Hi, Bill

Those pesky spammers get everywhere. I recently accepted a new member into my
Yahoo art group and 5 adverts for something-or-other were promptly posted as
messages to the group! I've deleted "her".

--- In syndic8@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Kearney" <wkearney@...> wrote:
>
> We've had a spate of spamming attempts lately.
>
> Thus I've instituted manual approval to join the list instead of it
> just being open.
>
> The system automatically joins a user to the list when they create an
> account on syndic8.  We get e-mail notifications of these.  We also
> get e-mail notices when those accounts actually subscribe.
>
> What comes as a surprise is how many requests to join the list are
> coming a) without an s8 account being created and b) without any
> resemblence of a sensible subscriber request.  It's clear the spammers
> are running automated scripts just signing up to lists without human
> intervention.
>
> Hopefully this will cut down a bit on the spammers trying to harvest
> addresses from our list.
>
> Anyway, regular subscribers should really see no difference.
>
> Thank you,
>
> --Bill Kearney
> Syndic8.com
>

We've had a spate of spamming attempts lately.

Thus I've instituted manual approval to join the list instead of it
just being open.

The system automatically joins a user to the list when they create an
account on syndic8.  We get e-mail notifications of these.  We also
get e-mail notices when those accounts actually subscribe.

What comes as a surprise is how many requests to join the list are
coming a) without an s8 account being created and b) without any
resemblence of a sensible subscriber request.  It's clear the spammers
are running automated scripts just signing up to lists without human
intervention.

Hopefully this will cut down a bit on the spammers trying to harvest
addresses from our list.

Anyway, regular subscribers should really see no difference.

Thank you,

--Bill Kearney
Syndic8.com

I'm curious how many of those were approved by the submitter.  I don't
approve my own, but I know some people do, which (IMHO) defeats the
purpose of having a human reviewing system.  That would help explain a
last-in, first-out result.  I have several old suggested feeds, some
of which I've killed off while still in the approval queue because I
knew they were dead (e.g., they were mine and I knew they were
permanently gone).  Feed 541948 is probably the oldest
awaiting-approval of mine that I actually "care" about, going back to
the beginning of 2008; feed 473521 goes back to mid-2006.

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/


On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Denny Gibson <denny@...> wrote:
> A spot check of the latest 200 approvals shows many that are about a
> month and few more than several months old. Actually, there were none
> older than June of 2008 among those I picked randomly although Mark's
> feed, which I checked intentionally, obviously was. It almost appears
> as if a last-in-first-out policy is in operation. My own feed,
> 523819, has been "Awaiting Approval" since mid-2007.
>
>  --Denny
>

A spot check of the latest 200 approvals shows many that are about a
month and few more than several months old. Actually, there were none
older than June of 2008 among those I picked randomly although Mark's
feed, which I checked intentionally, obviously was. It almost appears
as if a last-in-first-out policy is in operation. My own feed,
523819, has been "Awaiting Approval" since mid-2007.

   --Denny

--- In syndic8@yahoogroups.com, Stuart Whitmore <snakestu@...> wrote:
>
> Years...  or a few days.  It's not consistent, there's a huge
backlog,
> and it's a manual (and volunteer) process with varying participation
> by reviewers.  Anyway, I didn't see anything too terribly wrong with
> yours so I went ahead and approved it.  You might take a look at
what
> Feedvalidator.org says about it, in case you can fix the things it
> comments on.  (They may not be within your control, however.)  Just
> click the "VALIDATE FEED" button on the left when you're looking at
> your feed on Syndic8.com.
>
> Just for comparison, I just reviewed a feed that's been in the queue
> since 2004...  And there are over 300,000 feeds needing attention,
> although many of them could probably be culled out automatically if
> they have a pattern of 404's, since many are long gone.
>
> --
> Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
> http://www.just-stuart.com/
>

Years...  or a few days.  It's not consistent, there's a huge backlog,
and it's a manual (and volunteer) process with varying participation
by reviewers.  Anyway, I didn't see anything too terribly wrong with
yours so I went ahead and approved it.  You might take a look at what
Feedvalidator.org says about it, in case you can fix the things it
comments on.  (They may not be within your control, however.)  Just
click the "VALIDATE FEED" button on the left when you're looking at
your feed on Syndic8.com.

