The system we propose offers substantial benefits for both producers and consumers of RSS data. The chief incentive for content providers is the lower cost associ- ated with publishing micronews: large Web sites with many readers may offer large volumes of timely content to FeedTree clients without fear of saturating their net- work links, and a smaller Web site need not fear sudden popularity when publishing a FeedTree feed. FeedTree also offers publishers an opportunity to provide differen- tiated RSS services, perhaps by publishing simple (low- bandwidth) headlines in a conventional RSS feed, while delivering full HTML stories in FeedTree. End users will receive even better news service with FeedTree than is currently.
