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joseph
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How does yahoo! news updates their news every sec? php?

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Does yahoo! have thousands of web news editors their working everyday to update the news? Or is there a script provided that the authorized news editors can post a news to the website without the webmaster to upload it to the webserver?? Can somebody provide a link or info about how this works? Thanks!
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AFAIK, they use (probably XML) feeds from various news organisations, for a price. A big price at that.
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They May use RSS feed
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rss is XML..
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AJAX.

JavaScript makes a server request every minute or so and gets XML which it then formats into the page with the DOM.
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ole wrote:AJAX.

JavaScript makes a server request every minute or so and gets XML which it then formats into the page with the DOM.
Do you mean Document Object Model http://www.w3.org/DOM/DOMTR ? But does the pre installed "Joomla/mambo" (in our cpanel) has this capability ? I haven't tried Joomla yet, but I think it has sligh difference from what DOM has.
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ole wrote:AJAX.

JavaScript makes a server request every minute or so and gets XML which it then formats into the page with the DOM.
It appears the OP does not mean how does the page update every 'x' minutes, but how does Yahoo! get the news so efficiently.
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Re: How does yahoo! news updates their news every sec? php?

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joseph wrote:Does yahoo! have thousands of web news editors their working everyday to update the news? Or is there a script provided that the authorized news editors can post a news to the website without the webmaster to upload it to the webserver?? Can somebody provide a link or info about how this works? Thanks!
I believe they are partnered with hundreds, if not thousands, of news providers. Their content comes from various sources which they then compile and present to the users. It is updated frequently to keep the content fresh, but their content sources are from all over the place. It is the same with their other content services.
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