As stated in the last post, Google Desktop is now including the ability to subscribe to what the tool calls “Web clips” – basically, RSS and Atom feeds. What does that mean for you?
Users who are already enjoying the use of this tool from Google now have the ability to track your site’s feeds – whether your feed is part of a blog, content management system, or as standalone updates. I haven’t been able to find any information that would show how many times it has been downloaded since it came out – but at worst the potential to expand your audience through RSS is ever-growing.
One important feature to note is that the Desktop tool, which has a default setting that allows it to start up when your computer start, automatically subscribes the user to sites they visit. See the bold portion below.
Clip ==> “Web Clips: Read RSS and Atom feeds from the web. Click on an item to read the entire clip’s content in the details pane. Feeds are generally updated every 30 minutes. In Options, you can manually add a feed by entering its URL, or select a recent feed to add by clicking the ‘Add Recent Clips’ button. Feeds are automatically added based on the web pages you visit, unless you uncheck the ‘Automatically add commonly viewed clips’ checkbox.”
Tags: Google Desktop :: Google :: RSS
Resources :: Check out more of the Google Desktop Sidebar features. :: If you haven’t implemented RSS because you previously didn’t understand what it would do for your site – there’s no time like the present to learn.
