The Power of Yahoo Pipes

June 28, 2008 08:20.30 PM

A few years back, Yahoo released Yahoo Pipes as a new tool to create your own RSS feeds. The tool is something I've only used once in the past then let it slip away like many web apps do nowadays. There is a lot of stuff out there to read but it's often hard to find it. Whether you're going to CNN.com, Google News, or you're using your own Feed aggregator, it's always difficult to filter what you really want to read. I either find myself reading through stuff I have no interest in or finding articles on my topic of interest with little supporting content.

On my first experiment last year, I wanted to create a feed for Steelers articles that came from as many news sources as possible. I didn't always want to deal with the annoyance of going through ESPN.com looking for the right articles. I'd rather the articles come to my Google Reader so it takes as little time and effort as possible. The feed I created pulls in feeds from Google News, ESPN, and the Steelers blog site. It checks for duplicates and sorts by any order I want.

It's published here

Here's the picture of how Yahoo Pipes works: