Industry specific news service feed

March 23, 2008 5:12 AM

I need to create a company website. Are there custom news bulletin that can be updated automatically so only industry relevant info are displayed?

I am total newbie on web building. I noticed some other company websites have industry specific news bulletins shown on there homepages. Where do i need to go for such service? how much does it usully cost?

I figured since the company site is not planning on updating homepages too often, that such news serivce may add some freshness to the homepage i am trying to build.

What is RSS feed? is that what i am look for?

posted by curiousleo to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

RSS is the first thing that came to my mind, but maybe if you can disclose the industry they are in, we can give you some more specific advice.
posted by B(oYo)BIES at 5:38 AM on March 23, 2008

My web host has a wizard which allows me to choose from many topics fro RSS feeds. After selecting the topics and other variables, such as placement on the page, number of stories to display, colors and fonts, etc, it generates the code for use on the website.

Check the "tools" section of your web-hosting control panel for RSS feeds. Maybe there is something available.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:44 AM on March 23, 2008

Here's a site that seems to do what my host does.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:45 AM on March 23, 2008

Note that automatic feeds have no discretion when it comes to good/bad news
posted by fourstar at 7:08 AM on March 23, 2008