The hierarchical database - Registry - for Windows stores settings and options for configuration on MS Windows operating systems.

The registry contains set-up for components of low-level operating systems and the applications based on that platform. Registry is used by device drivers, the kernels, SAM, user interface, services and all the third party software.

To boost computers performance, the registry also gives a method to use counters.

The Windows Registry was first launched in the market with Windows 3.1 to store important configuration information for COM-based components.

The use of registry was inflated with the launch of Windows 95 and Windows NT so as to organize the surplus of INI files per program, which had been used earlier to amass settings of configuration for Windows programs.

The Windows registry has two essentials: keys and values.

Registry Values refer to the pairs of name/data stored within the keys.

The Windows API functions, querying and manipulating values of registry, get value names in a different way from the key path. They may also use handle which identify the parent key.

However, the terminology is misguiding to some extent, as values are identical to an associative array, where basic terminology would recognize the values name portion as a “key”.

In Windows 3, keys were devoid of containing arbitrary names/data pairs, instead they contained only one unnamed value that needs to be a string.

Theres provision for manually editing registry in MS Windows by carrying out the execution of regedt32.exe and regedit.exe in Windows directories.

This advantage could have serious consequences e.g. a slow Vista if Registry editing is done carelessly. Thus, Microsoft recommends that before editing the Registry, backups should be performed to avoid damages. In fact, many industry experts like editors and authors of leading trade magazines have recommended this.

A direct implementation of the current registry tool was seen in Windows 3.x, known as the “Registration Editor” or “Registration Info Editor”.

It was mainly only an applications database that facilitates editing embedded OLE objects.

But the users need to be cautious as the two editors on the aforementioned platforms differ tremendously.

For the first time, the two programs were merged into one by Windows XP, which adopted the traditional REGEDIT.EXE as interface and added to it the functionality of REGEDT32.EXE.

These editors do not show such differences on Windows XP and newer systems. For instance - REGEDIT.EXE is the more refined and sophisticated editor, while REGEDT32.EXE is only a stub that invokes REGEDIT.EXE.

The Registry Editor permits users to carry out functions that follow:

• Loading, manipulating and unloading registry hive format files (Windows NT-based systems only)
• Setting permissions based on ACLs (Windows NT-based systems only)
• Bookmarking user-selected registry keys as Favorites
• Finding particular strings in key names, value names and value data
• Remotely editing the registry on another networked computer

Registry editing in Linux is also possible by making use of Offline NT Password and Registry Editor for editing files.

When you are promoting a new Web site and building traffic and visibility for it, how much attention do you pay to SEO theory? Search engine optimization is not yet a real science but it does enjoy a growing awareness of the need for scientific clarity in the principles and techniques that search engine optimization specialists employ. Unfortunately, too many people in the field still rely more on their gut instincts than on real science.

There are three hallmarks of truly exceptional search engine optimization. First is the depth of work that is employed. If the optimizer only pays lip service to the fundamental principles of SEO theory then their knowledge is probably not very great.

Second, search engine optimization needs to be flexible. That is, an advanced search engine optimization specialist knows when to change tactics and strategies. People who pursue only a single approach to search engine optimization lack flexibility as well as depth of knowledge. When you are ready to move outside the standard practices your SEO theory becomes very powerful mojo.

Third, search engine optimization needs to be sustainable. If all you can do is build links, or if you’re depending on link attraction (aka link baiting) then you will eventually hit a wall. You come to a point where you cannot get any more links. And that is when your house of cards begins to fall apart. Search engine optimization has to grow in as many directions as possible because there will always be limits to how much you can achieve with any one technique.

This is the neat thing about truly advanced search engine optimization. The field is not overcrowded because most people in the industry settle for less vibrant and less effective techniques and methodologies. Once they find a single way to optimize for search, they tend to stop growing. That’s a mistake.

Using RSS to Make Money Online

Summary: RSS is a fairly new occurance in the online world. Many have jumped on the bandwagon, but many still are not sure what it is or how to use it. For marketers, it is essentially a new way to reach a targeted market that is already pre-qualified and more than likely, ready to buy. The correct use of this technology can be a great enhancement to any marketing strategy. Used in conjunction with other marketing efforts, RSS can greatly enhance those marketing efforts.

Article: Most of you have seen those little buttons on websites labeled RSS or XML. If you are wondering what they are, RSS means Really Simple Syndication. Really simple because when you subscribe to a site that has this feature, you keep up-to-date with new information without having to check the site every day. This is really good news because you can use it to get newsfeeds from major news networks, news on new movies, even your favorite musician’s tour dates or CD releases.

