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RSS Industry & Opportunities:
An Overview for the “Beyond Blogs” Conference
Brought to you by
Steve SemelsbergerSr. Director, Business [email protected]
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Pluck Introduction
Launched in 2003
– Consumer Web 2.0 services (RSS Readers, FeedFinder, Shadows, Easyjournal, etc.)
– Empower publishers to embrace and monetize open content models
Suites of products & services for online publishers
– Content syndication, aggregation and generation
– Editorial controls, community management, and site integration
Founded & run by seasoned industry executives
– ex-Spyglass, iChat, Question.com, Motive, Netscape, MTV, Excite, Ask Jeeves
Funded by Austin Ventures and Mayfield Ventures ($10M)
Numerous awards, more than 50 partners, including:
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RSS is Early but Shows Breakout Potential
12% of US Internet users are aware of RSS, 4% have knowingly used.27% of users consume RSS via portal start pages without realizing it.
- Ipsos 10/05
Portals- find & subscribe to RSS feeds
Browsers- built-in RSS reading
Integrated into OS; also part of Office 12
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RSS Aggregator Example (IE Plug-In)
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Convenience is Driving RSS Usage
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Market Overview & Adoption Timing
Bloggers PublishersecommerceMarketers
MainstreamMarketers
SpecialtyMarketers
Digerati InformationJunkies
Tech-savvyYouth
Early TechAdopters
EnterpriseIT
MainstreamOnline
Consumers
EnterpriseUsers
SpecialtyMarkets
TechnologyLaggards
TIME
RSS ADOPTION CURVE
We are here…
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Early Adopter RSS Marketing Sampler
Press Room Product Info
Shop Amex
Rental Queue
Cat Chat
Product Recalls
Tech. CalendariTunes Lists
Product Support
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Expanding Use of RSS-based Delivery
Applications
News syndication
Blog posts
Transactional info
Customer support
Broadcasts
Product information
Press releases
Promotions (deals / coupons)
Account information
Notifications/Alerts
Enterprise data
Content Types
Summaries
Full-text
Enclosures
Podcast/MediaRSS (audio, video)
Structured content (lists)
Secured content
Multi-format (RSS X.X, Atom)
RSS is growing up fast; along with
complexity for content creators
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To Aggregate or Solely be Aggregated?
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Editorial Filtering & Mashing Options
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User Generated Content ContinuumU
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Engagement & Editorial ValueLow High
High
IntegratedBlogging
Community
Comments &
Ratings
User Submissions
(reviews & photos)
User Profiles
(activities on site)
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Comments & Ratings
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User Submissions
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Dynamic User Profiles
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Community Blogging
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Community Publishing Segments
EXPERTISE
TOPIC FOCUS
Professional
Scribe
Journaler/Diarist
Aficionado
Observer
Individual chronicling everyday life
Examples: Students, Parents
Individual chronicling everyday life
Examples: Students, Parents
Interested individual chronicling a hyper-local group or topic
Examples: Booster club mom, volunteer coordinator, local musician, military spouse
Interested individual chronicling a hyper-local group or topic
Examples: Booster club mom, volunteer coordinator, local musician, military spouse
Individual chronicling a broadly-relevant topic, complementary to existing news content
Examples: Entertainment writer, bar/dining scenester, local sports fanatic
Individual chronicling a broadly-relevant topic, complementary to existing news content
Examples: Entertainment writer, bar/dining scenester, local sports fanatic
Authority figure writing on their area of expertise
Examples: Golf pro, elected official, High School Principal
Authority figure writing on their area of expertise
Examples: Golf pro, elected official, High School Principal
Interested individual portending opinion and commentary on a topic of local, national or international relevance
Examples: Political junkies, activists, concerned parent
Interested individual portending opinion and commentary on a topic of local, national or international relevance
Examples: Political junkies, activists, concerned parent
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Content Relevancy Patterns by Segments
CONTENT RELEVANCE
TIME
Publisher
Professionals,Aficionados
Journalers,Observers,
Scribes
Events, controversy, major stories
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Blog Entry Review
Community Management
Search, Review Community
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Case Study
300K registered users, ~1M Uvs/mo.
Community blogging went live in Sept.
– Initially launched around major events - music festival and sports
– Two sites - Statesman.com & Austin360.com
– Four tiers of bloggers: staff, official, featured and community
– One month later: hundreds of bloggers, creating 1000s of new pages, increasing time on site, enhancing editorial
Business case based on:
– Increased registrations
– New ad/sponsorship inventory
– Increased page views
Next: my.statesman.com
– Open news personalization/aggregation service based on RSS
– Launching late Q4/early Q1
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RSS/XML Content Models
User Generated Content Summary
PowerfulCommunity
Management
PowerfulCommunity
Management
IntelligentContent
Integration
IntelligentContent
Integration
Easy-to-UsePublishing
Environment
Easy-to-UsePublishing
Environment
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RSS Powers the “New News” Experience
Online News 2.0Online News 2.0Traditional Online NewsTraditional Online News
Full Editorial Control of Aggregated HeadlinesFull Editorial Control of Aggregated Headlines
Personalized News from Publisher and External
Sources
Personalized News from Publisher and External
Sources
Content from Sister and Partner Properties
Content from Sister and Partner Properties
Traditional Story-Based CMS
Traditional Story-Based CMS
Paper Adapted to WebPaper Adapted to Web
“Islands” of Content“Islands” of Content
Community and User Content
Community and User Content
Limited Reader Participation
Limited Reader Participation
Citizen JournalismCitizen JournalismBlogs in a Separate World
Blogs in a Separate World
Select/Render External SourcesSelect/Render External Sources
Select/Render Internal SourcesSelect/Render Internal Sources
News PersonalizationNews Personalization
Internal SyndicationInternal Syndication
External SyndicationExternal Syndication
Source DiscoverySource Discovery
Integrated BloggingIntegrated Blogging
Feedback and ContributionsFeedback and Contributions
Integrated Blog StreamsIntegrated Blog Streams
Niche/Specialty ContentNiche/Specialty Content
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