Back in April Google dropped RSS support for new subscribers of its Blogger publish tool. However Google didn't drop that support for old subscribers of this service. CNET News.com learned today that Google is considering renewing support for the RSS format in some of its services.
Google is considering renewing support for the popular RSS Web publishing format in some of its services, CNET News.com has learned, marking the latest twist in a burgeoning standards war over technology that could change how people read the news.
RSS, or Rich Site Summary, lets online publishers automatically send Web content to subscribers, giving readers a powerful tool to compile news headlines on the fly from several sources at once. Next to Atom, which launched as a challenger last year, RSS has become a leading candidate to form the basis of an industry standard for an entirely new style of Web publishing.
In April, Google seemingly chose sides, dropping RSS support for new--but not old--subscribers of its Blogger publishing tool in favor of rival Atom. But now there are signs that Google may be poised for a change of heart, as support has grown inside the company to restore equal footing to both formats.
News source: C|Net News.com
Google is considering renewing support for the popular RSS Web publishing format in some of its services, CNET News.com has learned, marking the latest twist in a burgeoning standards war over technology that could change how people read the news.
RSS, or Rich Site Summary, lets online publishers automatically send Web content to subscribers, giving readers a powerful tool to compile news headlines on the fly from several sources at once. Next to Atom, which launched as a challenger last year, RSS has become a leading candidate to form the basis of an industry standard for an entirely new style of Web publishing.
In April, Google seemingly chose sides, dropping RSS support for new--but not old--subscribers of its Blogger publishing tool in favor of rival Atom. But now there are signs that Google may be poised for a change of heart, as support has grown inside the company to restore equal footing to both formats.
News source: C|Net News.com
Neowin would like to add that [we hope] this is in no way representative of other tory candidates.
Thought it was Really Simple Syndication?
(edit, i know this post isn't about neowin's syndication, just thought it was a good time to bring it up
i don't really care what format it's in, but i know how to make RSS feeds, so i'd rather see that become the 'standard'
Last edited by 2314 on 09 Jun 2004 - 20:01
(edit, i know this post isn't about neowin's syndication, just thought it was a good time to bring it up )
i don't really care what format it's in, but i know how to make RSS feeds, so i'd rather see that become the 'standard'
You get what you pay for.
So you send it to the subscribers? I thought they had to fetch it themselves
Last edited by 54927 on 09 Jun 2004 - 23:45
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