This new twist to the Internet is very valuable to you as a Internet marketer too. Imagine replacing email marketing with RSS marketing. People actually subscribe meaning they want your information updates, similar to opt-in newsletters. With newsletters you have to write them and your site content. With RSS, when you update your content, all subscribers are notified by their newsreaders.

Newsreaders are special software that read RSS feeds. To get started, download a free RSS reader.

If you use a Windows PC, go to http://www.rssreader.com

For Mac users, see http://ranchero.com/netnewswire

Once you are set up, here’s all you or your customers have to do…

Right-click (control-click for Mac users) on any RSS button on a site, blog or news source that interests you. Select Copy Shortcut (”Copy Link to Clipboard” for Mac, “Copy Link Location” for Firefox browsers), and paste that URL into your RSS Reader. And that is it, you are subscribed. Once you get started, your favorite parts of the Web come to you. No need to go out and check for updates all the time. If you do not want to download software, subscribe to your favorite feeds through My Yahoo or My MSN.

So how does any of this make you money?

More traffic means more money. By placing RSS on your website or your blog, anyone can subscribe automatically and know when a new product or service is available. This new breed of Internet shopper is not to be ignored. To take advantage of the traffic you have to make your RSS feed available to website visitors and submit your feed information to RSS, blog and XML type directories.

Here’s how you get RSS for your site!

Go to http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss for the best source of RSS and Blog information. There are several file types for RSS and here you learn which is best and why. The easiest and fastest way to learn more about this technology and see it in use is to go to http://rss.sitesell.com where you find all you need to know about RSS, including solid marketing ideas.

There is no need to become a techie, no need to know all the ins and outs of RSS and XML. There is a huge need for you to know enough about this newest technology to use it. Once you do, it becomes easy to see how you make money online with RSS. In the same way newsletters and opt-in email are used for successful marketing, RSS is much easier, faster, and a much less intrusive way to communicate with potential or existing clients and customers.

It’s very critical to provide exactly what people want to make money online. How can there be a better way to do that than to allow people to subscribe to their wants and wishes? Start using RSS and XML technologies to make money online now before it too becomes the jungle email marketing is. To add fuel to your marketing fire, use optimized content for frequent updates to your blogs and web pages and deliver it with RSS.

The Internet changes quite quickly. RSS seems to be made to stick around, at least until something bigger and better comes along. It is easy to setup and monetize. Online entrepreneurs should take advantage of this new technology as soon as possible. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages, so start now to reach a very targeted, eager audience for your opportunities.

Benefits of Writing Articles:

1. Every Webmaster would like to publish fresh content on their websites. Your articles can be published by these content hungry webmasters websites. Your must also add your small bio with your website links in your articles, so that whoever read your article can also come on your website by click on your website link URL.

2. As soon as you publish your articles in some ezine publishing websites many webmasters will publish your articles on their websites. This is the good opportunity to get Backlinks from your articles to your website. This will help you to increase link popularity in Search Engines. If your website having good number of Backlinks then Many Search Engines giving ranking regularly so that your websites web pages can come typed by keywords you had optimized in your various web pages on your website.

3. Convert your Articles in Real Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary (RSS) format so that many RSS Feed publishers also can publish your articles on their website. This way your website can get Backlinks for your website in huge numbers.

RSS content Syndication

RSS Technology is useful for both Publishers and Readers subscribers. RSS is created in XML technologies so that as soon as Publisher do any updations in RSS Readers can see that updations on their end. This is the very fast communication between Publisher and Reader. Many online newspapers using this Innovative technology to attract more and more visitors with latest breaking news. Book Publishers using RSS to provide latest books reviews, books list, discounts, free shipping promotions etc.

Readers can also Add RSS on their website or Many RSS readers software’s, websites available on Internet Where readers can get ability to view Opt-In RSS feeds provided by publishers.

RSS is an alternative for e-mail Marketing.

Many sales companies sending emails to increase sales. RSS is an alternative for e-mail marketing. Publishers can attract many subscribers readers and webmasters to bring Instant traffic on publishers website. Publishers can get the ability to bring buyers in Less time for any sales promotions.

Yogesh Ahire is e-Marketing Consultamt in Mumbai/India and Author of ebook Discovery of eMarketing URL: http://www.superbrand.co.in, http://www.e-Gurukul.com

While syndication has many applications, we will deal specifically with its use for blog content and some technical information will be included at the end of this article.

