Hi Bill,
Thanks for getting back to me. I use RSS 2.0 and i only use the following tags: <----- example <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <rss version="2.0"> - <channel> <title>HomesForStudents - Student Accommodation and flatmate finder UK</title> <link>http://www.homesforstudents.co.uk</link> <description>The latest student accommodation, student houses and student flats from HomesForStudents.</description> <copyright>(c) 2005, www.HomesForStudents.co.uk. All rights reserved.</copyright> <ttl>120</ttl> - <item> <title>Durham - Durham University</title> <description>A four-bedroom semi-detached dwelling situated just short distance away from Durham City Centre. The property is situated opposite the New Collage. Th</description> <link>http://www.homesforstudents.co.uk/housedetails.aspx?houseid=466</link> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:25:28 GMT</pubDate> </item> - <item> ---- end example> What other tags should i be using? do you have a good link so i can read up on it? how do i know when my feeds are 'complete' ? Cheers Dave > > From: "Bill Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/02/16 Wed AM 10:40:18 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [syndic8] Re: Help..[Scanned] > > > > > > If you look at the sitemap you will see i have a seperate feed for > each city. The feed will show the 5 most recent updated / added > properties. The problem is that with there being so many many feeds > (and more in the future) it is a very manual task of submitting each > feed for each city. > > You can use the Suggest page to submit them in bulk. > > http://www.syndic8.com/suggest.php?Advanced=1&Mode=data > > But before you start submitting them, how complete are they? Are you > using a rich format like the RSS-1.0 style? There are probably some > things like location metadata and dates that might be useful to put > into feeds. > > > <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" > href="http://www.homesforstudents.co.uk/rss_student_accommodation.aspx"; /> > > That's the right way to do it. > > > Basicallly, how do i get my feeds automatically indexed so when > people search for say student acommodation nottingham, it will show my > nottingham feed? > > Most crawlers are based on the HTML pages, not the RSS feed, for a > variety of (very good) reasons. If your pages are accessible to the > crawlers that will take care of them being indexed. Feeds are for > readers. > > -Bill Kearney > Syndic8.com > > > > > > > If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) > > To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: > http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join > (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) > > To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit > http://www.syndic8.com/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses for your protection] > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com - virus-checked by McAfee - visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Rcy2bD/UOnJAA/cosFAA/IRislB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
