Using RSS Feeds at Squidoo - A Simple Explanation, Part 2

In part 1, we looked at: what is RSS, why would you want to use RSS feeds, and where to get feeds from?

This article completes this simple discussion of RSS by presenting the steps you need to take to insert an RSS feed into your lens. Ready? It's so easy.

How to add RSS feed into your lens?

Step 1. Login to your Squidoo account and Click on 'Edit this lens'.

Step 2. Click on 'Add Modules' then click on 'RSS: Add your own feed'.

Step 3. Optional. If you want to position the new module somewhere other than the bottom of the page, click on 'Preview Lens Layout' and hover over the new module, left click to grab it and then slide it upwards. When it's where you want it, release your mouse.

Step 4. Click Save.

Step 5. Scroll down your lens again. You're in edit mode, so find your new RSS module and click on Edit. Write a title - use keywords to make it relevant. In the URL panel, add this:

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/ynews-search-rss.php?q=seth+godin&go=go

Experiment with the other options. See what each of them does. If you're not sure anytime, use the default settings - that's a good rule of thumb with this sort of thing.

For frequency of updates, I'd suggest several times a day. Either 6 hours or 12 hours.

Step 6. Click Save.

Step 7. If you don't like what you see, or if you just want to try the other options, click on Edit again (as in step 5). Continue until you're a happy lensmaster. Then scroll to the top of the page and click Publish and when it's published click on 'View this page' to see your handiwork.

Now that wasn't hard, was it?

You have produced a lens (a website) that gets automatically updated with fresh content every 6 hours, or whatever frequency setting you chose. Nice work. Come back tomorrow and add something new to your lens.