RSS Exploitation
RSS is a very potent and powerful resource for exploiting
Ring of Fire networks.
There's a couple of popular definitions for RSS:
- Real Simple Syndication
- Rich Site Summary
RSS was created by Netscape back in the 1990s as a quick
and easy way to syndicate content from one site to
another. Despite what many bloggers claim, RSS wasn't
originally intended to be read in "RSS Readers". It was
created to take content from one site and display it on
another.
Don't be intimidated by RSS. It's basically just another
way to format content, like HTML or PDF does. A typical
blog creates two versions for content: an HTML version you
view in a web browser and an RSS version which is used to
create a summary of content on another site or to view in
an RSS "reader". Nowadays most modern browsers have an RSS
reader built in.
However, as said above, RSS is really "simple" and has a
lot of limitations. For example, it pretty much only uses
images, text, links and very basic formatting. But it's
this simplicity that makes it so powerful. It makes it
very easy for programs and sites to read RSS and to
display it on other sites.
Another use of RSS to to display newly added content to a
blog or site. Typically, RSS will contain only the most
recent content which is another reason why it's so great
to use for syndicating content from one place to another
on the Net.
Note that I said "typically" above. RSS can be manipulated
in a number of ways and doesn't always have to display the
newest content.
You can also make an RSS feed yourself and add just about
anything (within the coding limits) you want. The RSS feed
doesn't have to use content that's already been posted
somewhere else. If you create your own RSS file, you can
add any content you wish.
Many of the Ring of Fire/IFTTT sites create an RSS
version. Many other sites can import and display an RSS
feed. For us, this means we can we can set up sites in our
Ring of Fire that can be used to automatically update
other sites that accept RSS and don't work with IFTTT.
For example, your Youtube channel has an RSS feed that
displays the most recent videos you've uploaded to your YT
channel. This means that any site that accepts RSS, you
can automatically update the site with links to your
Youtube channel and videos.
There's other benefits for using RSS feeds: Submit and
Ping
This can be a bit confusing, but submitting and pinging
RSS feeds are a little different.
You submit an RSS feed to RSS directories. These are sites
that collect and share RSS feeds, making it easy for
people to find and use RSS feeds. You only need to submit
the URL to an RSS feed to the directories one time.
You ping an RSS feed when it has been updated to tell
various sites that there's new content and "come check it
out". You want to ping feeds whenever you have new
content, but generally not more than once a day, or your
feed could be seen as spam and banned.
To repeat:
- Submit the RSS URL to directories only one time.
- Ping the ping sites whenever an RSS feed has been
updated, but no more than once per day.
Note that the RSS directory sites and the RSS ping sites
are two totally different lists of sites and should be
treated differently.
Creating Your Own RSS Feed
We're used to having RSS feeds created automatically for
us, but It's actually pretty easy to make your own RSS
file using a text editor. You can put in pretty much
anything you want, then upload it to a website.
Pro: You can put in pretty much anything you want, then
upload it to a website.
Con: It won't update automatically.
5 Simple Rules for Making Your Own RSS Feeds
You shouldn't use the following five special characters:
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The & character (ampersand) will often come up
in URLs. When it does, just replace it with & and
you'll be fine.
Verify RSS - RSS is very strict and it gets flaky when
using certain characters. After you upload your RSS, use
this site to verify your feed:
http://feedvalidator.org/
Tip: Check and see if the Tuelz
programs will work on your PC. If so, use the RZZ
Tuel to easily create your own RSS feeds that will
validate without worrying about special characters.
More Info on How to Create an RSS feed:
http://www.xul.fr/en-xml-rss.html
Get Your RSS Feed URLs (and add them to your
spreadsheet)
Take the URLs below and change the letters IN CAPS to your
own username or ID. After you change the RSS URL, be sure
to check the URL is valid by copy/pasting it in your
browser. If valid, paste the RSS URL into your
spreadsheet.
Note: Unfortunately, Youtube (Google) recently changed
their RSS feeds. The RSS feed used to contain the
thumbnail image, as well as the description for the
videos, the the video titles, etc.
Now, the YT RSS feeds now only contains the video titles.
I guess this is what is called "progress". The good news
is, the titles are in the form of a link, so we can still
use the YT RSS feed for our channels to build links.
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=CHANNELNAME-OR-ID
Wordpress.com
https://USERNAME.wordpress.com/feed/
Wordpress - Your self-hosting blog
http://YourDomain.com/?feed=rss
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http://YourDomain.com/feed/
Blogger
http://USERNAME.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
Tumblr
http://USERNAME.tumblr.com/rss
Delicious
https://previous.delicious.com/v2/rss/username
Diigo
http://www.diigo.com/rss/user/USERNAME/tw
Pocket - Be sure to turn off privacy settings: http://getpocket.com/privacy_controls/
http://getpocket.com/users/USERNAME/feed/all
Storify
https://storify.com/rss/USERNAME
Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/USERNAME/feed/rss
Rebelmouse
https://www.rebelmouse.com/feeds/USERNAME.rss
Here's a pretty good article on how to get an RSS feed for
a number of social sites (Note: The Youtube directions no
longer work):
http://www.labnol.org/internet/rss-feeds-directory/21242/
Create FeedBurner Feed
Add the RSS URL to your YT channel into Feedburner.
After "burning" your YT channel RSS feed, click on its
link, then:
1a Click "Optimize" tab
1b Click "SmartFeed"
1c Click "Activate" button to "Make my feed compatible
with any feed reader application."
