Amazon.com Syndicated Content is delivered in RSS format. RSS is a standard format (in XML) for delivering content that changes on a regular basis. Content is delivered in small chunks, generally a synopsis, preview, or headline. Selected categories, subcategories and search results in Amazon.com stores now have RSS feeds associated with them, delivering a headline-view of the top 10 bestsellers in that category or set of search results.

This is very cool, though the feeds a little hard to find at first. Don’t look for the orange XML or RSS buttons – use RSS autodiscovery to find the feed associated with a search. (In other words, the URL will be in a link tag in the header of a search results page.)

And though I don’t really want to stir up trouble, I find it strange that Amazon uses RSS v0.91, and that they link to Netscape (an all but defunct entity) and not a spec hosted by UserLand or Harvard.

Anyway, at least they‘re providing feeds in some format!

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