Aggregator
Summary
In general Internet terms, a news aggregation website is a website where headlines are collected, usually manually, by the website owner.In computing, a feed aggregator, also known as a feed reader, news reader, rss reader or simply aggregator, is client software or a Web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs in a single location for easy viewing.Examples of this sort of website are the Drudge Report and the Huffington Post. There are also websites like Google News, where aggregation is entirely automatic, using algorithms which carry out contextual analysis and group similar stories together.News aggregation websites started with sites like The Blaze the Drudge Report, NewsNow, breitbart.com and the Huffington Post.
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This Week in Review: The lessons of Google Reader’s death, and the free labor of news sources
Mourning the loss of Google Reader: Google announced that it would be pulling the plug this July on Google Reader, the dominant RSS reader on the web. There are plenty of alternatives, of course, several of whom (like Digg, Feedly, Zite and Flipboard) began actively courting Google Reader users within hours of Google’s announcement.
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Why the death of Google Reader doesn’t bother me that much — social news has won
There’s been a lot of virtual ink spilled this week about Google’s decision to “sunset” its Google Reader RSS service, including a post from my paidContent colleague Laura Owen about how much she relies on her feeds — a sentiment I know Om shares. Unlike a lot of my fellow news junkies, however, I’m not really that concerned about Google’s decision, mostly because I stopped using my RSS feeds several years ago and haven’t looked back.
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Google Reader, RSS reader alternatives
Has your editorial team been depending on Google Reader in order to perform its curation duties and to remain abreast of breaking news? If so, they may be a bit upset by the reported shuttering of the product this summer. Luckily, there are other RSS options out there.
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Google Reader, please don’t go — I need you to do my job
When I learned Wednesday night that Google Reader is shutting down, I literally broke into a sweat. Like many journalists, I’ve come to rely on the 242 RSS subscriptions I manage through Google Reader. It’s the first thing I check every morning — second only to making a cup of coffee — and, along with Twitter and email, one of the top three resources I use to do my job.
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Google Reader to be axed: What are the alternatives?
Journalists quick to suggest alternatives to Google Reader after Google announced it is to axe the feed reader on 1 July.
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On the demise of Google Reader
The news of Google Reader’s demise has been widely greeted with dismay amongst the people who used it. It feels like an unpicking of one of the threads of the web.
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Facebook unveils improvements to Timeline
So last week we had an update to the Facebook newsfeed and today Facebook has announced it is rolling out improvements to the timeline to help people better express what’s important to them.
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Native Ad Clutter; Cross-Platform Guarantees
Here's today's AdExchanger. com news round-up. . . Want it by email? Sign-up here. Native Ad Clutter Riffing on a piece by NY Times writer Nick Bilton about declining engagement rates among his Facebook subscribers, TechCrunch’s Josh Constine wonders at the “skittish gift horse” that is the newsfeed. “The volume of advertising in the feed has increased dramatically [.
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German copyright bill passes parliament
Germany's national parliament approved a controversial bill on Friday that would require news aggregators, such as Google, to pay for the right to use original content published by newspapers on their websites. The bill, which has been closely followed by the rest of the continent, would only affect commercial use.
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Buzzfeed Using ‘Featured Partner’ Links on Fark to Drive Traffic to Its Native Ads
One of the wonderful things about Fark, the weird/funny/stupid news aggregator, has always been its utter simplicity. Fark. com is little more than a running scroll of cleverly worded one- or two-sentence links to stories from around the web. Like the Drudge Report, to which it’s often compared, it has changed little since its inception in 1999.
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