required.)
    • Simplyheadlines: NEW! Email subscriptions, this service can advise you, let's you describe what or/and add your own feeds.
    • Squeet: RSS notification service (login required.)
    • Yutter: Notification, Customize look (logo,title...) and statistics. (login requiered)
    • ZapTXT: Filtered email notification (login requiered)
    • Zookoda: Advanced email subcriptiom manager. Has Daily, weekly or monthly subscriptions.
    • Feedlinx WordPress Plugin: Email Subscription plugin for WordPress.

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  • Mail To RSS:
    • dodgeit : Annonymous email with RSS (no login)
    • Mail2RSS: Turns email into feeds. (no login)
    • MailBucket: Turns email into feeds. (no login)
    • Send2RSS: email to RSS (login requiered)
    • SocialMail: Turns email into feeds.(login requiered)
    • MailFeed: by Big in Japan. email notification (login requiered)
    • Gmail: Let's you read all you email as RSS feeds (login requiered)
    • FeedMail.com: Two way email to RSS service.(login requiered, complete for now)
    • MailFeed: PHP script that let's you read mail as a feed.
    • Pop2RSS: local application, POP mail to RSS
    • SocialMail: by Big in Japan. email2RSS
  • Webpage notification For webpages without syndication:
    • Changenotes: Mail update notification for pages with no sydication.
    • Watch That Page(login required)
    • TrackEngine: For website owners with all the new content highlighted (login required)
    • Change Detection (login required)
    • InfoMinder: Update notification for webpages without syndication and feeds (login required)
    • ChangeDetect: Update notification manager like online bookmarks using folders, notifies by mail, ICQ or sms. For US only.
    • Trackle: Let's you monitor a list of websites every hour and recieve them all in one mail. [via]

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Re-Publishing:
  • FeedXS: Feed Publishing.
  • MetaRSS ifeed: Publish feeds with podcast support.
  • Rapidfeeds: Feed Publishing with podcast support.
  • reblog: Free. For server side A way of repubshing posts using RSS feeds. Has a 'refeed' and includes a Movable Type and WordPress plugins. [Video Tutorial][download]
  • reBlogger: For server side use. Mixed, filtered, track to republish posts.

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Misc:
  • Dappit: Advanced tool for generating many formats from a website, XML included, to build it's API. [info]
  • FeedCatch: Can save feeds with date options.
  • MetaRSS: NEW! Multiple tools, Reader, Meta search, Keyword feed generator and publish. available in multiple languages. [demo]
  • myComments: Wordpress and Textpattern Plugin for enabling comments RSS feeds.
  • RSScache.com: Caches feeds to save bandwidth.
  • RSS Autodiscovery Tag Generator: The RSS link you put between the HEAD tags so the browser can detect it.
  • RSS calendar: Online calendar with good RSS support
  • Reeferss!: An invisible javascript code that logs referrers.
  • Skinnerbox : Feed CSS style generator.
  • Feed Collectors: Service to search and make collections
  • Feedcraft: Feed Publishing. Track, manage, deliver. Free for one feed.
  • Humanized: a project trying to make feed reading easyer.
  • Gregarius: web-based RSS/RDF/ATOM feed aggregator startpage with tabs for download. Demo available.
  • Webride:: Allows discussions with RSS feeds.
  • URLFAN: Crawls feeds to display a list of the most buzzed links.
  • Nativetext beta: RSS feeds with translation service! Registering still to come. Demo available.
  • Nakatomi: Alpha. To come. Portal to community based social aggregation.
  • BlogBridge Feed Library: For download, notifications in the system tray for Windows and Linux or Growl for Mac OS X.
  • litefeeds: software for mobiles, lets' you subscribe to feeds, search, send emails, get email notifications and bookmark to del.icio.us

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