The Application of RSS

RSS (most commonly expanded as Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.

This article illustrates 11 Practical Uses for RSS in Business.

The link is: http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/2006/07/25/practical-uses-for-rss-in-business

These are two examples of companies using the RSS:

http://www.feedforall.com/finance-companies-use-rss.htm

http://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/
Company Name: Clear Digital Media
Company Description: Clear Digital Media publishes consumer-oriented media content on the Internet through a variety of web sites, focusing on topics such as home and family, real estate, genealogy, hobbies, Internet business, and more.
Using RSS:  Clear Digital Media uses FeedFor. All to maintain an RSS feed for one of their flagship websites, Interment.net.  Every time they publish new material, they announce it through the newsfeed. RSS Feeds also help Clear Digital Media increase our revenues by attracting visitors from various newsfeed sites.

There  is another website shows RSS feeds in Web Mercator for Bing Maps .

 http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=158&f=2421&t=299011#933909