If you have any interest in blogs or weblogs as a publishing format, then you have undoubtedly come across the term R.S.S.

Under normal conditions, the content of a web page is limited to one domain, and the visitor to it. To allow the use of content on a larger number of sites, syndication is employed.

This is where RSS comes into the equation. A site owner or blogger using his site as a pulpit for any number of topics can make his content available via RSS. Once done, his comments or content will be fed to the news aggregators for syndication/delivery to those interested in such content.

What is RSS?

“RSS” stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. It is a standard for publishing regular updates to web-based content.

It is a simple technology for sharing and distributing content like data, news headlines and other web page content with other webmasters and users.

RSS is like email in that it is used to collect and deliver content you have opted to receive. News aggregators collect the “feeds”(syndicated content) from a blog and publish it. If you have an RSS Reader you can subscribe to the ‘feed’ and receive current up to date content from your favorite content source.

Using this standard, a blog owner/web publisher can provide updates, such as the latest news headlines or weblog postings to those interested in such content.

With RSS, the blog owner could update his/her readers with new content and use RSS as a means of organizing his content into a more accessible form to the benefit of anyone wishing to use it.

Use it, not simply read it!

Uses for RSS:

Get your site listed in search engine and RSS directories.

Use RSS to update your websites with fresh, relevant content - automatically - without writing a single word. You can turn RSS feeds into customized HTML and display the feed on your website.

One of the great benefits of displaying RSS news feeds on your website is that it boosts your position in search engines.

RSS will automatically notify the search engine spiders that you’ve updated your website content.

RSS gives you a new marketing venue to display your ads, messages, and news directly onto your subscriber’s desktop! It will also build your credibility and Brand Name online - with little effort!

With RSS: If your favorite sites have RSS feeds, you can subscribe to those feeds in an RSS News Reader. The reader will automatically check all the sites you’ve subscribed to and show you new updated content when it is added.

Potentially hundreds of other websites can publish your news and articles. This will provide free exposure and free traffic as a consequence.
News Reader Search - Google search of RSS News Readers

CaRP - Show RSS feeds on your website (Freeware)

Grouper - takes news search results, web pages, and more, and turns them into RSS feeds. Once you have the data in RSS format, you can view it with an RSS aggregator like NetNewsWire, or use an RSS parser like CaRP to display it on a webpage.

Jawfish - web service, which converts RSS to _JavaScript

A news aggregator is “software that periodically reads a set of news sources, in one of several XML-based formats, finds the new bits, and displays them in reverse-chronological order on a single page.

RSS is a document format that is XML-based.

RSS feed or news feed is essentially a file in RSS format.

R.S.S. is a programming language and stands for Extensible Markup Language derived from S.G.M.L. or Standard General Markup Language.

A Parser is a computer program

Judy Webb is a marketing strategy analyst with http://myautobot.com You may reprint this article if done in total, including the resource box.

I’m an outgoing person - too outgoing - and share personal information easily. Being friendly is one thing, but I don’t want to be foolish about identity theft. Recently I heard a Crime Prevention Specialist talk about the way thieves steal our identity. What an education!

After his talk I purged my wallet. Since the talk I’ve gotten a lot smarter about protecting myself, especially when I travel. Airports are busy, crowded places and I can be easily distracted. Now I know I should be on constant alert. How can you protect yourself from identity theft?

1. It’s OK to talk to strangers, but don’t give then personal information about yourself.

2. Refrain from talking about financial things (investments, large purchases, home improvements, etc.) in public places.

3. Leave your check book and check register at home.

4. Delete personal information, such as your bank account number, Social Security number, and alarm code, from your laptop computer.

5. NEVER carry your Social Security card or number with you. Memorize the number instead.

6. Bring only two credit cards with you. Leave the rest at home in a secure place.

7. Use the two credit cards equally. Avoid a high total on one card that might attract attention.

8. Always have a credit card 800 emergency number with you in case your card is stolen.

9. Remove everything personal from your wallet, even your library card. Don’t stick receipts in your wallet or leave them in a rental car. Store receipts in a safe.

10. To dispose of documents you no longer need, soak them in warm water until they turn to pulp, and throw the pulp away.

11. Avoid ATM machines. If you must use one, cover the card with your hand so the number can’t be photographed from a distance.

12. Memorize your hotel room number.

13. Don’t put anything personal (letters with return addresses, etc.) in the trash.

14. Always put outgoing mail on a locked box.

These tips don’t guarantee that you won’t be a victim of identity theft, but they make it harder for the thieves to be successful. Check your wallet and coat pockets again before you leave. As the Boy Scout motto says, “Be prepared.”

