Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 available

Microsoft is now pushing out Internet Explorer 7 to all Windows users via a required update. It means that all Windows users suddenly will have RSS aggregator installed on their machines.

When it comes to RSS, Microsoft says:

Tired of looking for the latest news and information on the web? Internet Explorer 7 can deliver the latest updates from your favorite sites to you. Subscribe to RSS feeds through Internet Explorer 7, and get instant access to personalized sports, news, and shopping feeds that keep you up to date on the latest information online.

There is a quick tour and an overview of what features are currently in Microsoft IE7 and its integration with RSS. It highlights some of the benefits of using RSS as the content syndication and consumption tool.

Ping Google Blog Search through FeedBurner

Bloggers can now have FeedBurner ping Google Blog Search for them by enabling the service under PingShot configuration.

Of course, you have to be a user of FeedBurner to use this feature. However, if you run a weblog such as WordPress, you can add Google ping service (http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2) into the Write option.