Simple Update Protocol: Fetch updates from feeds faster

SUP (Simple Update Protocol) is a simple and compact “ping feed” that web services can produce in order to alert the consumers of their feeds when a feed has been updated. This reduces update latency and improves efficiency by eliminating the need for frequent polling.
FriendFeed Blog: Simple Update Protocol: Fetch updates from feeds faster.

Posted on August 29, 2008 at 7:41 pm by Dhananjay Nene · Permalink · Comments Closed
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