Hack for Grabbing YouTube Feeds
One of my main gripes - which in fact doesn’t cease to gobsmack me - is that YouTube fails to offer RSS feeds anywhere on its site. This is simply unbelievable. The cynic in me says this omission is nothing more than an attempt to steer users past every advertisement they can to maximise their ad revenue.
That said, this hack I ran across via Google Operating System is worth trying out:
YouTube Feeds: “YouTube has never offered too many feeds and they were usually difficult to find. The new YouTube API changed that, but the feeds are still inaccessible from the interface. This why I decided to compile a list of the most useful YouTube feeds you may want to add in your favorite feed reader:”
I’ve yet to do so as I’ve only just read about it, but if it works believe you me I’ll be implementing it.
In fact one might say the omission of RSS in YouTube is to the detriment of the company as it would enable even more sharing across the web than already exists. Then again, when someone says online video, you think YouTube almost automatically; so perhaps it isn’t needed.
