Re: Synidcation standards

[joe@bignightin.com]

The kind of 'syndication' that Yahoo! do that I'm referring to can be 
seen here 
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001128/ts/election_leadall_dc_329.ht
ml.

The seemless integration of content from Industry Standard, Reuters 
etc.

--- In syndication@egroups.com, Aaron Swartz <aswartz@s...> wrote:
> joe@b... <joe@b...> wrote:
> 
> > * What do the big players like Yahoo! prefer?  Or is it a 
completely
> > ad hoc process with them?
> 
> I wasn't aware that Yahoo! did syndication. From where I'm 
standing, the
> most popular format is RSS. I may be slightly biased, because I'm a 
member
> of the RSS working group, but I maintain a website with more RSS 
information
> at:
> 
> http://blogspace.com/rss/
> 
> > * What can I do as a syndicator, to make my content as accessible 
as
> > possible to subscribers with little or no technical skills.
> 
> The most popular thing to do is provide JavaScripts that your users 
can
> embed in their websites that contain your content. For an example, 
take a
> look at Moreover:
> 
> http://w.moreover.com/site/products/javascript/
> 
> They also have a wizard that will let to customize the look to fit 
your
> site:
> 
> http://w.moreover.com/site/products/wizard/
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> -- 
> [ Aaron Swartz | me@a... | http://www.aaronsw.com ]