
Some of the leading RSS search and aggregation services have begun banding together to <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1821144,00.asp">build a next-generation approach</A> for distributing update notifications to the syndicated feeds that are a core part of most Weblogs and a growing number of news and portal sites. Called FeedMesh, the approach takes the dozens of ping services that exist today a step further by seeking cooperation among aggregators to share updates among themselves.