Posted by TJ on Monday July 27, 2009 @ 01:27 PM
[Tags: internet, guide, links]

If you want to be the gossip king/queen in your town their is several ways you can make sure you have the latest on what's happening around your town by using rss feeds:

If you don't currently use an rss reader checkout http://google.com/reader

1. Twitter: Find out about what people are tweeting about around your town. With this feed you may get periodic traffic reports, restaurant reviews, odd events, and more. http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%22Your%20Town.
   
   
2. Trulia: Find out what houses are listed or selling around you:
   
   http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.trulia.com%2Frss2%2Ffor_sale%2FYOUR ZIP CODE_zip%2FYOUR_STREET NAME_keyword%2F
   
   (Replace Zip code and keywords (replace spaces with "_")
   
   
3. Craigslist: Find out what others are selling in your town:
   1. Go to your local craigslist site.
      
   2. Enter your town in search bar ( Under the heading "Search Craigslist").
      
   3. Click the "RSS" logo in the bottom right of the search results for your local rss feed.
   
   
4. Local News:
   Your local newspaper have a better feed available but otherwise use a topix.com feed to get your local news
   http://www.topix.com/rss/city/[your-city]-[state abbreviation]
   
   Replace [your-city] with name of your city (replacing spaces with "-") and [state abbreviation] with your two letter state code (IE: NY).
   
   
5. Weather
   
   Weatherbug.com offers free weather forecast subscriptions so you can get your daily forecast for your town sent to your reader.