Copyright 2006 by Harriet Hodgson

http://www.harriethodgson.com

Harriet Hodgson has been a nonfiction writer for 27 years and is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Her 24th book, “Smiling Through Your Tears: Anticipating Grief,” written with Lois Krahn, MD is available from http://www.amazon.com A five-star review is also posted on Amazon. You’ll find another review on The American Hospice Foundation website under the “School Corner” heading.

Okay now roll up your sleeves, close the door, take the phone off the hook and get ready. You are going to begin to create an RSS feed.
To Recap we have on the drawing board:

1. What you want to go into the feed
2. Patience
3. A place to put it up on the net
4. Patience
5. A small smattering of technical knowledge
6. Patience

The very first thing we need to do is understand the makeup of our “rss.xml” file. Well actually the very first thing we need to do is get a template to understand the makeup. We will go from the simple to the more complicated, so don’t get stressed.

First point to remember. The template below does NOT include all possible options and/or variations. We will go from simple to complex. And I do not expect anyone to be able to get all the possible permutations at one shot. What we are simply trying to do is explain the layout so you can get the schema into your head and understand the various possibilities.

Of course if you are really into discovering all the techie jargon and possibilities about XML I suggest to start off at: http://www.feedvalidator.org/docs/rss2.html. This will lead you slowly and surely into the possibilities of RSS template creation and all its permutations.

If you are a “techie” or the inner workings of HTML and XML are not a mystery to you, then the template below will be fairly self-explanatory. However, if you are new to the world of XML and especially RSS then it would be a good idea to take the few minutes to study this template and all the explanations.

One of the points to remember is that if you do a Google or Yahoo search for “RSS templates” or something along that line you will come up with a great many articles. Unfortunately, most of those articles are written on a level that demands you have some expertise in these areas. Below I am going to try and explain in “layman” terms what each entry means.

XML has its own markup language. All the commands like HTML are enclosed in <> as you can see below. Some commands demand that the “command” or “code” be placed between the < opening and the ending > such as the first line in the template:

<br /> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><br />
Other commands demand a beginning and an end marker such as <item> </item>. As in HTML the marker with the / (slash) such as </item> tells XML you are at the end of the entry marked as <item>.

Okay first the Template then we will begin to divide it up.

<br /> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><br /> <?xml-stylesheet type='text/css' ><br /> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<channel>

<description>&#8221; &#8220;</description>

<copyright>&#8221; &#8220;</copyright>

<link>&#8221; &#8220;</link>

<language>&#8221; &#8220;</language>

<lastBuildDate>&#8221; &#8220;</lastBuildDate>

<image>

<width></width><height></height>

<link></link>

<url></url>

</image>

<item>

<description>&#8221; &#8220;</description>

<copyright>&#8221; &#8220;</copyright>

<link>&#8221; &#8220;</link>

<language>&#8221; &#8220;</language>

<lastBuildDate>&#8221; &#8220;</lastBuildDate>

<image>

<width></width><height></height>

<link></link>

<url></url>

</image>

(Remember if you look at the bottom of the file you will find the end Channel marker which is of course

</channel>.

Now the next level as we drill down is the item (items within the channel).

<item>

<title></title>

<link></link>

<dc:creator></dc:creator>

<pubDate></pubDate>

<description></description>

</item>

Again each item will have a title. The item title here may be:

As you can see the file follows a logical template drilling down from:

1. XML lines - “Hello World I am an XML file”
2. Channel - “Hello World. This is my Channel and the overall topic we will be discussing in the Channel.” (and all the info you want to give on it.)
3. Item - “Hello World. I am an item in the above channel. Here is my information, my pictures, my source and where you can find me.”

And remember at the end you will need the closing for both Channel and RSS:

</channel>

</rss>

If you are an author or writer think of it like this:

• XML Lines describe the genre - Say “Hello World This is a book on fantasy”
• Channel Line describes the book - Say “Hello World this is a book whose title is “Randy Pandy’s Perfumery”
• Item Lines describe each chapter. “Hello World this is a chapter “Seduction - The Perfect Unisex Scent”

Don’t get worried yet. I am not going to leave you high and dry. In my next article I will teach you how to fill out each item in the Channel and Item declarations. When we are done with that, you should be able to create a fairly decent XML file and template.

