Embed Any Google News Search Result on Any Website or Blog

Using PORDL.com, you can easily embed any Google News Search result on any website or blog. Create your RSS feed using the following format:

http://news.google.com/news?q=web&output=rss

where the "web" portion of the string is your web search terms.

The output can look like the following example, or any way you desire:

http://pordl.com/transform.aspx?id=528

depending on the XSL template you use.

Site Map XSL : Valid for SiteMap.org Specification XML

I was chasing my tail for a while trying to figure out why my XSL stylesheets were not working with every XML sitemap I tried. The problem was, every XML sitemap I tried was using an invalid XML namespace. They were using a namespace hosted on Google at http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84. This namespace is invalid. Some were referencing http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.9 which is also invalid. The correct working namespace to use is http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap.0.9 .

Here is a really simple version of the XSL required to render the Site Map XML (with valid namespace) as HTML:



I, also, added this XSL as one of the many default XSL choices when setting up feed transforms on PORDL.com.

PORDL Site Search

PORDL.com now uses Google's AJAX API web search as a full site search tool.

PORDL Site Search

Scrolling Feeds are Now Available

Until now, there was only one really reliable way to embed an RSS feed as a scrolling news ticker on a site. That was Googles Ajax Feed Scroller. Google's code could not be customized in any possible configuration. It couldn't handle any RSS/Atom/XML feed. And it was really hard to implement... requiring two large javascript files, an Google API key, a Google Ajax call, and an confusing script to embed on the site.

Now, you also have PORDL's feed scroller. It's everything Google's code doesn't do and more. Here is a sample:
http://pordl.com/scroller_demo.aspx

New Generic RSS XSLT Sheet

I created a new generic XSL stylesheet for RSS feeds. It handles more types of feeds, looks more professional, and is easier to customize. I did a mass-update of about 350 feeds on the site with this new stylesheet.

Twitter XSLT Stylesheet

I uploaded a new generic XSL Stylesheet for Twitter feeds. It looks far better than the previous stylesheet.