Just for comparison, I just reviewed a feed that's been in the queue
since 2004...  And there are over 300,000 feeds needing attention,
although many of them could probably be culled out automatically if
they have a pattern of 404's, since many are long gone.

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/


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On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:15 AM, mark sherwood <marks_262@...> wrote:
> One of my feeds number 548921 has not been approved. I added it to Syndic8
nearly a year ago (I then forgot about this) but it is still at the awaiting
approval status.
>
> How long does it take to get approved?
>
> Mark
>
>

One of my feeds number 548921 has not been approved. I added it to Syndic8
nearly a year ago (I then forgot about this) but it is still at the awaiting
approval status.

How long does it take to get approved?

Mark





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I'm also new here. SoftwareCriticsdotinfo. Hello all.

--- In syndic8@yahoogroups.com, "neez1967" <dir.admin1@...> wrote:
>
> I would like this opportunity to introduce my self to all group members
> of syndic8.
> My name is Nizar.
> Hope to here from all of you.
>

Welcome Nizar, it is good to have you around.

--- In syndic8@yahoogroups.com, "neez1967" <dir.admin1@...> wrote:
>
> I would like this opportunity to introduce my self to all group
members
> of syndic8.
> My name is Nizar.
> Hope to here from all of you.
>

I would like this opportunity to introduce my self to all group members
of syndic8.
My name is Nizar.
Hope to here from all of you.

I just created my first BLOG and I'm trying to create traffic for it. I created
it to encourage fair debate between Christians and non-Christians, so it's a
personal BLOG.
I also created a web page for the first time in years and would like to
create traffic for it as well. I know quite a bit more about that process than
I do about the BLOG process.
I just spent all weekend immersing myself in the BLOG world. I'm new to RSS and
Atom feeds though I'm an experienced PC and Internet user.
I'm open to all mentoring. 



--
Richard Mayhan

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There are a lot of tools and methods available, but it depends to a
large extent on what you're using for your site.  Are you using blog
or content-management software?  If so, it may have these features
built in.  Anyway, your questions are too general to offer a
meaningful answer, but a Web search engine will probably provide you
with relevant info if you search on "RSS" and whatever technology
you're using for your site.

You "probably" won't need to pay for anything.  At least the tools
should be free; you might want to pay for the integration services of
a Web developer who is familiar with the tools and site environment.

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/


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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:14 AM, lyrics.magazine
<lyrics.magazine@...> wrote:
> 1. Can somebody help in adding rss content from other news sources to
> my website
> 2. I wish to publish news on my website to service people interested
> in my services. How do I do this? Dont mind paying for the services
>
> Thank you
>

Can somebody help on using Syndic8.com

1. Can somebody help in adding rss content from other news sources to
my website
2. I wish to publish news on my website to service people interested
in my services. How do I do this? Dont mind paying for the services

Thank you

I am new to RSS and have just set up a website.
Thanks to answers in your forums I am up and running

Great help thanks
 Marshall Vance




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Feed 236292 has been updated accordingly.  When 563219 gets to the
Awaiting Approval stage (right now it's in "Polling"), you can ask for
it to be reviewed for the move to Syndicated status like the older
feed.  It should shift into "Awaiting Approval" automatically as long
as the Polling phase completes successfully.

Thanks,

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/


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On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM, victorjbishop <vbishop@...> wrote:
> I request the that old Feed 236292 be redirected to new Feed 563219.
>
> Thank you, Victor
>
>

I request the that old Feed 236292 be redirected to new Feed 563219.

Thank you, Victor



--- In syndic8@yahoogroups.com, "Stuart Whitmore" <snakestu@...>
wrote:
>
> Submit the new RSS feed URL via the Suggest feature, take note of
the
> new Feed ID, and then request that the old feed (236292) be
redirected
> to the new one.  IIRC, that's the correct route to take.
>
> --
> Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
> http://www.just-stuart.com/
>
> Find, share, and rate the latest online videos:
http://www.MyVidsRock.com/
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:57 PM, victorjbishop <vbishop@...> wrote:
> > Please advise how to change for existing feed Feed 236292, from
> > current:
> >
> > Site URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/
> > Feed URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/rss.xml
> > Image URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/riverbend.gif
> >
> > to:
> >
> > Site URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/
> > Feed URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/rss.xml
> > Image URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/riverbend.gif
> >
> > Thanks, Victor
> >
> >
>

Submit the new RSS feed URL via the Suggest feature, take note of the
new Feed ID, and then request that the old feed (236292) be redirected
to the new one.  IIRC, that's the correct route to take.

