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   SirDentposted 15 years ago

   For some reason I can't figure out how to get an rss feed for certain keywords from my hubs. I know it is most likely a simple thing I am missing, but would appreciate a little advice please.

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      AEvansposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      You are not alone, I had the same question..:::::::::::::

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   Maddie Ruudposted 15 years ago

   http://hubpages.com/author/USERNAME/TAG/latest?rss
   
   Replace USERNAME with your username, and TAG with your tag.  If there are spaces in your username or in the tag phase, use the + symbol instead.

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      SirDentposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Awesome and fast answer. You are on the ball Maddie!!! 

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   cindyvineposted 15 years ago

   This shows you how dumb I am.  I've been wondering for a while, what the hell is a RSS feed?

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      SirDentposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      http://hubpages.com/author/cindyvine/latest/?rss is the link to your rss feed. It is your latest hubs. You can copy and paste the link into an rss capsule on your hubs and it will link up to 8 of your hubs on that hub.
      
      You can find the link on your profile page and right click it and copy shortcut then just paste into the rss capsule.

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      sunforgedposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe it was answered well enough for you...but the previous answers seemed to focus on telling you how to capture your own rss feed for offsite promotion.
      
      maybe you were wondering how and why to use them on your own hubs?
      
      RSS = real Simple Syndication
      
      Anytime you see that little chiclet with the orange button
      
      
      well that symbolizes a rss feed, people use these in comjunction with feed readers (outlook, igoogle, myyahoo etc) to collect streams of posts from there favorite blogs/sites, so they can read new info without having to go to those pages all teh time.
      
      It also a great tool to promote a page that you develop.
      
      
      For you to use teh rss feeds in your own hubs - you could simply use some words from your title or theme and the term rss in google
      
      google search "pet dishes rss"
      
      look at the results, find a page with relative info and look for that orange button
      
      right click "copy link location"
      
      paste that link into your rss capsule in hubpages
      
      This is supposed to make your page seem updated because the feed will always update on its own (but there is some confusion on my part about whether google can read a XHTML feed?)
      
      either way its a good way to keep some engaging and changing content on your hub
      
      im sure ive seen some better explanations right here on hubpages

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         sunforgedposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         http://www.searchengineguide.com/jennif … ontent.php

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   cindyvineposted 15 years ago

   And where does the rss capsule go, what does it do with it?

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      SirDentposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      You can put it on any of the hubs you want. I generally put mine just above the comment capsule. Some put them below their comment capsule. You can put the rss feed on your blog, any website you own, etc. . .
      
      It gives quick links to your latest hubs. Makes it easy for your readers to go to another hub of yours to read. You can also link other hubbers rss feeds to your hubs if you want.

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         Wrinkle Expertsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         I'm having problems too:) I tried this and it won't work. I put this in one of my rss capsules http://hubpages.com/author/WrinkleExperts/latest/?rss and it said it there was no rss for that. Am I doing it right? Also where on the profile page is the rss?  Please help I really want to do this for my hubs and have been trying to figure out how.

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            Maddie Ruudposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            It's because there's a space in your username.  You need to add a + where the space usually is, as I said above

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               Wrinkle Expertsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               thank you thank you thank you now I understand:)

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   Jerilee Weiposted 15 years ago

   I'm one of the ones who is dumber than dirt on this, I still have no clue on this.  Mine says something about a code error?

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   Wrinkle Expertsposted 15 years ago

   Thank you so much for giving of your time to help us:) You guys are awesome:)

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   Jerilee Weiposted 15 years ago

   I agree you are awesome about helping us but I'm still lost here in senior land of operator problems.  I still get a code error message.  I am clearly most likely doing something wrong.  Can anyone do what I do with teaching my mom on hubs from over a 1000 miles away -- step by step, as in:
   
   Go to xxxxx
   Click on xxxxx
   Go to the box and xxxxx
   
   I can write all day, but some of the most obvious things still escape me.

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      Maddie Ruudposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Sure, Jerilee:
      
      Go to your profile.
      Click on the link "Subscribe to Jerilee Wei's RSS feed" under your profile picture.
      The URL in the navigation bar of your browser is the URL of your RSS feed.  If you want it to be latest hubs instead of hot hubs, simply change "hot" to "latest."
      
      Does that help?
      
      Perhaps if you paste what you THINK is your RSS feed, as Wrinkle Experts did, I can point out what's going wrong.

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   Jerilee Weiposted 15 years ago

   Seems simple but it goes to an immediate this feed contains code errors?

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      SirDentposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      When you paste it into the rss capsule, click preview capsule and let it work until it gets it right. Also, when you copy your rss link, make sure there are no blank spaces copied at the end of the link.

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      Maddie Ruudposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Seems to be working in Firefox, but not in IE, for some reason.  Paul's looking at it.  Hold tight.
      
      EDIT: Okay, Paul thinks it's that there are some funny characters in one of your hub summaries or images, because it's not happening on other people's feeds.  He's going to work on it for you, but it probably won't be fixed today.

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   cindyvineposted 15 years ago

   Okay, so if I want to link my hubs to my blogs, then all I do is cut and paste the url I get when I click on subscribe to rss feed?  I can put this same url on my website and on Twitter?

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      SirDentposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Yes you can, not sure exactly if you need an rss capsule or block on those sites, but it is a great way to link your latest articles.

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    Jerilee Weiposted 15 years ago

    Thanks Maddie!  You all are so helpful it's one of the many reasons I love hubpages.

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    Research Analystposted 15 years ago

    Thanks for the suggestions, I have been using the link capsule and a lot of copy and paste, boy was I doing it the hard way!

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    Jerilee Weiposted 15 years ago

    Hate to sound like a broken record but still getting
    
    This does not appear to be a valid RSS feed.
    
    No hurry but do get people emailing me to ask why they can't subscribe.

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       Maddie Ruudposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Jerilee:
       
       Should be fixed now!

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    Jerilee Weiposted 15 years ago

    Thanks ever so much!  Working now!  Yay! Hubpages Team

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