Giganews Releases Embedded Social Bookmarking, RSS, and Atom Support

Released on = October 18, 2006, 3:15 pm

Press Release Author = Giganews, Inc.

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = Giganews has implemented support for embedded social
bookmarking, RSS, and Atom feeds. These measures will allow Giganews customers to
receive news and announcements directly in their preferred newsfeed reader.

Press Release Body = Austin, TX -- October 9, 2006 -- In an effort to improve
customer experience and communication, Giganews, Inc. has unveiled support for
embedded social bookmarking and RSS / Atom feeds for its corporate website.

Atom and RSS feeds, collectively known as web feeds, allow Giganews to distribute
news, announcements, and blog posts directly to end customers. Giganews\' news and
announcements are distributed through the RSS feed found at
http://www.giganews.com/press/recent_news.rss. Giganews\' blog posts are distributed
through the Atom feed found at http://www.giganews.com/blog/feed/atom.xml and the
RSS feed found at http://www.giganews.com/blog/feed/rss.xml.

RSS & Atom feeds are commonly read through software known as an RSS/Atom reader.
Some popular newsgroup clients also support RSS/Atom feeds, so Giganews\' customers
will be able to keep up with Giganews\' news and announcements using the same
software they use to enjoy Giganews\' Usenet newsgroup service.

In addition to web feed support, Giganews has also embedded the ability to \'tag\' and
link interesting content on the Giganews website through popular social bookmarking
sites, such as Digg (http://www.digg.com), Del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us) and
Technorati (http://www.technorati.com). Embedded social bookmarking allows Giganews\'
customers to easily discuss and share their favorite Giganews content with their
peers.

\"Web feeds and social bookmarking are increasingly popular methods of keeping up
with news and interesting content from all around the web. The feeds on our website
are yet another way for us to keep our customers informed of new developments at
Giganews,\" said Jonah Yokubaitis, Giganews CEO.

Updating Giganews\' website with the latest in information sharing and distribution
technologies was a natural step for Giganews in a busy year of service improvements
including multiple binary newsgroup retention upgrades (up to 90 days), text
newsgroup retention reaching over 1100 days, and multi-lingual website support.

Read more about RSS / Atom feeds and Social Bookmarking at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss_feed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_%28standard%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking

For more information on Giganews, please visit http://www.giganews.com/

Giganews is a trademark of Giganews, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this
document are the property of their respective owners

Web Site = http://www.giganews.com

Contact Details = 2700 Via Fortuna
Austin, TX 78746