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/

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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:57 PM, victorjbishop <vbishop@...> wrote:
> Please advise how to change for existing feed Feed 236292, from
> current:
>
> Site URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/
> Feed URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/rss.xml
> Image URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/riverbend.gif
>
> to:
>
> Site URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/
> Feed URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/rss.xml
> Image URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/riverbend.gif
>
> Thanks, Victor
>
>

In a nutshell, add your RSS feed to the Syndic8.com database by using
the Suggest feature, then check out the many resources in the
Documents section

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/

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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:14 PM, genagloria <asp.gloria@...> wrote:
> How do i benefit from this group, i have a website and an Rss feed
> which i will like to promote. How can you assist
>
>

Hello,

One thing you can do with your RSS feed is add it to your
MyYahoo.com rss reader and yahoo will index it and the information
within 24 hours you can go to msn and google and do the same thing
there with the same results.

I also use software to use rss feeds to update the content on my sites
so the search engines see new content daily and return and index my
sites more often.

I offer the software on my site at http://TrafficTipsandTricks.com

Check out the links in the left hand menu also for more Tips and Tricks.

For assistance..

You can call me at 1-800-538-3402 my cell phone is  785-819-5731

or you can just email me your questions.

Ed Hopkins jr
edwardahopkinsjr@...
www.TrafficTipsandTricks.com



On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:14 PM, genagloria <asp.gloria@...> wrote:

>   How do i benefit from this group, i have a website and an Rss feed
> which i will like to promote. How can you assist
>
>
>



--
Thank You For Your Business,

Edward A Hopkins Jr., CEO
edwardahopkinsjr@...
TOLL FREE 1-800-538-3402
www.TrafficTipsandTricks.com
453 S Broadway, Suite 102,
Salina, Kansas 67401

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How do i benefit from this group, i have a website and an Rss feed
which i will like to promote. How can you assist

Please advise how to change for existing feed Feed 236292, from
current:

Site URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/
Feed URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/rss.xml
Image URL: http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/riverbend.gif

to:

Site URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/
Feed URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/rss.xml
Image URL: http://www.riverbendds.org/riverbend.gif

Thanks, Victor


--- In syndic8@yahoogroups.com, "Bishop Family" <victorbishop@...>
wrote:
>
>
> My feed is: 236292 and it is pending approval.
>
> Thank you, Victor J. Bishop
> E-mail: mailto:victorbishop@...
> Riverbend Down Syndrome Parent Support Group
> http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

--- In syndic8@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Leibel" <xymptlx@...> wrote:
>
> I've always put in my own content but want to automate part of the
> process by merging other specific feeds into my blog at
> http://feeds.feedburner.com/Calgary-mike-news.  Does anyone know how
> to do that?
>
  Yep. The way I do it, you have to be good with Yahoo Pipes.
Publishing a feed to a blog is easier than you might think!

I've always put in my own content but want to automate part of the
process by merging other specific feeds into my blog at
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Calgary-mike-news.  Does anyone know how
to do that?

The feed URL is the address of the XML data (RSS or Atom).  The site
URL is the address of the HTML content.  For example:

http://www.example.com/ would be a site URL.
http://www.example.com/newsfeed.rss would be a feed URL.

In your case:
http://mplsexpression.typepad.com/ is the site URL
http://www.minneapolisexpression.com/ is apparently an alternative
site URL, which redirects to the above address
http://mplsexpression.typepad.com/weblog/atom.xml is the feed URL

"Syndicated" within the scope of Syndic8.com means a feed has been
checked by a human reviewer to determine that it meets a high level of
technical correctness -- that is, it's been determined to be a feed
that should work with properly-functioning feed readers or other
feed-reading technologies.  In your case, the feed would not pass that
test in its current state, because it fails validation with the
following error:  XML parsing error: <unknown>:25:42: unbound prefix

When I first looked, feed ID 559637 was assigned to your site (not
your feed), in the "desiring syndication" state.  The general meaning
of this is that somebody (in this case you) identified the site as one
that does not have an XML feed but would be a good site to have one.
I have updated the record to include the feed address and set it to
Polling.  What this will do is have Syndic8.com poll your feed, which
is the first step toward eventually having a human reviewer check the
feed for technical correctness.  If polling succeeds at a very basic
technical level, then the feed will go into "awaiting approval"
status, which is where it waits in a (very large and
randomly-accessed) on-hold queue for a volunteer human reviewer.

