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What Is RSS?
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RSS and PodcastsWhat Is FirstGov.gov Doing?
RSS, Blog and Podcast WorkshopNOAA, February 21, 2006
Joanne McGovernWeb Content [email protected]
RSS What Is FirstGov.gov Doing?
• Created page “What Is RSS?”
• Created Government RSS Library
• Created two feeds from FirstGov.gov
• Share How To’s and Best Practices on webcontent.gov
What Is RSS?
What Is RSS Page
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library/What_Is_RSS.shtml
RSS Library
RSS Library
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library.shtml
FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds1. FirstGov.gov Updates
• Same content as sent out via e-mail alerts• Frequency depends on how frequently site updates
2. Popular Government Questions• Uses the content from our FAQs (faq.gov)• Have 2,000 Q & A’s to choose from• Chose 170 of likely interest to RSS user
demographic• Post several a week• Will send by monthly themes (this month: Money)
FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds
FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds
• http://www.firstgov.gov/rss
FirstGov.gov Updates RSS Feed
Popular Government Questions RSS Feed
FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds
• They bring traffic to other government websites. We are pointing to your information.
• FirstGov.gov Updates are usually a link to another site
• FirstGov FAQs contain answers with referrals to other agencies for more detail
Webcontent.gov
Lessons Learned
• It is very inexpensive to add RSS feeds to your site
• The real work is in the content—delivering quality and regular content that is of interest to your audiences
• Consider how you re-use content via various channels
PodcastsWhat Is FirstGov.gov Doing?
• Government Podcast Library• Working with Podcast directories (iTunes,
Yahoo!, Podcast Alley, Podcast.net, Odeo, Podnova, PodSpider) to promote government Podcasts
• Working on creating FirstGov.gov podcasts (audio and video)
• Webcontent.gov—sharing How To’s and Best Practices
Government Podcasts Library
Government Podcast Library
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/Podcasts.shtml
Webcontent.gov
Add Your RSS Feeds and Podcasts to FirstGov’s Library
• Visit http://www.firstgov.gov• Click “Contact Us”, or• Click “Suggest-a-Link”
• E-mail me directly: [email protected]