What is Content Syndication?
Content syndication is a general term for the idea that content on the Internet can be shared among multiple web sites. Content producers can make their information available in ways that other web sites can import directly and feature as part of their own offerings. There are many different ways to do content syndication. The content may be shown to readers at many places but it’s always clearly identified as coming from some original source.
Content syndication means different things to different audiences. In the syndication model, there are three parties. The content creators who provide content, the content subscribers who sign up for third-party content, and the syndicator who connects creators with subscribers. For content creators (or “authors”), content syndication allows their content to be distributed to multiple locations. For example, Scott Adams, the creator of the popular Dilbert comic strip, distributes his comic strip via the syndicator United Feature Syndicate, Inc., which makes Dilbert available in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and websites around the world. The “write once publish many” feature of syndication provides three key benefits to authors: 1) time to focus on what they do best (creating compelling content), 2) a wider audience for their content, and 3) additional revenue for their content. For content subscribers (or “publishers”), content syndication allows some or all of a particular publ
Content syndication is a method by which writings find their way around the ether of the Internet. Specifically, one article that a person writes could appear, with the writer’s permission, on many websites. The key word there is permission, which the writer is supposed to give before a website reprints his or her article. In many cases today, because it is so easy to cut and paste electronically, articles appear in syndication without the requisite author permission. A content syndication agreement usually involves some form of compensation to the original author. This can be as little as acknowledging the author’s name. It could include the author’s name and website address. The agreement might even include monetary compensation. A content syndication agreement can be for one article or for many. It can also be an ongoing agreement under which the author or authors agree to provide periodical writings that the website(s) will then publish on a daily or otherwise regular basis. With t
Content syndication is a blanket term used to refer to accessing and publishing web content (text, images, etc.) in one or both of these formats: RSS and Atom. This wiki makes the Recent Changes page available through syndication using both RSS and Atom technology to produce what is known as a ‘feed’. This feed allows you to monitor changes to the wiki by showing the page name which has been changed, who changed it, the date and time it was changed and a summary of the change. A feed simply allows the latest additions and changes to be delivered directly to you.
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