MediaFed RSS News en-us http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html News from Europe's leading RSS and blog advertising, measurement and optimisation specialists MediaFed Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:21:07 +0000 Feed title and description override facility http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html?u=1 We've found that many of our customers' feeds have feed titles and descriptions that are neither SEO nor RSS directory friendly but they cannot be improved without system changes. Mediafed Metrics now allows you to enter alternate text which will be applied to the feed as it passes through the system :

This is how these changes look in Bloglines' RSS reader :

]]> Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html?u=1 New viral features added to Mediafed Metrics http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html?#1701 We've added a new feature to the system which provides interactivity with your  articles.

This new "Viral Features" facility adds code to your feed articles allowing subscribers to email details to a friend or colleague or add the article to social bookmarking sites such as Digg and del.icio.us. See the example below :

viral example

]]> Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:45:00 +0000 http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html?#1701 Windows Vista and feeds http://blogs.msdn.com/rssteam/default.aspx Windows Vista launched (for businesses) last week.

Windows Vista includes IE7 and the Windows RSS Platform, and is therefore the first Windows operating system to ship with built-in support for RSS (and the first OS of any kind to have RSS support built-in as a native platform component).
]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:30:00 +0000 http://blogs.msdn.com/rssteam/default.aspx Internet Explorer 7 is launched http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html?r=1 Microsoft's first new browser for years is launched today. Why are we excited ? - because it has an in-built RSS reader allowing you to subscribe to feeds with a single click.

]]> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:20:00 +0100 http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html?r=1 IE7 to be launched in October http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/06/IE7-Is-Coming-This-Month_2E002E002E00_Are-you-Ready_3F00_.aspx Microsoft's latest browser will be made available to download in October with automatic updates pushed out to users of earlier versions a few weeks later.

]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:09:00 +0100 http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/06/IE7-Is-Coming-This-Month_2E002E002E00_Are-you-Ready_3F00_.aspx MediaFed launch Day and Webster's Football Rules podcast http://www.mediafed.com/football

Footballs first Podcast for fans, Kevin Day and Mark Webster will host the discussion show that puts itself in the match day crowd and reacts to football's talking points with the same passion and commitment.

Day and Webster will cover a broad range of topics from the Premiership to the Dr Martens League with subjects likely to include ; Club v Country, Bungs to Managers, Directors and Players, Club ownership and Ticket prices and if that wasn't enough there will be gossip, fact and humour added in very liberal doses by guests from the world of sport and comedy.

]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:16:00 +0100 http://www.mediafed.com/football Microsoft tags IE 7 'high priority' update http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6098500.html?tag=nl.e589 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:19:00 +0100 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6098500.html?tag=nl.e589 Lycos syndicate MediaFed's Tour de France podcast diary http://www.lycos.co.uk/sport

Lycos are syndicating the daily Tour de France diary recorded by Eurosport reporter, David Harmon and produced by MediaFed for their European web sites. Lycos were impressed by the quality of the podcast and are using it to augment the coverage of this year's race.

]]> Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:02:00 +0100 http://www.lycos.co.uk/sport MediaFed produce Tour de France podcast with reporter David Harmon http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_tdf.html The Tour de France arguably the longest and most arduous sporting event in the world, this year runs from Saturday July 1st to Sunday July 23th 2006, the Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 kilometres. Mediafed are producing a series of 21 podcasts, which will be broadcast daily featuring the cycling commentator David Harmon.

With Britain's Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins in the form of his life and aiming to capture the Yellow Jersey in the prologue time trial the 93rd Tour de France promises to be as exiting as ever.

Topics covered at the end of each stage will include ;
Interviews with Sean Kelly
Profiles of the top riders and teams
Stage locations and course
Injuries
Review of the stage
Preview of the next stage
Predictions for the next day

]]> Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:22:00 +0100 http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_tdf.html Parker's guide measures with MediaFed http://www.parkers.co.uk

Parker's, the independent UK arbiter of car prices is using MediaFed's solution to measure the success of their RSS feed. The feed contains news articles, road tests and sale guides.

