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by James Schramko, Jam

On the other side of the equation are the programmers at XSitePro who understand what so many Internet entrepreneurs have attempted to convey to the software industry for so long: they are adept at building and running a business, but they do so without the knowledge of HTML code and without the time to learn programming.

Even as other website building packages claim to be user friendly and promise to include copious bonus features and RSS feeds for stickiness and website visitor service, the fact that the integration of the features is overly complicated has left many an entrepreneur little choice.

Many of us will have seen their websites. They are the ones that are poorly built, haphazardly formatted, and try to make up in SEO keyword-rich content what they lack in design.

XSitePro is on the other side of the spectrum. No knowledge of HTML, of how to run scripts, or understanding of any coding is needed. The software is written to accommodate the entrepreneur with a vision, not a computer science degree. Creating website pages is quick and simple with the huge array of included, free, wizards and bonus features.

RSS feeds are fully customizable or ready to go right out of the box. Internet marketers who are targeting a highly specialized niche really appreciate this feature in particular since it allows for either a customization that directly targets their niche market, or it may allow them to broaden the reach of their website to welcome other visitors who they believe might eventually turn into paying customers.

Spend as little time customizing your Xsitepro website or as much as you want to make the bonus RSS feeds a highly individualized experience for your website visitors. This is chiefly apropos for those online entrepreneurs who have already developed a clientele or who are offering newsletters and content that have developed a following.

And best of all, the whole site building process requires no HTML knowledge at all! Since the effects of any changes may be seen virtually immediately, the entrepreneur with a finger firmly on the pulse of the clientele does not have to guess how their site is coming across - they know now! It does not get any easier!

Adding fresh content to your website as often as possible is a surefire way to attract human visitors and search engine spiders. Google continually updates its PageRank and search ranking algorithms in order to weed out duplicate content and outdated information. However, Google will continue to value current content that is somewhat unique. The best way to attract quality traffic to your website is to provide them with quality, current information.

If you have the time, energy and expertise to update your website with quality content on a daily basis then you will likely not need to finish reading this article. But if you are not capable of doing this on your own, there are other options. Of course, you could pay someone to write in your blog or forum, thereby freeing up your time. You could also pay a ghostwriter to write articles for your website or blog. These are good options, but they will cost you money.

Another (free) way to add fresh content to your website or blog is to subscribe to receive content that will be plugged directly into your website, to the exact page or area you specify. The content can be formatted to your own specifications, and will look just like any other part of your site. The integration is almost seamless. One popular way of doing this is by subscribing to RSS feeds.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a group of technologies for web feeds. They are written in XML and allow information to be delivered as RSS feeds or RSS channels. Most large content-driven websites allow you to click on a button or link to display the RSS feed for the main page or for a particular category. The code can easily be copied to a file on your web server, and then inserted into a page of your choosing.

You need an RSS feed reader in order to view these feeds. Popular readers can be downloaded for free. Using an RSS reader (or ?feed aggregator?) allows the user to view only new content, thereby reducing the time and bandwidth demands. As a webmaster, you can subscribe to receive RSS feeds from particular websites that have content targeted to your website traffic. You can also visit RSS feed directories that allow you to choose from tens of thousands of different feeds.

Although there are premium feeds that you must pay for, the bulk of RSS feeds available are free. So what's in it for the feed providers? There are usually one or more links within the feed that link to the source website. For daily news feed reads, the headline and short summary are usually displayed in the feed, and then the user must click on a link to the source website in order to view the full story. So naturally, the site providing the RSS feed will get some traffic from the site using its feed.

This is a reciprocal arrangement whereby the website offering the free RSS feed gets traffic and links pointing to it. The website displaying the RSS feed gets free quality content continually updated, that it can offer to its visitors. If you would like to update your website content daily (or even hourly) without any intervention, this may be a desirable option for you.

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James Schramko has sinced written about articles on various topics from Marketing, Affiliate Programs and Wrinkles. Adding RSS feeds to your website without the need to know HTML is now possible. The new version of XSitePro makes it just a few mouse clicks away.. James Schramko's top article generates over 27100 views. Bookmark James Schramko to your Favourites.

Jason Kamara has sinced written about articles on various topics from About Web Hosting, Cars and self improvement and motivation. The author is the developer and operator of numerous sites on the web. To subscribe to RSS feeds on more than 150 topics, visit This Directory of Free Website Content. Jason Kamara's top article generates over 27100 views. Bookmark Jason Kamara to your Favourites.