My recommendation to you would be to check your feed address here:
http://www.feedvalidator.org/
This is a great tool for fixing broken feeds.  If it's not fixed
before a human reviewer checks it, it will be marked as needing
repair.  No sense going that route if you can fix it first (besides,
publishing a dysfunctional feed is arguably pointless).

Hope this helps,

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/


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On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Brandon Ferdig <bran_dig@...> wrote:
> Hey Syndic8 world,
>
> I've recommended my own site URL.  Question: what's the difference between
feed URL and site URL?  I already have setup subscription and RSS links on my
site, so is it already syndicated?  Is that what 'syndicate' means?  If so, how
do I know what the 'feed URL' is?
>
> Thanks in advance for anyone's help; this 'feed' stuff has been confusing me
for awhile.
>
> -Brandon
>
> I did get a feed # 559637
>
>

Considering that the question was about and existing feed and
Syndic8.com, and considering your page doesn't mention Syndic8.com at
all, I'm not sure how it "explains the whole process exactly."  In
fact, it doesn't answer the question at all.

Regarding the original question:  If you want to register your feed
with Syndic8.com to build feed visibility, so to speak, you just need
to suggest it using the Suggest form here:
http://www.syndic8.com/suggest_start.php

Since you apparently already have a functional RSS or Atom feed,
choose the top link: "I want to enter URLs to syndicated content."
You can then provide the URL of the RSS or Atom feed, and that will
start the process of registering your feed in the Syndic8.com
database.

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/


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On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Jared Sturgill
<jared@...> wrote:
> Go to
> http://www.dallas-texas-seo.com/seo-blog/nov-2008/free-seo-blog-nov-2-08.html
>
> It explains the whole process exactly
> Jared
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Doug Wilson
>  To: syndic8@yahoogroups.com
>  Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 3:25 AM
>  Subject: [syndic8] syndic8
>
>
>  I am putting a blog up on my site. After validating feed I was
>  submitting, which I don't really understand. Syndic8 was one of the
>  suggested sites. I got an email "syndic8@yahoogroups.com" so here I
>  am. Not sure what I'm supposed to do. What's the goal? What are the
>  steps needed? My goal is site visibility through feed visibility.
>
>

Go to
http://www.dallas-texas-seo.com/seo-blog/nov-2008/free-seo-blog-nov-2-08.html

It explains the whole process exactly
Jared


   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Doug Wilson
   To: syndic8@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 3:25 AM
   Subject: [syndic8] syndic8


   I am putting a blog up on my site. After validating feed I was
   submitting, which I don't really understand. Syndic8 was one of the
   suggested sites. I got an email "syndic8@yahoogroups.com" so here I
   am. Not sure what I'm supposed to do. What's the goal? What are the
   steps needed? My goal is site visibility through feed visibility.





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Hey Syndic8 world,

I've recommended my own site URL.  Question: what's the difference between feed
URL and site URL?  I already have setup subscription and RSS links on my site,
so is it already syndicated?  Is that what 'syndicate' means?  If so, how do I
know what the 'feed URL' is?

Thanks in advance for anyone's help; this 'feed' stuff has been confusing me for
awhile.

-Brandon

I did get a feed # 559637





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I am putting a blog up on my site. After validating feed I was
submitting, which I don't really understand. Syndic8 was one of the
suggested sites. I got an email "syndic8@yahoogroups.com" so here I
am. Not sure what I'm supposed to do. What's the goal? What are the
steps needed? My goal is site visibility through feed visibility.

Stuart Whitmore wrote:
> Done -- in a Flash.  ;-)

Thank you!

--
Kelson Vibber
Hyperborea.org - SpeedForce.org

Done -- in a Flash.  ;-)

--
Stuart Whitmore  (snakestu@...)
http://www.just-stuart.com/


On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Kelson Vibber <kelson@...> wrote:
> Would someone who isn't me (since it's not proper for me to approve my own
> feed) please approve feed 554099?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Kelson Vibber
> www.hyperborea.org and SpeedForce.org
>
> ------------------------------------