I received an email from Matthew a few hours ago who asked if there was a possibility to exclude certain categories from my website from appearing in the RSS feed. I was really busy with a website that I purchased earlier this morning and could not answer immediately. The good news is that it is [...]

Tags: exclude categories, rss, rss feed, wordpress, wordpress feeds, wordpress tips
Categories: The Web, Tutorials Basic

FeedStitch is a news aggregator that can combine multiple RSS news feeds and other data sources into one RSS feed or Json format. It is by far not as complex as Yahoo Pipes but provides a comfortable and fast way of combining multiple news sources into one.
FeedStitch offers multiple third-party ways of logging into [...]

Tags: custom feeds, feed, feedstitch, news, rss, rss aggregator, rss feed, rss news
Categories: Online Services

How are most Internet users discovering new interesting blogs? The most popular methods are probably by following links on blogs they already read and by recommendations posted in their feed reader. Yes, there are blog directories like Technorati but most of them concentrate on the top blogs and not on the small but as good [...]

Tags: blogs, feed, feedmil, rss, rss feed, rss reader, search engine, websites
Categories: Search Engines, The Web

After a seemingly endless odyssey of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) reader tests which led from web browser based readers like those in Mozilla Firefox or Opera to website based RSS readers like Google Reader to desktop RSS readers I finally ended up with FeedDemon. FeedDemon offered a wealth of features but more importantly the speed [...]

Tags: beta software, feed-reader, feeddemon, google reader, news feed, rss, rss news feed, rss reader, windows software
Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

You might remember that I switched from web based rss readers to desktop rss readers some time ago. Reasons for that switch where manifold including performance issues but also security concerns. FeedDemon was the desktop rss news reader of choice after trying out several available one that got recommended by users. FeedDemon is still the [...]

Tags: desktop rss reader, feeddemon, greatnews, news reader, rss, rss news reader, rss reader, rss software, Windows, windows software
Categories: Windows, software

Less than a month ago I switched from Google Reader to Newzie mainly because I wanted to use a system that would work independently from the web browser. Newzie looked really great and fast but it turned out that it had a few quirks that made me look for alternatives. The main problem was that [...]

Tags: feed-reader, feeddemon, news reader, news software, rss, rss feed, rss news feed, rss reader, windows software
Categories: Windows, software

Feedrinse is a basic RSS feed filter that can be used to filter one or multiple feeds so that only selected articles will be included in the mashup. This could remind a few users of Yahoo Pipes. The service provided by Feedrinse is however basic in comparison to that of Yahoo Pipes.
A user of [...]

Tags: feedrinse, news, news feed, rss, rss feed, rss filter, rss news, yahoo pipes
Categories: The Web