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While it may not help James Farmer with what he wants to accomplish, I was somewhat impressed with NewsApp, a no frills tool that creates a customized web-based aggregator. Signing up is easy, and creating a page is even easier. (if an RSS Feed is not included in the long list they have, just add it!!) And its free (well, after 14 days, they place an ad on the page). While it is a bit simplistic (truly no-frills), I'm sure it can be useful for those who just want to read posts from their favorite weblogs without having to download an aggregator. I've created a simple one as a demo for readers to show off. I've placed this in my "mention this at presentations" folder.
The one issue I see already is that the posts from my weblog are a day behind at most. I guess they only scan the feeds a few times per day. Oh well, it's still useful...that is what free will do or ya.
Posted by Steven at May 22, 2003 08:22 AMThe NewsApp keeps track of how often feeds get updated. The more often it gets updated, the more often it gets scanned. Feeds like Slashdot get scanned the most (every 30 minutes). Most feeds are scanned 3 times per day.