A large number of our members like to keep up with new private investigation projects on the site either by email or RSS. RSS, or “Really Simple Syndication”, allows you to receive updates as they happen to a web page such as My Yahoo, MSN or Netvibes, to a modern web browser like Firefox, or to a dedicated RSS reader application such as NewsGator. The main advantage of RSS is that the user receives timely updates as new projects appear, without having to add to his / her inbox overload. A good beginner’s primer on RSS can be found on the BBC website at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3223484.stm.
For those who prefer updates by email, Freelance Security currently provides the ability to subscribe to email project updates through a user’s account settings. However we’re currently working on transferring all email subscriptions to a third party system provided by Feedburner, the service which also manages our RSS feeds. This change will allow for easier subscribing to or unsubscribing from the email updates, better formatted emails and easy ability to switch between email and RSS. In fact, we’re already using Feedburner on this news blog, so give it a try by using the links on the right hand side. We’ll let everyone know when we’re ready to convert project emails to the new format, and until then, good luck with the bidding!
