RSS (Rich Site Summary) is聽a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an聽RSS Feed聽to whoever wants it.
Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS
RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to聽easily stay informed聽by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You聽save time聽by not needing to visit each site individually. Youensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site’s email newsletter. The number of聽sites offering RSS feeds聽is growing rapidly and includes big names like聽Yahoo News.
What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed? RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators
Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.聽聽聽聽聽
A聽variety of RSS Readers聽are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include聽Amphetadesk(Windows, Linux, Mac),聽FeedReader聽(Windows), and聽NewsGator聽(Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available.聽My Yahoo,聽Bloglines, and聽Google Reader聽are popular web-based feed readers.
Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding聽sites that syndicate content聽and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.
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Nice post - This is also a great explanation of RSS:
RSS in Plain English:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU
-Yan
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