HootSuite: Automatically post RSS Feeds to Google+, Twitter and Facebook - Ghacks Technology News
While it is still possible to largely ignore social networking sites as a webmaster, it is already becoming apparent that webmasters without a social marketing strategy will eventually fall behind webmasters who use these new sources of traffic and engagement. What more, it is likely that Google will continue to push its Google+ service, and one of the fallouts from this will be a deeper integration into the company’s ranking algorithm.
Manual updates and posts are ideal when it comes to posting on social networking site, not only for engagement but also to make sure that readers who are subscribed to a site’s RSS feed do not read the same message on social networking sites they follow it on repeatedly.
Sometimes though you simply may not have the time to post manually to the important social networking sites, and that’s when automated posting solutions may come into play.
Hootsuite for the most part if a commercial service that allows webmasters to monitor social networking traffic. One of its features is the option to automate postings on social networking sites such as Google+, Twitter or Facebook, and that’s what this guide is about.
First thing that you need to do is create an account over at Hootsuite and add at least one social networking account to it. The service supports the following sites:
- Google+ (only pages)
- Foursquare
- WordPress
- MySpace
- Mixi
Once you have added at least one social networking account, you see each account listed in its own tab in the Hootsuite web interface. Locate the publisher link on the left sidebar and select RSS Feeds from the available options there.
To add a new RSS Feed simply click on the plus icon in the interface and fill out the configuration form that opens up. You need to select the social networking profile that you want to post on and the feed url that you want to use for the automated posting of messages. A maximum of one post is posted to the selected social networking site which you can change in the options to up to five posts in hourly intervals. Once that is done the service will automatically post to the social networking profile.
The majority of features that the site offers, scheduled posting and statistics, are not available for free users of the service.
You can remove social networking sites from Hootsuite under members in your main dashboard. When you do that, you may still need to revoke access on the social networking site as well (this was for instance the case for Twitter).
Hootsuite is excellent if you are looking for a free service that allows you to post RSS Feeds automatically to popular social networking sites.
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Crude oil victory for city law firm - This is Scunthorpe
A HULL law firm has sailed to the aid of its client in a unusual law case concerning $70 million of crude oil.
The high-profile law case revolved around the Ratna Shradha, a vessel that was chartered to transport oil from Port Sudan to Japan.
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international work: David Hall, left, and Dominic Ward, of the shipping and transport department at Andrew Jackson. Picture: Simon Renilson
The oil had been transported from the Republic of South Sudan (RSS), which, due to its landlocked nature, has to pump its oil to the Red Sea via a pipeline across The Republic of Sudan (ROS).
To earn oil revenues, ROS charges RSS pipeline and service charges, but cannot agree on a transit price.
In this case, RSS refused to pay the charges, claiming they were too high. As a result, ROS seized the oil in the pipeline and at the port.
However, some of that oil was loaded on board a vessel belonging to Andrew Jackson's client, which was chartered to carry the oil to Japan.
On January 25, the vessel owners received a letter in their Calcutta office from the RSS Minister of Justice, which alleged the cargo was the property of RSS.
It stated the cargo had been "misappropriated by ROS", the allegation being that by accepting the cargo on board the vessel, the owners had knowingly received stolen property.
Dominic Ward, head of the shipping and transport department at Andrew Jackson, said: "The ship owners were carrying a cargo of crude oil when they were faced with a claim from the Republic of South Sudan for the value of the oil – $70 million – alleging the Republic of Sudan had stolen the cargo.
"The action we took resulted in the cargo being discharged, pursuant to a court order that protects the ship owner against the claim and frees the vessel to continue with her trading pattern, which, for tankers such as this, can mean earnings of tens of thousands of dollars per day."
After receiving the letter, which required the owners to hold the cargo for the benefit of RSS and deliver it to buyers, an application was made to the High Court for an order that, pending determination as to whether ROS or RSS own the oil, the ship-owners were entitled to refuse the charterers discharge orders.
The charterers made a cross-application that the oil be discharged in Japan but that the proceeds of sale be paid to the court until ownership issues were resolved.
The court ordered that the ship owners should discharge the cargo but by doing so they were not guilty of any wrongdoing, provided the price was paid to the court.
The cargo has now been discharged and the Japanese buyer paid the price to the High Court.
Two other vessels that loaded oil at Port Sudan at the same time remain anchored in Sudan and Singapore, still with their original cargo on board.
The news comes just weeks after the Mail reported another high-profile shipping case in which Andrew Jackson secured victory.
That case that involved a vessel named Crudesky being held for 44 days in an African port.
Mr Ward said: "Following the recent case of Crudesky, the case involving Ratna Shradha further demonstrates the quality of international work that we are able to bring to Hull."
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