RSS Feeds

RSS feeds let you monitor news sources, blogs, and publications in your industry. Velora collects new articles from your subscribed feeds, giving you a stream of potential story ideas.

Where to Find RSS Feeds

Go to RSS Feed in the sidebar. You’ll see three tabs:

• Feed - Recent items from all your subscribed feeds
• Subscriptions - Manage your feed subscriptions
• Dashboard - Overview and statistics

Adding Feeds

Direct RSS URL

If you know the RSS feed URL:

1. Go to RSS Feed → Subscriptions
2. In the Add Feed card, ensure RSS Feed is selected
3. Paste the feed URL (e.g., https://example.com/feed.xml)
4. Click Add

Google News

You can add Google News searches as RSS feeds:

1. Go to news.google.com
2. Search for a topic or site
3. Copy the URL from your browser
4. In Velora, select Google News in the Add Feed card
5. Paste the Google News URL
6. Click Add

Velora automatically converts Google News URLs to RSS format.

Feed Discovery

Don’t know the RSS URL? Use discovery:

1. In the Discover RSS Feeds card, enter a domain (e.g., techcrunch.com)
2. Click Discover
3. Velora finds available feeds on that site
4. Click Subscribe on any feeds you want to add

Managing Subscriptions

Your subscriptions appear in a table showing:

Column	Description
Status	Green check if working, red alert if there’s an error
Feed	Name and URL of the feed
Last Article	When the most recent item was published
7 Days	Number of articles in the past week

Removing a Feed

Click the trash icon next to any feed to unsubscribe. This removes the feed but doesn’t delete any articles already collected.

Feed Errors

If a feed shows a red alert icon, there’s a problem fetching it. Common issues:

• Feed URL has changed
• Site is blocking requests
• Feed format is invalid

Check the error message shown below the feed URL for details.

Viewing Feed Items

The Feed tab shows recent items from all your subscriptions:

• Items are sorted by publication date (newest first)
• Click any item to expand and read the content
• Use the Poll Feeds button to check for new items immediately

Finding the RSS URL

Most sites have RSS feeds, but they’re not always easy to find. Try:

1. Look for an RSS icon - Usually in the footer or header
2. Check common URLs:
   • example.com/feed
   • example.com/rss
   • example.com/feed.xml
   • example.com/rss.xml
3. Use Velora’s discovery - Enter the domain and let Velora find feeds
4. View page source - Search for “rss” or “feed” in the HTML

Scoring

Velora automatically scores each RSS item to identify the best story opportunities. You’ll see two scores displayed for each item:

Uniqueness Score (1-5)

How original or exclusive the story is:

Score	Meaning
1	Widely reported by many outlets
2	Reported by several outlets
3	Limited coverage
4	No English-language coverage, or a new angle
5	Exclusive - only this source has the story

Velora checks for duplicates in your existing feed items and searches the web to see how widely the story has been reported.

Newsworthiness Score (1-5)

How interesting the story is to your audience:

Score	Meaning
1	Not newsworthy
2	Low interest
3	Moderate interest
4	High interest
5	Must publish - breaking news

This score is based on your Audience Profile & Engagement Profile skills, so it reflects what matters to your specific readers.

How Items Become Articles

Velora uses both scores to decide which items are worth writing about:

1. Scoring - Each item receives uniqueness and newsworthiness scores
2. Threshold - Items pass if their combined score (uniqueness × newsworthiness) exceeds a threshold
3. Story extraction - For items that pass, Velora identifies the specific news development
4. Article idea created - The item appears as an article idea in News

You don’t need to manually create articles from RSS items. Velora automatically surfaces the best opportunities based on scoring, and you’ll find them ready to review in the News section.

Tips

Subscribe to Primary Sources

Add feeds from official sources in your industry - company newsrooms, government agencies, industry associations. These provide reliable material for news articles.

Mix General and Niche

Combine broad industry publications with specialised sources to get both mainstream news and unique angles.

Review Regularly

Check the Feed tab daily to catch timely stories. News moves fast, and the best opportunities are fresh content.

Prune Inactive Feeds

If a feed hasn’t published in weeks, consider removing it. Inactive feeds clutter your view without adding value.