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This page is part of a classified guide to news feed readers, including Web based feed readers. Each profile contains summary details of the feed reader, features, Web links and news feeds.

NewsIsFree profile

A Web based feed aggregator with classified directory and dynamically generated feed listings. Also serves as a custom home page.

Registration required, free at time of writing.

NewsIsFree feature summary
Home page: http://www.newsisfree.com/
Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/nif/SiteNews
Vendor: NewsKnowledge GmbH
OPML import: No, cannot load feed lists from other programs.
OPML export: No, cannot save feed lists for other programs.
Auto-discovery: No, cannot find feeds on Web pages.
Web feed search: Yes, can search for feeds on the Web.
Local feed search: No, cannot search feeds on your computer.
News filters: No, cannot collect news items on chosen topics.
Watch lists: Yes, can highlight items that match key words.
Synchronization: No, cannot manage subscriptions from multiple computers.
Podcasts: No, cannot play audio and video feeds.

NewsIsFree identifiers

The Web Feed Generator provides customers with server logs to check demand for their news feeds. Each feed reader has its own code name or identifier that is reported in the server logs and shows which program was used to check a feed. To help make sense of these feed metrics, NewsIsFree is identified by the following code names.

NIF/1.1  (http://www.newsisfree.com/robot.php  users:1)
  

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