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Feed Finding Search Feed Examples

So what is a "keyword search feed" really? In the most simple terms we'd define a "keyword search feed" as a feed that responds to a search argument. Still confused? Let's try a few examples.

Business, A 'Business' Feed

For my example I've created a new Feed Finding based "keyword search feed." I've given my new feed the title of Business and I categorized it in the Business category. My business feed is made up of four business focused feeds:

  • http://www.businessweek.com/rss/smallbiz.rss
  • http://rss.topix.net/rss/business/business.xml
  • http://www.sfgate.com/rss/feeds/business.xml
  • http://business.newsforge.com/business.rss

The resulting "keyword search feed" is:

  • http://www.feedfindings.com/keyword_search.php?g=4&search=[SEARCH_TERM]

And finally, here is my Feed Finding based "keyword search feed" in action. To demonstrate the functionallity of my "keyword search feed" I've selected four random business terms which I'll use as my search arguments. My terms are Business, Franchise, Revenue and Strike.

By visiting the links identified above you can see quickly see how the "keyword search feed" content is effected by the passed search arguments.

Travel, A 'Travel' Feed

In our second example I've created a Feed Findings based feed titled Travel, because it has the focus of travel I've categorized in in the Travel category. My Travel feed is made up of the following three feeds:

  • http://img.marketwire.com/rss/mwTravelHospitality.rss
  • http://www.go-discount-travel.com/atom.xml
  • http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032122/device/rss/rss.xml

To demonstrate the parsing abilities of Feed Findings I've included two RSS 2.0 feeds and one Atom feed. The resulting "keyword search feed" is:

  • http://www.feedfindings.com/keyword_search.php?g=8&search=[SEARCH_TERM]

To test my new feed I've selected four travel oriented keywords, Rental, Reservation, Travel and Vacation. Here are my keywords in action:

Boolean Searching

Feed Findings ia recognizes boolean search operators. Using boolean commands you can easily create complex searches. Compare the following two feeds:

In the two examples above, I've used the boolean "and" to search for both terms simultaneously. Pretty nifty eh?

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