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:40:00 +0100 http://www.parkers.co.uk Telegraph World Cup pubcast produced by MediaFed goes live on Friday http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fportal/exclusions/podcast/podcastportal.xml&_requestid=562028

Produced by MediaFed and hosted by the Telegraph's head of podcasting, Guy Ruddle with comedian Kevin Day, live phone-ins from reporters in Germany and a "spare chair" for celebrity guests, the World Cup pubcast begins from the Red Lion on 9th June. The word is that Clement Freud's got his eye on the chair.

Listen to the trailer here or subscribe via iTunes etc. here

]]> Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:18:00 +0100 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fportal/exclusions/podcast/podcastportal.xml&_requestid=562028 Sky Sports go live with adverts in RSS http://home.skysports.com/articlefp.asp?hlid=299436

Sky Sports has today gone live with advertising in their General Football, Premiership and World Cup news feeds using technology provided by MediaFed. Three ad placements are being included in each feed together with metrics to track feed requests, feeds views and click-throughs.

]]> Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:37:00 +0100 http://home.skysports.com/articlefp.asp?hlid=299436 Auto Trader use MediaFed Publisher to create their Newshub http://news.mediafed.co.uk/feeds/autotrader.xml

The successfull online and print car mart, Auto Trader, is using MediaFed's RSS publishing to tool to create their daily news feed, Newshub. MediaFed are also providing feed metrics to measure the reach of this new marketing channel.

]]> Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:48:00 +0100 http://news.mediafed.co.uk/feeds/autotrader.xml The Daily Mirror to use MediaFed's RSS technology http://www.mirror.co.uk/

Mirror Group Newspapers are to use MediaFed's RSS technology to monetise their feeds through advertising and provide metrics to measure the results. RSS is an important emerging channel for publishers and a sharp increase in demand is expected with the wealth of high-profile sporting events to come in 2006.

]]> Wed, 24 May 2006 16:18:00 +0100 http://www.mirror.co.uk/ MediaFed to produce World Cup podcast for The Telegraph http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html
Kevin Day Red Lion pub SOHO

RSS specialists, MediaFed, are producing a daily World Cup podcast for the duration of the tournament hosted by Guy Ruddle, head of podcasting at the Telegraph, with comedian Kevin Day, live phone-ins from reporters in Germany and a "spare chair" for celebrity guests to drop in and add their comments. The sessions will be recorded at the Red Lion in Soho commencing 9th June.

]]> Mon, 15 May 2006 12:45:00 +0100 http://www.mediafed.com/mediafed_news.html MediaFed launch interstitial adverts for RSS http://www.mediafed.com/rss_reader.html#interstitial Thu, 11 May 2006 10:17:00 +0100 http://www.mediafed.com/rss_reader.html#interstitial Flight Global go live with RSS advertising and metrics http://www.flightglobal.com/RSS/RSSFeeds.aspx?NavigationID=235 www.flightglobal.com, part of the Reed Business Information network, have this week gone live with MediaFed's in-feed advertising and RSS metrics solution for their Helicopter and Air Transport channels.]]> Tue, 09 May 2006 15:59:00 +0100 http://www.flightglobal.com/RSS/RSSFeeds.aspx?NavigationID=235 Microsoft releases feature-complete IE7 beta http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/04/25/215624/Microsoftreleasesfeature-completeIE7beta.htm Microsoft has released a beta 2 version of its Internet Explorer 7 web browser for free download, less than three months after releasing a preview version.

The beta 2 version is feature-complete, with a range of features added since the launch of IE6 in a bid to fend off increasing competition from the open source Firefox...

]]> Tue, 09 May 2006 14:13:00 +0100 http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/04/25/215624/Microsoftreleasesfeature-completeIE7beta.htm mad.co.uk go live with MediaFed solutions http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Other/RSSFeeds/Default.html mad.co.uk, the business and career information specialists have launched a branded RSS reader for their feeds together with in-feed advertising and metrics provided by MediaFed. Click the link in the title for more details.

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