Tip 1: Get a more up-to-date search engine
Tip 2: Easy onetime contact info updates
Tip 3: RSS all over the place
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Tip 1: Get a more up-to-date search engine
Think about your favourite search engine for a second. Can it deliver a link to an article or a posting that hit the Web minutes ago? It should, and if it doesn't, might I suggest finding a new favourite?
RSS is an easy way for sites to syndicate headlines and links across the Internet. New search engines such as Feedster scrape results from RSS feeds, giving you up-to-the-minute results. There's no easier way to keep an eye on the indexing of your personal name, business, or competitors.
Here are a few of the RSS search engines out there:
Virtual business cards (vCards) are a great way to keep contact information in sync. RSS can make the process much better, and you don't have to know anything about how RSS works to take advantage of it.
With Kunekt.com, you can harness the power of RSS to keep contact information constantly up-to-date.
If you sign up with the service, you can import your contact info from Outlook, Outlook Express, or vCard. People can then subscribe to your contact info.
If you make a change to your Kunekt Card, everyone who subscribes to your card will be automatically notified -- no more mass e-mail and conflicting information.
Tip 3: RSS all over the place
So, you understand that you don't have to know how RSS works to take advantage of it any more than you have to know hypertext transfer protocol to enjoy the Web.
Here are several more ways you can take advantage of RSS:
- Wish your non-iCal friends could see your schedule? RSSCalendar.com.
- Miss something on the tube last night? Bootleg RSS.
- Want to view headlines on the go? RSS Sync for Windows Mobile devices or JPluck for Palm OS devices.
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Chris Pirillo
Chris Pirillo is a best-selling author and creator of the award-winning Lockergnome series of online publications. He's proud of his number one ranking on Blogrolling, as well as high rankings on Blogster, Feedster, and other sites.
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