This is a continuation from my articles on RSS

• Part One - “RSS Mania Addiction - An Introduction to RSS and the Terminology”
• Part Two - Outline of How to Create an RSS Feed”

Ted W. Gross owns Virgin Earth, a real estate brokerage firm in Jerusalem, Israel. Virgin Earth represents residential and commercial real estate all over Israel. The web site for Virgin Earth is: http://www.virginisrael.com. Virgin Earth also maintains an RSS Feed on its current properties which can be found on most pages in the web site of Virgin Earth. Virgin Earth also operates an Israel Tourism Portal. Virgin Earth - Israel Tourism & Information Portal on the same site. Ted Gross can be reached at: virginearth@gmail.com Ted Gross is also a published author and maintains a web site for his works. This can be found at: http://www.virginisrael.com/twg/iw.html

Everyone knows what a blog is right? Not! How about RSS? These recently new and increasingly popular web technologies are taking off and becoming good ways for you to communicate with your customers and prospects.

Blog is short for web log and became popular during the 2004 Presidential Election as blog writers all over the world opined and investigated both the president and John Kerry. There are literally hundreds of thousands of blogs out there. Many are just people, or even kids, who want to express their opinion on a particular topic. Some blogs are from reporters who go into more detail about their stories than TV, radio or newspaper allows. You can find blogs on just about any topic. They are basically online diaries.

RSS has evolved to stand for Really Simple Syndication which makes for an easy way to publish your blog or other content to those who want to see it. Content comes to your desktop via a program called an RSS reader. It’s very similar to email and as a matter of fact there is a free program called RSS Popper that is an add-in to Outlook that puts these RSS feeds right into your email client. The difference is that YOU pick which items you want unlike someone just sending you every email they can think of.

Combined, these technologies give you a way to communicate. New product? Describe it in your blog and everyone who picks up the feed knows about it instantly. I recently put together a step by step series of posts on how to construct a basic business plan on my blog at: http://shamrockbusinesscoaching.blogspot.com and post there once per day about topics that may be of interest to the small business owner. You can either go to the blog every day and read the latest post or get an RSS reader and paste in the URL from my feed and get the daily post on your computer. See how this works? It’s becoming more popular every day and I suggest that you download a free RSS reader, find a few blogs that you like and test it out. Then think about how your business can utilize this wonderful technology.

Mike Shannon is the owner of Shamrock Business Coaching, a coaching practice that helps business owners increase profits. You can visit Shamrock Business Coaching on the web at: http://www.ShamrockCoaching.com

1. Introduction.

RSS means Really Simple Syndication.

RSS feed is an XML-based file. To give anyone access to the information contained in the feed, the feed must be placed on a Web-server. An RSS feed can contains various information beginning with your corporate news and ending with the daily menu of your neighbor’s dog.

There are several variations of the RSS format, but we recommend to use RSS 2.0 as it is the most popular and has a lot of features. Any RSS feed contains items, any item must have a title, description and a hyperlink.

2. How to create an RSS channel.

Nowadays, you don’t have to write RSS-code manually as there are many programs that can create RSS feeds in the WYSIWYG mode. To make use of such software, you don’t have to know XML or the RSS specification.

Feed Editor: a tool for creating and publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. http://www.extralabs.net/feed-editor.htm

Feed Mix: RSS feed aggregator, editor and publisher. http://www.extralabs.com/feed-mix.htm

After you have created an RSS feed, you must upload it to a Web-server. The most convenient way is to use FTP. The products specified above already have a built-in FTP-client.

3. Promotion.

Before starting to promote your feed, check that the XML file is free of errors. You can use this free RSS-validator:

http://www.feedvalidator.org

After you have made sure that your RSS feed is correct, link to it from one of the pages of your website. Then, tell all specialized search engines and directories about your RSS channel. Of course, you can do it manually, but it is better to use special services and software:

http://www.feedsubmitter.com http://www.submitrssfeed.com

Needless to say that submitting your RSS feed is very important, as the popularity of your RSS channel mostly depends on visitors coming from search engines. Besides, you can mention a link to your RSS feed on message boards, blogs, bulletin boards etc.

4. Conclusion.

Finally, if you want your RSS feed to become truly popular, then, besides a stream of new users, it needs a constant audience of readers that will take part in the development of the channel and leave comments. So, try to fill your RSS feeds with really useful and interesting (or even more better - unique) information. Don’t make excessive use of advertisements. Make small or medium size messages and don’t attach too heavy enclosures.

Create your channels accordingly to what your users want, don’t forget about regular updates, and you will achieve much success.