RSS Feeds
Blogs and Rss Feeds ~ Blog Tools and Information
What is an RSS Feed?
RSS is an abriviation for ‘Real Simple Syndication.’ Still non the wiser? Well an RSS feed is a format for a person to have information sent to them about a certain topic that they are interested in and have signed up for. So basically if you are interested in ‘Napa Valley’ and want to have information sent to you about certain events in the ‘Napa Valley’, such as ‘Lodging’ then you can sign up for a feed about that subject. A recent request at Google gave the option of 10 feeds on the subject.
Where do RSS Feeds come from?
Many of the news sites, travel review sites, and personal blogs have the ability to send you a feed when the information is updated. So you could sign up for a feed from Google about Napa Valley and Lodging. Likewise if there is a particular blog that interests you. Rather than visit it each day to read the posts you can sign up for a feed so that the posts are sent to you to read in an RSS feedreader.
OK so What is a FeedReader?
Feed readers take the information sent via the RSS feed and format it so it can easily be read in your browser. Feedreaders are not standard with your browser so you need to sign up for a feedreader. A feedreader is required because if you look at a feed link it is very hard to read -
A great feedreader is Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com. This program allows you to add feeds very easily and to unsubscibe and subscribe to feeds as you are crusing the Internet. Other services are avilable at My Yahoo, MSN and other sites. If you want to sign up for a newsfeed about a particular subject then the Google http://news.google.com/ site will allow you to customise your news and send it to an RSS feed reader http://blog.blizzardinternet.com/?feed=rss2
For more information see Google Feeds.
What is the History Behind RSS feeds?
The original RSS feeds were designed by Netscape as a way to create portals of headlines to mainstream news. But they dropped them and the technology was picked up by UserLand Software. They have become very popular with blogging as a way to easily sort and read multiple blog entries.
How do I get an RSS feed?
A quick and easy to use feedreader is Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com just follow the steps to sign up.
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