2aClick "Publicize" tab
2b Click Pingshot
2c Click "Activate" button to "notify interested services
when my feed changes"
Repeat with another feed or two from a YT property, such
as your Blogger feed.
Add your Feedburner feeds to your spreadsheet.
Get RSS Feeds For Sites That Don't Have RSS Feeds
Google Plus
http://plusfeed.frosas.net/
http://gplusrss.com/
http://rss2lj.net/g+
Create RSS from Twitter
https://twitrss.me/
Article on how to create your own twitter feed
http://www.labnol.org/internet/twitter-rss-feed/28149/
How To Create an RSS feed for LinkedIn Group
http://blog.knotlink.com/post/124191314055/creating-rss-feed-for-your-linkedin-group
Fetch RSS - Will convert pages to RSS. Free version
limited to 5 RSS feeds. Works with Twitter and Facebook.
Need to create an account.
http://fetchrss.com/
Create RSS from Web Page
http://feed43.com/upgrade.html
Create RSS from Web Page
http://www.balluche.fr/html2rss.php
Create RSS from Web Page
http://feedity.com
Free Online RSS Directory Submitters: (One
Time)
http://theim.org/onlinersssubmit/
http://www.bulkpinger.com/free-rss-submit-online/
Essential Directories to Submit RSS Feeds (One Time)
http://www.newsisfree.com
http://www.feedster.com
http://www.icerocket.com
http://www.feedbite.com
http://www.feedage.com
http://rssfeeds.com
Tip: When creating accounts at the RSS directories above,
check to see if they give you an account page that
displays your feeds on a web page. If so, you can build
links to you account page to pass even more link juice.
Secondary - Pick a few from the list below (One
Time)
http://www.rss-specifications.com
http://rssmicro.com
http://www.feedcat.net
http://www.plazoo.com
http://www.bloghub.com
http://chordata.info
http://www.rssbus.com
http://www.feedmailer.net
http://plak.co.za
http://www.rssbuffet.com
http://www.rssfeeds.org
http://www.realtyfeedsearch.com
http://www.rss-feeds-directory.com
http://www.goldenfeed.com
http://www.wingee.com
http://www.balirss.com
http://www.feedvault.com
http://feedfury.com
http://www.feedlisting.com
http://www.codango.com
http://www.devasp.com
http://www.oobdoo.com
http://ngoid.sourceforge.net
http://findrss.net
Bulk Pingers (Every time there's an update, no
more than once per day)
http://www.bulkpinger.com/ping/index.php
http://www.bulklink.org/
http://www.pingfarm.com/
http://backlinkping.com/
ScrapeBox - Scrapebox is considered a "blackhat"
tool by many. However, it has many legitimate uses,
including using it to create and submit RSS feeds.
You can find discounts for Scrapebox by doing a google
for Scrapebox
discount.
http://www.scrapebox.com/rss-xml-feed-creator
- How to use Scrapebox to create RSS feeds.
http://www.scrapebox.com/rss-submit
- How to use Scrapebox to ping an RSS feed. Scrapebox
says it "submits" RSS feeds, but it really just pings
them.
Camouflage Content
"Camouflage" is what I call using content and links from
other sites to mask and blend in with our own content and
links so we don't appear to be pure spammers.
The idea is to "mash" (combine) your own RSS feeds with
feeds created by others to generate a single RSS feed.
It's actually harder to find good quality RSS feeds than
you may think. Either the content is junk or they don't
update often enough, or both.
When finding feeds to use as camouflage, it's best to go
very general in relation to your niche/keywords. For
example, if the theme of your YT channel is "dog
training", then try to find RSS feeds about "animals" and
"pets".
Probably my favorite way to get RSS feeds is to create RSS
Feeds using Google Alerts.
- Go to Google
Alerts and type in a general keyword.
- Click the "Show Options" link
- For "Deliver to", select "RSS feed"
- Customize the other options if you wish
- Click "Create Alert"
- Click on the RSS icon and you'll be taken to the
feed.
- Copy the URL of the feed from your browser's address
bar.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Google
uses Atom for creating feeds from Google Alerts. Atom is
similar to RSS and does the same thing, except it uses
different "code". This means it isn't as compatible with
other things as RSS is. This is OK as most of the mash up
services work with Atom and RSS. Since we only want to use
Google Alert feeds in mash ups with our own RSS feeds,
this shouldn't be an issue. Just note if a service has an
issue with the Google Alert feed, it's likely because it's
an Atom feed and not truly an RSS feed.
I've found Bing.com to be better at finding RSS feeds than
Google. Try going to Bing
and using a search such as:
List of YOURKEYWORDS RSS Feeds
Search Bing and Google for:
YOURKEYWORDHERE + blog
...and find quality blogs with RSS feeds.
Here's a big list of LiveJournal RSS feeds:
http://www.livejournal.com/syn/list.bml
List of News Feeds:
http://www.uen.org/feeds/lists.shtml
Some feeds from the US gov:
http://www.loc.gov/rss/
Use the site parameter in a Google search to find blogs
that have RSS feeds.
site:blogspot.com keywords
site:wordpress.com keywords
site:livejournal.com keywords
Add "blog" to your Google/Bing search to find blogs that
have RSS feeds.
keywords blog
keywords + blog
Make RSS Mashups - A "mash up" combines multiple
RSS feeds into a single feed. Use these services to mash
your Ring of Fire account feeds with camouflage feeds.
http://www.rssmix.com
- Atom feeds OK
http://chimpfeedr.com
- Atom feeds OK
http://feedbite.com -
Atom feeds OK
http://feedkiller.com
RSS Promotion Summary:
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