My Yahoo Beta RSS Reader
Update: I'm closing comments for this story and deleting some that explain how to break into e-mail accounts. - Mike
My Yahoo is beta testing the ability to add RSS feeds to their customized news page. If you haven't setup a My Yahoo page I highly recommend it -- this is the newspaper of the future. You can add all kinds of content (including the weather, news, comics, stock and more) to build your own personal online newspaper.
This is part of my personal My Yahoo page:
Note the Hacking Netflix feed, highlighed in yellow.
You can add feeds to your My Yahoo pages by clicking on a My Yahoo link on a Web site (like the one on the left side of Hacking Netflix) or by searching for RSS feeds (see image below).
I love the Yahoo people -- they put Hacking Netflix above Netflix. ;-)
To setup your own My Yahoo page visit them online at My Yahoo.
I'd take Bloglines over MyYahoo anyday. It's ad-less, quick-loading, and far more customizable. However, credit must be given to Yahoo for their host of great RSS feeds, not to mention the endless unofficial ones you can make here:
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/001001.html
Posted by: Manda | September 17, 2004 at 09:21 AM
I've been using Yahoo for years now. I've been using their RSS feeds for about six months. I think they're easy enough to use, but some sites block it because they check for updates too often. That makes it appear as if nothing has changed in days.
Posted by: Becky | September 17, 2004 at 01:45 PM
I've had a My Yahoo account for 2.5 years and I'm just now learning about their support for RSS. Am I the last person to know? :-)
- Mike
Posted by: | September 17, 2004 at 05:09 PM
I must be doing something wrong. I added "Netflix New Releases This Week" to my RSS Headlines on Yahoo. But when I click on it all I get is the default home page of Netflix.
Ed
Posted by: Ed | September 20, 2004 at 01:10 PM
I think I'm beginning to understand: You don't click on the title of the thread, the articles (in this case the list of new releases) simply shows up below the title.
But now my problem is that I'm only seeing five new releases, and I'm sure there are many more than that.
Ed
Posted by: Ed | September 20, 2004 at 01:16 PM
Can't get the My Yahoo RSS Reader to work for you (or have sites that are blocked)? Just roll your own, no code required:
http://www.buzzhit.com/2004/09/rss-digest-insert-feeds-on-your-page.html
P.S. Congrats to Hacking Netflix on the directory inclusion! Amazed you're listed ABOVE Netflix!
Posted by: Tony Gentile | September 23, 2004 at 12:29 AM