Beginner Webmasters Now Putting Their Sites On Autopilot…For Free

Now more than ever, it is critical for a webmaster to provide his or her visitors with fresh content every single day. But that's a difficult task. Some webmasters actually hire writers (yikes!), while others pay for expensive content management systems. (Double Yikes!)

But what about the beginner webmasters? They usually treat their sites as a second business or hobby. They don't have the time to create content. They don't have the budget to pay for writers or a content management system. And they don't speak geek fluently enough to fiddle with the RSS readers they'd need to manage a newsfeed.

And even if they did manage to get a newsfeed plugged into their site, it would look like just that: Someone elses work plugged into their site. Worse yet, a single RSS file deals with a single news source. So there is no way to ensure that the file will provide fresh stories every day.

Fresh Content.net, based in Far Hills, New Jersey (http://www.freshcontent.net), addresses the beginning webmaster's issues with a free newsfeed service that was launched in December 2004. The not-so technically gifted can rest easy knowing that if they can copy-and-paste text, they can install one of these feeds in thirty seconds or less. Some services ask webmasters to sign up or (gasp) apply for access. But at Fresh Content.net, webmasters can just grab the code they'll need and run. No one will ever even know that they were on the site.

Webmasters simply drop a single line of code into the page or pages of their choice. And Voila! Every morning they are treated to three new headlines that automatically appear. The webmaster could be on the golf course, at the fishing hole, or even out of the country. It doesn't matter because his or her website is running itself. With over 60 news categories to choose from, Fresh Content.net can normally provide articles to meet the focus of any site.

Unlike a single-source newsfeed that can look stagnant until new stories become available, the Fresh Content.net feeds pool the rss files of various news sources. So they can ensure that there will always be something fresh. The service is able to guarantee quality content by including top news sources like: The New York Times, USA TODAY, BBC News, CNN, About.com, and many more.

And unlike a standard newsfeed, Fresh Content.net feeds are presented in a way that looks like the webmasters have done all the work themselves. So even the hokiest-looking Junior High project gains instant credibility. The service is completely free of charge. There are no embedded "Powered by" links to blow the webmasters' cover. They do ask that participating webmasters add a crediting link to their site. But it is not mandatory.