Defining Syndication

I don’t see what the deal is with syndication. I think its a fancy term for a directory listing in XML. Just like online shops provide their products as XML feeds for various affiliates to advertise, RSS & Atom feeds advertise content. As a directory listing, RSS should only contain a preview / thumbnail / summary of content, thus allowing it to act as an advertisement similar to adSense and sponsored search results.

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Posted by Artemi Krymski on November 1st, 2005 | 1 Comment