Xml

[Bridge]

Hope this is the correct place for this question.

I run some sites that are all XML doable.

I'm after some tips from anyone who can suggest if this is a really great idea to promote and if it drives additional traffic.

If so, some submission resources would be appreciated.

Many thanks

[davidpbrown]

It's unclear what you are suggesting by 'XML doable'.

I don't want to presume what you know.. XML files are just text files containing well-formed data structures.

Certainly including RSS and other XML resources cannot but enhance your site and better sites might expect more traffic, but data as XML is unlikely to directly affect search engine ranking, for example.

However if you are talking about using XHTML, which is a subset of XML, instead of HTML, then yes this is a good idea.

www.w3schools.com has introductions to XHTML and XML

As for submission resources for XML.. it depends what the XML resources your offering are.. if you have a FOAF file you might submit that somewhere that you wouldn't submit RSS feeds.

[Bridge]

Obviously my newbieness is shining through. doh!

I am talking about RSS feeds.

I have a .php file which is able to display my headlines on other sites.

The file starts:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE rss PUBLIC "-//Netscape Communications//DTD RSS 0.91//EN"
"http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd">

<rss version="0.91">

etc..

So the question is where do I submit this .php file for others to pickup as an RSS?

And if they do use it am I guaranteed the traffic back?

Thank you.

[snookie]

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www.feedster.com
www.daypop.com

enjoy...

[Bridge]

Thanks.

[davidpbrown]

Off topic, but I've wondered that RSS feeders should be encouraged to use orange buttons that suggest 'RSS' rather than 'XML', to save confusion. (FOAF and OPML have their own.) But then RSS appears to be confused with itself having 9/7 standards and atom competing so I guess its symptomatic.