LAST EDITED ON Nov-02-07 AT 12:06 PM (PST)
 
We'll be covering RSS in more detail next time...But for now (and this thread) I want to give a quick over-view...

RSS
- Submit
- Ping
- Blackhole
- Network

RSS can be used to create content for our sites, but on this thread we'll discuss how to use it for linking...

RSS is just another programming language that is very, very simple and used to format content so that it is easy to be used by other sites.

Submit
Just like you can submit a web page to a search engine, you can submit an RSS pheed to RSS search engines. There's software that will do this and I've also included a list of RSS directories/search engines on the Web 2.0 Resources thread.

Ping
RSS is intended to be used for sites/pages/blogs/content that update. When an update is made, the RSS directories and engines can be "pinged" telling them an update had been made. They will then visit your site and check your RSS pheed and include any updates in the directory/engine. The more you can ping (without spamming), the better.

Many webmasters use these resources to gather RSS pheeds to use as content on their sites. We want our RSS pheeds to be used by other webmasters so we get one way links from their pages back to our own.

RSS Blackhole
This is a blackhat technique to make content look as if it is being updated so you can ping it...And pinging is a good thing. The goal is to exploit ping sites so that our pheeds have the best chance possible of being picked up by other sites.

For more on RSS Blackhole:
http://www.dombom.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=2&forum=DCForumID42

Network
We want to create our own network of sites that will exploit RSS pheeds.

When searching out third party hosting, you want to focus on those that create RSS pheeds so that you can use your own content on your other sites, and this will create links back to the original site automatically.

Also, when you make pages you will want to create your own RSS pheeds that include links to your pages. Then, when we set up our RSS automation systems, you will be able to cross-link related content automatically, from one central location. So if you have 50 domains, 200 sub domains, 30 blogs, 20 free hosts, 3 wikis and a partridge in a pear tree, and want to make sure they all link to each other each time you add something new and relevant, you just have to update an RSS file or two, and your Tuelz and Bombs will take care of the rest for you.

Again, you want to concentrate on finding third party resources that generate RSS pheeds...You can submit them, ping them, blackhole them, and network them.