23 things you can do with an RSS feed for free

So you got an RSS feed. Now what should you do? Here are 23 things you can do with them (and a brief explanation of why you might do it). I have taken them from an older post on the 3spots blog, but whittled them down to the ones that are free, require no login, and have no expectation of programming experience- so anyone can use them.

Embed RSS feed on your own website using these various formats and varying degrees of customization.
  1. FeedJumbler: This site does many things including provide an RSS javascript generator.
  2. Feed2JS.org. Alternative links: 1, 2, 3
  3. Feedostyle: Scrolling linkroll generator with a lot of options
  4. FeedSweep by howdev.com: Feedroll generator, has several styles and Advanced version with lots of options.
  5. RSS to JavaScript Converter by BlinkBits.
  6. RSS-spider News Wizard
  7. RSS-xpress Lite from UKOLN at the University of Bath: RSS to JavaScript Converter
  8. RSS2GIF: This is like a button, an auto-updating image showing your latest entries.
  9. RSS/RDF/ATOM Converter v4.0
  10. RSS/RDF/ATOM to JavaScript Scroller 1.0
  11. RSS/RDF/ATOM to JavaScript Boxes 1.0
  12. RssTickr
  13. Feedbucket: Online reader (login optional). If you submit a feed, it will generate a javascript code to insert on your website.

    Convert RSS feed into one of many other useful formats.

  14. FeedJumbler: This does many things including converting an RSS or Atom-based feed into RSS, Atom and/or HTML and JavaScript.
  15. rss2pdf.org: RSS/OPML to PDF. [alternative link]
  16. RSS 2 PDF.com: converter. Like the sites above that do the same thing, the PDF format makes it easy to print and read your RSS feed.
  17. GeoNames: rss to GeoRSS converter. See where in the world the items of your feed are happening.

    Mix your different feeds into one simple feed. This is a nice way to categorize your feeds or to put many feeds into one place.

  18. FeedJumbler: Merge/splice several RSS or Atom-based feeds into one combined RSS and/or Atom feed.

    Search an RSS feed for something specific, cutting out the superfluous information you are not interested in.

  19. FeedFinding: Generates a URL from one or several RSS feeds, where you change the [SEARCH TERM]
  20. Feedshifter: Ajax application.

    Read your feed in E-mail/IM rather than in a blog reader or online. You could even send it to your cell phone (but be ware of spam, no matter what they promise.

  21. BlogAlert
  22. rss2pdf.org: In addition to converting an RSS feed into PDF, it can also send it to you by e-mail
  23. Feedcrier: RSS to IM

Don’t have a feed to play with, here’s 10 or more ways to make your own RSS feed for free.

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