Re: Synidcation standards

["Dave Osborne" <daveo@kinecta.com>]

ICE is picking up momentum in the syndication marketplace, 
and many of the largest portals: Yahoo, Excite, AltaVista, and MSNBC, 
already have ICE compliant servers(from companies like Kinecta or 
Vignette) in place to receive syndicated content.

I would recommend a standardized distribution platform which is 
automated and can grow with your syndication network.  This also 
addresses your problem re less technical subscribers.


--- In syndication@egroups.com, eilon.reshef@m... wrote:
> If you are interested only in syndication of content (news 
headlines and such), ICE is the 
> emerging standard although it would be an exaggeration to say that 
the big portals would 
> support it now.
> 
> If you are also interested in syndication of interactive 
applications, you might want to 
> have a look at www.webcollage.com.
> 
> Eilon
> 
> --- In syndication@egroups.com, joe@b... wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm relatively new to the world of content syndication and XML.  
I'm 
> > starting to look at strategies to syndicate my content to third-
> > parties, ranging from small mom-and-pop sites to, potentially, 
the 
> > big portals (Yahoo!, Lycos et al), and the question I'm facing is 
> > this: what standards should I adopt to keep as many doors open as 
> > possible.
> > 
> > * What do the big players like Yahoo! prefer?  Or is it a 
completely 
> > ad hoc process with them?
> > * What can I do as a syndicator, to make my content as accessible 
as 
> > possible to subscribers with little or no technical skills.
> > 
> > BTW, we're a ColdFusion house if that makes any difference.
> > 
> > Any thoughts on this, or links to useful resources would be 
> > appreciated.
> > 
> > Joe