What is RSS/Spam?

Can anybody tell me what is rss?spam?

What is RSS/Spam?
The initials "RSS" are used to refer to the following formats:


Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)


RDF Site Summary (RSS 1.0 and RSS 0.90)


Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91)





Try searching for a "RSS Directory" in the search engine.


Youtube has videos explaining RSS.





You can display and provide links for your Y!A questions and the news on your Y!360 and Myspace pages with a RSS feed.


http://myspace.com/22449233


http://rssonmyspace.com


The feed for my questions in Myspace updates faster than the one in my Y!360.





Find your list of questions.


To the right of your first question you will see RSS.


Click on it with the right button then left click to copy shortcut (URL).


In your Y!360 click "My Page."


http://360.yahoo.com/


Click "Edit Feeds."


Right click on one of the three boxes to paste the shortcut (URL).


Then save.





You can also display information from:


Yahoo! My Web


Yahoo! News (for specific subjects like your state, country, or corporation)


http://news.yahoo.com/rss


MSN News


BBC News


Myspace Blogs


Craigslist, CNET, Youtube, Netflix, Flickr, Gizmodo, Forbes.
Reply:We've seen Usenet spam, email spam, search engine spam, IM spam, and Weblog comment spam -- how long will it take before we see RSS spam?





RSS feeds seem to be the breakout technology for the year. With more users turning to them for driving traffic to their site, it’s no wonder that a trail of RSS feed spam is following in the wake. A careful editing of your RSS feed could make the difference between being classified as genuine content or RSS spam.








RSS search engines are just beginning to pick up steam. As more RSS feeds become searchable, the number of visitors will increase and spam is sure to follow. It is an unfortunate side effect of free communication. While RSS users can typically unsubscribe to feeds they deem as spam, browsing with keywords in an RSS search engine is where the problem arises.





RSS spam largely consists of three main types most often found in the RSS search engines. The first type is keyword stuffing.





Keyword stuffing involves filling each RSS feed article with high-value keywords for a specific topic. The articles are not intended for human visitors, but instead for search engine robots to direct traffic to a target web site. This RSS spam technique is nothing more than an adaptation of the typical keyword-stuffed web page, often banned by major search engines.





The second type involves RSS feed link farms. These RSS articles often contain very little content, if any, other than a simple keyword. Their main attraction is the feed title. Clicking the feed title takes the user to a blog containing tens or hundreds of other blogs and RSS feeds, each directing to more links within the farm. The goal of this type of RSS spam is to trick the user into clicking advertisements or directing them to a product web site.





The third type is the creation of fake RSS feeds. These appear as legitimate, but often duplicated, article content. Whether they provide value or not is certainly debatable. These feeds are usually created in mass, using automated scripts, and appear similar in nature to the link farms. By attracting the users to seemingly valuable content, they hope to gain advertisement clicks or product web site traffic.





Your RSS feed might happen to fall into one of these three categories. While you may currently be experiencing increased traffic from the RSS search engines, these directories are working on filtering out the RSS spam techniques. However, you can still take advantage of RSS feeds and their power by following an RSS-friendly guideline.





Refrain from using automated scripts to create online content used by your RSS feeds. Instead, write your own original thoughts, product descriptions, and reviews. It takes a little more time, but the search engines will value this content much more highly, your visitors will appreciate the unique content, and the subscription count to your RSS feed will grow. It is also important to keep your feed updated with changing content as opposed to using a static feed, which remains the same. Search engines value dynamic feeds and will likely rank you higher as a result.