RSS and Podcasts What Is FirstGov.gov Doing? RSS, Blog and Podcast Workshop NOAA, February 21, 2006...

RSS and PodcastsWhat Is FirstGov.gov Doing?

RSS, Blog and Podcast WorkshopNOAA, February 21, 2006

Joanne McGovernWeb Content ManagerFirstGov.govjoanne.mcgovern@gsa.gov

RSS What Is FirstGov.gov Doing?

• Created page “What Is RSS?”

• Created Government RSS Library

• Created two feeds from FirstGov.gov

• Share How To’s and Best Practices on webcontent.gov

What Is RSS?

What Is RSS Page

http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library/What_Is_RSS.shtml

RSS Library

RSS Library

http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library.shtml

FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds1. FirstGov.gov Updates

• Same content as sent out via e-mail alerts• Frequency depends on how frequently site updates

2. Popular Government Questions• Uses the content from our FAQs (faq.gov)• Have 2,000 Q & A’s to choose from• Chose 170 of likely interest to RSS user

demographic• Post several a week• Will send by monthly themes (this month: Money)

FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds

FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds

• http://www.firstgov.gov/rss

FirstGov.gov Updates RSS Feed

Popular Government Questions RSS Feed

FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds

• They bring traffic to other government websites. We are pointing to your information.

• FirstGov.gov Updates are usually a link to another site

• FirstGov FAQs contain answers with referrals to other agencies for more detail

Webcontent.gov

Lessons Learned

• It is very inexpensive to add RSS feeds to your site

• The real work is in the content—delivering quality and regular content that is of interest to your audiences

• Consider how you re-use content via various channels

PodcastsWhat Is FirstGov.gov Doing?

• Government Podcast Library• Working with Podcast directories (iTunes,

Yahoo!, Podcast Alley, Podcast.net, Odeo, Podnova, PodSpider) to promote government Podcasts

• Working on creating FirstGov.gov podcasts (audio and video)

• Webcontent.gov—sharing How To’s and Best Practices

Government Podcasts Library

Government Podcast Library

http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/Podcasts.shtml

Webcontent.gov

Add Your RSS Feeds and Podcasts to FirstGov’s Library

• Visit http://www.firstgov.gov• Click “Contact Us”, or• Click “Suggest-a-Link”

• E-mail me directly: joanne.mcgovern@gsa.gov