Syndic8 Creates Directory of Over 4500 Syndicated News Sources

This release describes the initial release of Syndic8.com, a directory of thousands of sources of syndicated news (including those from PRWeb). The site represents the collaborative efforts of nearly 500 participants.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Vertex Development
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Syndic8 Creates Directory of Over 4500 Syndicated News Sources

Sammamish, WA -- April 18, 2002 -- Vertex Development proudly introduces Syndic8.com (http://www.syndic8.com), the world's largest directory of syndicated news headlines. Representing the collaborative efforts of nearly 500 participants worldwide, Syndic8 catalogs over 4500 sources of syndicated news headlines in 18 different languages.

"I'm truly impressed by the efforts of our contributors," said Jeff Barr, President of Vertex Development and Chief Developer of Syndic8.com. "We're working hard on making Syndic8 the place to find fresh news and fresh news sources. Since more and more weblogs and content managers are automatically generating RSS feeds, we anticipate that Syndic8 is only going to get bigger and better."

Syndic8 is an excellent resource for news junkies and webmasters alike. The searchable subject index allows visitors to easily find news fitting their topic of interest and to read the most recent headlines from each source. Syndic8 also provides a link to the RSS file, which syndicates the news, so visitors can integrate the news source into syndicated headline readers. Webmasters looking for fresh content can easily add syndicated news headlines to their pages using a variety of tools.

Syndic8 becomes aware of new headline sources through user submissions. Once submitted, Syndic8 monitors the productivity and responsiveness of each source, retaining several weeks of historic information for each source. A team of reviewers verifies the accuracy of the submitted information and the relevance of the site and then approves it for inclusion in the master list.

For those visitors who want to get more involved in the RSS effort or just learn more about headline syndication, Syndic8 offers several reference documents, information on creating RSS feeds, and a large and friendly user community.

About Vertex Development

Founded in 1995, Vertex Development provides consulting and software development services to large and small organizations, with a special focus on web services, syndication, and database-backed web sites.

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