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What Is RSS? RSS Explained
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content.
Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate
their content as an RSS Feed 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
easily stay informed by retrieving summaries of the latest content from the sites you are interested in.
You
save time by not needing to visit each site individually.
You
ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter.
The number of
sites offering RSS feeds
is growing rapidly and includes big names like
Yahoo News and
Amazon.com.
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.
A
variety
of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed
readers include
Amphetadesk (Windows,
Linux, Mac),
FeedReader (Windows),
and
NewsGator (Windows - integrates
with Outlook).
Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding
sites
that syndicate content 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.