68581 1 3 econsultancy_xml <p>This is something that Daniel at Daily Blog Tips is looking to change. </p> <p>Daniel has launched a campaign to have May 1st designated as <a href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/may-1st-rss-awareness-day-get-involved/">RSS Awareness Day</a> to help promote adoption of the technology (which is actually around 10 years old).</p> <p>Of course most of the large blogs will be covering the event but the key idea is for the mainstream media to catch on and help explain to regular web users how they can improve their experience by using RSS. </p> <p>A lot of them might already use RSS in the form of Google Gadgets and other feeds but by promoting greater understanding of the technology bloggers hope to help more people enjoy the vast number of feeds that are available.<br /><br /> <img alt="RSS" src="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/wp-content/uploads/rssawareness.gif" /></p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>This is something that Daniel at Daily Blog Tips is looking to change. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Daniel has launched a campaign to have May 1st designated as <Link URL="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/may-1st-rss-awareness-day-get-involved/" Window="Self">RSS Awareness Day</Link> to help promote adoption of the technology (which is actually around 10 years old).</Paragraph> <Paragraph>Of course most of the large blogs will be covering the event but the key idea is for the mainstream media to catch on and help explain to regular web users how they can improve their experience by using RSS. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>A lot of them might already use RSS in the form of Google Gadgets and other feeds but by promoting greater understanding of the technology bloggers hope to help more people enjoy the vast number of feeds that are available.<LineBreak /><LineBreak /> <Image AlternateText="RSS" Source="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/wp-content/uploads/rssawareness.gif"></Image></Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2008-04-09T16:13:00+01:00 1 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>The number of people using the web is increasing every day, but the adoption rate of RSS as a technology is still way down at 5%.</strong> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>The number of people using the web is increasing every day, but the adoption rate of RSS as a technology is still way down at 5%.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 2358 <p>For stats relating to RSS, see Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/technology-adoption-statistics">Technology Adoption Statistics Compendium</a></strong>.</p> <p>For stats relating to RSS, see Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/technology-adoption-statistics">Technology Adoption Statistics Compendium</a></strong>.</p> 365415 How can you help promote RSS Awareness Day? false 2008-04-10T08:00:00+01:00 how-can-you-help-promote-rss-awareness-day 2009-04-29T23:14:05+01:00 2009-10-13T09:36:23+01:00 431