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Make Money Online with RSS Data Transfer
Copyright 2005 Peter Tarrida del Marmol
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site
Summary. It also has been referred to as a "pull" technology
rather than a "push" technology. And, in fact, this feature is
what makes RSS so popular in terms of today's Internet usage.
It's probably hard to argue that anyone who uses the Internet
today hasn't heard of spam. If they have an email inbox it is
probably full of it.
Spam, for the uninitiated, is the receipt of unwanted emails
from people whom you did not request to receive information.
Spam represents the "push" technology. That is, people "push"
their email message at your inbox, whether you have asked to
receive the email or not.
And that aspect of "push" technology is what many have come to
believe is the death of email. It's arguable that email will
still be around for quite a long time, even though there are
still people who continue the illegal spam process. In fact,
companies are making millions now just providing everyday users
as well as huge corporations, solutions claiming to solve their
spam problem.
RSS, on the other hand, can be said to be the exact opposite of
the email "push" technology. Because you cannot "push" your
message to subscribers. In fact, the only way that people can
subscribe to an RSS feed is to do so voluntarily. And, at the
same time, they can unsubscribe whenever they want.
That's why it's called a "pull" technology. Because subscribers
"pull" information into their readers and, if the content isn't
what they expect, they can unsubscribe whenever they'd like. So,
unlike the email "push" technology, there is no one using RSS
that is experiencing an inbox full of spam. All they have to do
is to unsubscribe and they will never receive another message
from the person who provided the feed.
RSS has become a popular way to make money on line too. And that
is due in part to the popularity of the RSS "pull" technology.
Here's one way of monetizing a website using RSS feeds.
Imagine setting up a static one page web site - a minisite if
you will. Now, add either Google Adsense code or the new Yahoo
version of the Google Adsense style ads that, when clicked by a
visitor - you earn cash.
This gives you a nice starting point and, if you optimize your
web page properly, there is a good chance you will get a high
ranking in the search engines. And, the more people who see your
page, the more likelihood they will click on one of the links on
your web page and you'll earn revenue from the click.
But RSS provides an even greater potential. Because by adding an
RSS feed to that same web page, you turn a static web page that
only contains the information you placed on it, into a dynamic
ever changing web page that others will likely come back more
than once to read.
After all, once someone has read a one page web site, what
incentive is there for them to come back? Plenty, if you use RSS
feeds on your web page. It is possible to add 5, 10 or 15 feeds
on your once static web page and now, you've got a page that
automatically updates itself and provides something that people
will want to come back to read time and time again.
You can easily convert any web page into a dynamic web page
using free RSS creator software. One of the most popular free
versions is called Carp and you can download it at this web
link: http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/.
Once you've set this program up on your website and added the
proper code to your website, then you will need to collect RSS
feeds that relate to the topic of your web page.
Let's say that the topic of your web page is flower gardens. You
could go to Google News and get their RSS feed code, place it
into the appropriate position in your Carp coding you put on
your web page and then adjust the code as follows:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=flower+gardens&ie=UTF-8&outpu
t=rss
You can also get a similar feed from Topix.net and you'd adjust
the code like this:
http://rss.topix.net/search/?q=flower+gardens&xml=1
Now, once you have uploaded your web page, your site will
automatically pull in fresh information from Google and Topix
about flower gardens. Simply follow this illustration for any
web page you'd like to monetize and watch your search engine
ranking soar and also your bank account!
About the author:
Peter Tarrida del Mármol is a spanish internet marketer. To
learn more about making money online go to:
http://www.auctionearnings.com
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