Ministry of Propaganda - 18/Feb/2004: "Yahoo and RSS"
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Yahoo and RSS
You might have read that Yahoo has started to provide its own search results after stopping to use Google. Out of curiosity I tried to find some of my own sites. When I searched for my blog I noticed something interesting: Yahoo displays a link to the RSS feed next to the search result (grey line in the screenshot). Clicking on the "View as XML" opens the RSS feed. I'm not familiar with "My Yahoo!", but I believe it includes an RSS reader/aggregator. I assume the "Add to My Yahoo!" link adds the feed to the subscriptions.
I'm not sure about how Yahoo picks up and associates the RSS feeds to the sites. I've tried a couple of other blogs (e.g. Zeldman, kottke.org, Industrial Technology & Witchcraft) and Yahoo displayed the link as well. However, when I tried a few news sites (e.g. BBC News, news.com) it didn't display them.
Looks like a nice idea to me, let's see where this goes and if/when Google will have an answer...
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Entry trivia
- When writing this entry the weather was: Cloudy, damp, cold
- When writing this entry I was listening to: BBC Radio 1
- I'm currently reading/have just finished reading this book/publication: Martin Edwards (editor) - Mysterious Pleasures
- I recently visited this website/-page: Yahoo ;-)
- The last drink I had was/is: Bowmore 12yrs old
Dodgy picture of the moment:
No RSS here, just runes. And two children. Who didn't know what a computer was at that time. Probably.
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