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Old 03-23-2005, 12:28 AM
Coronabottle Coronabottle is offline
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Lightbulb Paying for News feeds?

Ok, maybe i don't really understand RSS and XML feeds all that well, but how is a company like this is able to sell feeds from multiple sources as a third party?
www.allheadlinenews.com

what are the requirements of using RSS feeds, and are they worth paying for? If i wanted to increase content on my site what is and isn't illegal for me to redistribute content from another source!?!?

I know that some sites use an unwritten law by posting a "teaser" paragraph, and provide a link to the full article from it's original source!

Now gow does one go about doing such things and more

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Old 03-23-2005, 09:45 AM
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First of all, Welcome to PulseToday Coronabottle!

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Ok, maybe i don't really understand RSS and XML feeds all that well, but how is a company like this is able to sell feeds from multiple sources as a third party?
www.allheadlinenews.com

what are the requirements of using RSS feeds, and are they worth paying for? If i wanted to increase content on my site what is and isn't illegal for me to redistribute content from another source!?!?

I know that some sites use an unwritten law by posting a "teaser" paragraph, and provide a link to the full article from it's original source!

Now gow does one go about doing such things and more

TY
Well, this sort of thing is not new. Moreover.com has been doing it for quite some time now. Actually, they are not charging you for content but for using their service!

RSS feeds require a RSS parser like Magpie RSS to convert it to standard HTML. And as for -- if they are worth paying for? -- I really can't comment on it. You'd have to decide it yourself if it is of any value to your users!

Talking about the legality, most people encourage you to use their RSS feeds as you are sending them traffic by using their content. But I would still read their TOS so as to reconfirm if they allow you to use it on your site!

Could you tell us that what exactly are you trying to do on your site? This way we would be able to help you better!
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Old 03-23-2005, 03:55 PM
Coronabottle Coronabottle is offline
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Just wondering what the guidelines are to republishing content on a site non- affiliated with the source, but somewhat related to the content!

Would i have to send an Email each time asking for the ability to post a particular article or report, or is it possibleto take an RSS feed from multiple information sites and selectively post the cream of the information (that my would interest mu userbase).

Don't know if i can explaine with further detail, because my knowledge in thi sarea is obsolete

BTW, pulse i sent you an email yesterday, non-busines related.
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Old 03-23-2005, 10:27 PM
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is it possibleto take an RSS feed from multiple information sites and selectively post the cream of the information (that my would interest mu userbase)
It is most certainly possible to do it BUT not without custom coding or using a service which allows you to do so (I guess Moreover.com has a feature to do so).

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BTW, pulse i sent you an email yesterday, non-busines related.
Sorry, I was pretty sick yesterday. I just came online to see what's happening on PulseToday. I would check/reply to all my emails today.
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