Article on one of the negatives for site owners and the web as a whole in the emerging popularity of RSS. As RSS feeds can be requested automatically at set intervals by newsreaders this can lead to a large escalation in bandwidth usage for a site. There are aspects of the protocol which, if followed by newsreaders, minimise the load on servers. These measures are not implemented in every news reader. The other alternative discussed is to minimise the amount of information sent in the RSS feed. That is, just sending the headlines or first sentence without sending all content.

Wired News: Will RSS Readers Clog the Web?

Originally cited in MarketingVox

Have been doing my Saturday morning email newsletter catchup and here are a couple of interesting articles/sites related to rss.

A Really Simple Content Solution?

Discusses RSS as an increasingly viable content publishing option.

RSS - A Primer for Publishers & Content Providers

The author of the article above references this site. It gives a good overview of someone thinking of implementing RSS on their site.

10 reasons why RSS is not ready for prime time

A good analysis of the limitations of RSS. Some limitations involving convenience and usability (e.g. no reader packaged with MS Windows yet), others issues for the site offering rss feeds (e.g. bandwidth issues with repeated downloading of full feeds), and some related to issues with the format itself (e.g rss does not allow secure access necessary for paid content delivery).

Article: Yahoo, NewsGator Extend RSS Aggregation

Yahoo looks like it will be adding RSS aggregation to My Yahoo. This will go a long way towards mainstream acceptance of RSS.

If you have no idea what I am talking about or why RSS will make your life easier:
What is RSS? RSS Explained.

From Ralph Wilson's Web Martketing Today:

A Case for Publishing via RSS Feed AND E-Mail

RSS Feeds - growing list of links with particular relevance to those operating websites

How to Set Up an RSS Feed to Syndicate Your Headlines - brief guide on how to create and use RSS - again particularly relevant for those interested in web marketing.

On the subject of RSS, the site I recently launched, What is RSS? RSS Explained, has been receiving a steady flow of initial traffic. Google had it in its index within a couple of days of putting it up and there are a few sites linking to it already. People seem to be finding it a useful tool to explain RSS.