I've just set up a 7 day email mini-course, 7 ways to turn RSS into R$$. When you register, you also get a free download of CaRP Free, an RSS to HTML converter for your website, and if you stay on the mailing list, updated versions will be sent to you as they're released. This...
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In response to user requests, I just released Moray, a script which uses CaRP and Grouper to filter and aggregate RSS feeds, and republish them in RSS 2.0 format. It's a free download, and can be used with the free version of CaRP, but requires the commercial version of Grouper ($17.97 for a single user)....
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There's something of an online lovefest underway for Chris Pirillo's newly launched metasearch site, gada.be (pronounced "gotta be", I believe). Since I can't find anyone else mentioning this, I'll blow my own horn. Unless things have changed since late last month, CaRP is the RSS processing engine under the hood. It's one of the most...
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I've posted an Affiliate marketing example showing a way to create a search page for multiple affiliates programs. A few noteworthy notes: 1) The affiliate search results are displayed on your website so that if your visitor doesn't find anything interesting in their searches, they're still on your site. 2) Default search terms relevant to...
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The Chordata RSS and Atom newsfeed directory is offering a new service as of today called "Linkback". Website owners who would like to have their own newsfeed directory, but don't want to create or maintain one, can send their customers to Chordata, and have Chordata link back to them from each newsfeed page. The link...
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I released a new product last weekend, Tetra, that integrates with my RSS to HTML conversion script (CaRP) to put RSS newsfeeds into a DHTML (JavaScript) scroller. Tetra supports AJAX, enabling dynamic updating of the scroller's contents without requiring the webpage to be reloaded. A large number of feeds could be aggregated into one scroller,...
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Today I'm not talking about how RSS or Atom feeds can bring lots of traffic into your site, I'm honestly wondering where all the traffic to my site is coming from. Since some time around midnight last night, the CaRP homepage has been getting a lot more traffic than usual. Naturally, after happily noticing the...
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As I mentioned a while back, my business is increasing focusing on RSS & Atom tools, leaving me little time to maintain SPAMbaffle. So I've decided to sell the codebase and the SPAMbaffle.com domain name. The price, which I didn't mention previously, is $2000 (US) for both. Contact me if you're interested.

Two simple steps to higher search engine placement: "Search Engine Optimization doesn't have to mean paying gobs of money to self-proclaimed professionals with questionable qualifications. Nor does it have to mean hiring an army of copywriters to fill your site with content. Two simple steps will boost your search engine ranking and give visitors a...
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Chordata, my directory of RSS and Atom feeds has been growing quickly, and is soon to see some changes that should make it grow a lot faster. In preparation for that growth, I decided yesterday that it's about time to give it a URL that's more memorable and independent than "chordata.geckotribe.com". Unfortunately, "chordata.com" was already...
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