NewzAlert.com for all your RSS and XML news feed needs.

Castle Software announces the launch of the NewzAlert.com RSS portal, located at http://www.NewzAlert.com on the web. NewzAlert.com is a portal, with a Google PageRank of 6, that brings together all aspects of RSS and is an evolutionary step in the world of RSS. From RSS feeds organized by category through tools for creating and publishing feeds to tools for viewing RSS feeds, NewzAlert.com offers it all in an easy, professional and stylish interface.

Auckland, New Zealand (PRWEB) July 10, 2004 -- Castle Software announces the launch of the NewzAlert.com RSS portal, located at http://www.NewzAlert.com on the web. NewzAlert.com is a portal, with a Google PageRank of 6, that brings together all aspects of RSS and is an evolutionary step in the world of RSS. From RSS feeds organized by category through tools for creating and publishing feeds to tools for viewing RSS feeds, NewzAlert.com offers it all in an easy, professional and stylish interface.

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and is a maturing XML standard for publishing and distributing information via the Internet. The RSS 2.0 standard defines a lightweight, portable XML format designed for sharing headlines and other web content. For web site owners, RSS is a great way to present structured information such as news, information and product updates. For end users RSS is a simple and convenient, yet very powerful tool for getting content where, when and how they want it. As Bill Gates stated recently in his keynote speech at the Microsoft CEO Summit 2004, about RSS, ... the ultimate idea is that you should get the information you want when you want it ..."

As a portal, NewzAlert.com provides links and resources for many different aspects of RSS. For the beginner, there is information about what RSS is and what you need to be able to view RSS feeds. Links are also provided to multiple RSS news readers, ranging from free tools through to top of the range tools for which a license must be purchased. For web site owners or even for businesses that dont have a web site, there are links to software tools for creating, maintaining and publishing RSS feeds.

Hundreds of RSS feeds are already listed on NewzAlert.com and the number is expected to increase dramatically over a short period of time. Feeds are listed by subcategory within major category, and a comprehensive search facility is also available on every page. For RSS feeds listed on NewzAlert.com, the top 5 topics are shown on the listings detail page, along with other information about the feed, including an overview of the feed, its format and the language it is published in. The information stored for each feed also contains keywords and a long description to make it easy for visitors to find the feeds they are interested in.

Visitors are free to browse NewzAlert.com to their hearts content. Publishers must create an account in order to list their feeds on the portal. Basic accounts are entirely free and no payment of any kind is required. For those people that make money from their presence on the web in particular, promotion of their RSS feed is another way of increasing their online profile. RSS helps businesses bring the latest news and information to their customers. It makes sense therefore that higher awareness by customers of news, discounts, promotions, new versions and so on, leads to an increase in sales, revenues and therefore profits. NewzAlert.com offers four levels of paid, subscription based membership to increase the profile of the members feed listings. Starting at only US $4.00 a month for a Silver subscription, paid membership offers a whole host of benefits for a very small cost. Secure payment processing ensures that users payment details remain confidential and protected.

Over time, articles and contributions from RSS publishers will be published on NewzAlert.com, with the ultimate aim being the widespread acceptance and use of RSS. NewzAlert.com aims to be the most professionally presented and content rich RSS portal on the Internet.

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Castle Software Ltd, based in Auckland, New Zealand, develops productivity applications for the Windows platform, that are designed to save you time, energy and money every day. Developing and marketing our own applications since 1997, Castle Software has a strong web presence with multiple large web sites including www.CastleSoftware.biz, www.aFreeGo.com, www.NewzAlert.com, www.MyListMate.com, www.CastleLotto.com and more.

Basic member ship of NewzAlert.com is entirely free. For promotional purposes, we can give away a limited number of paid memberships for NewzAlert.com to readers of your publication. Please contact Campbell Mander (cmander@CastleSoftware.biz) for more details.

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