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dozens of searchable subject indexes for RSS feeds—I discuss just a couple
of them here.
Figure 2.13
2RSS, a searchable
subject index for
RSS feeds.
2RSS
2RSS (2rss.com) goes beyond RSS feeds to ofer RSS tools and other RSS-
related information. It begins with the directory of RSS feeds, divided into
several categories. here are blog and news feeds here, yes, but there are
also business feeds, regional feeds, and lists for feeds that were recently
added, as well as feeds that are recommended. If you want to get a sense of
what RSS feeds look like, try the feed reader (2RSS Reader, at the top of the
page)—you don't have to log in to use it; just choose a feed from the pull-
down menu or enter the URL of a feed.
RSS Network
RSS Network (rss-network.com/) ofers a directory of RSS feeds, but divides
the feeds into several unusual categories, including real estate, shopping,
classiied, and animal. When browsing results, you can view the RSS feed
as a Web page to get a preview of the content, or go straight to the “raw” RSS
feed or to the Web site for the feed content.
For 90 percent of your RSS discovery needs, search engines and feed direc-
tories will do the trick. here are many of them and the biggest ones fre-
quently add new feeds.