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How does yahoo! news updates their news every sec? php?
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:15 am
by joseph
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!
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:21 am
by Jenk
AFAIK, they use (probably XML) feeds from various news organisations, for a price. A big price at that.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:01 am
by rameshmrgn
They May use RSS feed
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:39 am
by Jenk
rss is XML..
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:59 am
by Ollie Saunders
AJAX.
JavaScript makes a server request every minute or so and gets XML which it then formats into the page with the DOM.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:54 am
by joseph
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:04 am
by Jenk
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.
Re: How does yahoo! news updates their news every sec? php?
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:06 am
by RobertGonzalez
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.