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Aggregators Categories [edit]

Online version

The online version of this type of software is a website service selling or providing aggregation services for free; these sites are normally provided by ISPs and internet portals. The RSS feeds allow users to check recently changed versions in comparison to previous updates. This allows only 'fresh data' to be viewed, reducing bandwidth demands on the provider's hardware and users. Because the aggregator is online, it can be accessed anywhere by any user who is connected to the internet. More advanced ways of integrating feeds are provided by Ajax desktops, which allow users to aggregate OPML files, email services and documents in Writely as well as feeds in a single interface. [edit]

Computer version

The desktop version of this type of software is designed to satisfy the task of controlling subscriptions and supervising the RSS feeds that the user has selected. The GUI of this type of software is normally a three-panel composition-like communication software like for instance an e-mail client, but browser versions are available -- normally run on a LAN. Publication is made through web-servers so that global access is possible. Additional facilities may be integrated into aggregators such as audio players, blog editors, internet browsers and e-mail clients. [edit]

OEM/Meta news feeds

These feeds provide aggregation services to news portals and search engines, not necessarily direct to end users. Usually, to integrate feeds to a HTML page a combination of JavaScript/XML/AJAX technology is used.