Rss what..??

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication" and it is basically a form of web output wherein you distribute your site’s content by having other web sites place your RSS feed on their site. This works well for any site who frequently updates their content.
Having an RSS feed on your site is different from displaying RSS feeds on your site. Some RSS feeds comes into your site and do something, while others originate from your site but is available off of your site.

Whenever you display an RSS feed on your site they are coming from other sites. If you use the right feed items display program then you can collect items from various feeds and display them on your site as new content that is continuously being updated. Of course, you can also extract data from your own site and build an RSS feed for syndication.

There are a variety of programs available that use RSS feeds in their site structure. These are blogging platforms and content management systems. Sometimes directory and page generation programs also create feeds.

Feeds thrive off of content. A feed without content is not going to do a whole lot for your site. Many readers and RSS feed directories track items and feed build times.

Having your own RSS feed will help you get your pages indexed by the Search Engines. They will also help you reach new customers, build traffic and gain back links. As such, RSS feeds are now becoming a very important part of web site marketing. Their usage is on the rise as more web site owners see that they can attract Search Engine spiders, include deep links and be picked up and subscribed to as a form of syndication. RSS feed directories provide even more exposure.

Unfortunately RSS feeds take time and effort to build. This is because each site’s structure is different. Meta keywords and descriptions also have to be created for the feed. Of course, there are various tools that can be used to help you here. Some of these tools are free. Nevertheless, this is still time consuming, as it has to be done manually and has to be partially redone with each update.
 
Word Press is a blogging platform that automatically constructs RSS feeds for you. It has a lot of different templates available. This is a great option for RSS formation.

Regardless of the kind of web site you have, an RSS feed can be a great asset. It is probably too hard and would take too much time to add an RSS feed to an older site. However, each new site that you build should include a live, updating RSS feed. This is a great way to gain a competitive edge.

Freebie Site

I'm not going to go into the details of earning with freebie site referral programs, but I will offer some quick advice for anyone who is starting to think about this as a supplementary income.

I will say that many people make money with freebie site referral programs. The story goes like this:

1. person A signs up for randomfreebiesite.com.
2. person A completes a certain number of offers that the freebie site requires in order to receive the freebie that A wants (e.g. cash, a video game, an ipod) This is achieved by signing up for trial or monthly subscriptions to various programs--some are more legitimate than others, so do your research--usually a person will have to sign up for 2 to 5 of these programs, but some of them are themselves free to try or are very inexpensive (1-10.00 bucks)
3. person A satisfies the "offers requirement" and posts in a respected forum community that he's looking for x number of referrals so that he can complete the "referral" requirement. The more valuable the freebie offer was for A, the more people he'll need to get as referalls
4. person A has the requisite number of people he needs as active referrals under him. This just means that all referals successfully completed the requisite number of offers that person A originally had to do.
5. person A receives his "freebie"--say it's 100.00 dollars into his paypal acccount.
6. person A splits the money he received among the number of referalls in an honest and fair way (hopefully)
7. Everyone benefits: sponsors for the freebie sites receive consumer feedback/use of their products, and the consumers got paid off for the efforts.

The key to this sort of activity is really the forum and/or the forum users that serve as your educators and initial payees. My favorite is the relatively new freelunch forums located at www.freelunchforums.com They have a very handy trade manager (although its still a bit counterintuitive) and a helpful moderating staff. It's very easy to find honest traders, too and the trader rating option is a great way to appreciate immediately--at some extent-- their level of experience.
Now, apparently the industry has seen a huge increase in the number of scam artists taking advantage of this niche opportunity. I'll deal with this issue in the next post, as I believe it is somewhat independent to a post about the general mechanics of earning money with freebie site referral programs.