A now "deceased" website on RSS marketing and RSS publishing - a look at the history of internet marketing

Rok Hrastnik

A Note from the Author: The RSS Diary is Closed

rssdiary.marketingstudies.net was built to help marketers get the most from RSS. However, much has changed since the site was last updated in 2007 - and it's pretty fair to say that it's now completely outdated.

Since I've moved on to other interests in internet marketing years ago, the site is now officially closed, and only remains online as an archive of a part of internet marketing's past. This is how we used to see RSS between 2004 - 2007. We don't, anymore, but there's no harm in having a small part of our past available online.

With that, I'm also making the e-book that started all of this, Unleas the Marketing and Publishing Power of RSS, available for free download.

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Introducing Attensa and the RSS network

 
 

It seems Gnomedex is going to be full of interesting announcements, with the one from the you software guys certainly poised to generate much interest.

Having just launched a new venture-capital backed company, Attensa, they're not only setting new standars for Outlook integrated RSS readers, but are also rolling out the first phase of a comprehensive RSS network, utilizing Attention.xml.

Here's the explanation in short:

"By intelligently analyzing information about RSS articles and how readers are interacting with the articles, the Attensa RSS network can deliver more relevant, timely information individuals on the devices they choose and businesses can take advantage of RSS technology to streamline communication with employees, partners and customers.

Every day, millions of pieces of metadata are being generated by RSS news feeds from Websites and blogs. RSS metadata can include information about an RSS news feed article such as the title, author and date of creation. It can also include information about how users are interacting with the information by tracking which specific articles are being read and which articles are being ignored or deleted."

More information can be found in their official press release.

I'm missing a clear list of benefits and a clear description of how the network works (Why the advanced tech small-businesses almost never hire copywriters?), but I am seeing some real marketing possibilities here, such as:

a] RSS metrics for marketers/publishers
b] Content/message/ad targeting capabilities
c] Business intelligence capabilities
d] Content filtering

Unleash the Marketing and Publishing Power of RSS
Rok Hrastnik Avtor: Rok Hrastnik

Rok Hrastnik is an experienced international internet marketer and manager in Central & Eastern Europe, lead by the conviction that marketers should first be driven by measurable business outcomes: sales and profits.

He is currently serving as the International Internet Director at Studio Moderna, the leading CEE direct response TV & multi-channel retailer, managing their internet operations across 22 countries (Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Romania, the Baltics and others).