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Just what is RSS? You may have heard the term and probably seen those little orange icons. But what do they mean? What is this RSS stuff used for? Why should I even care?
RSS (also referred to as feeds, RSS feeds, news feeds, and web feeds) is simply a technology that gives you easy access to news, web content, and other information in real-time, delivered directly to you, without having to visit a web site. If you're tired of getting too many emails or trying to keep up with favorite web sites, RSS is for you.
RSS (also referred to as feeds, RSS feeds, news feeds, and web feeds) is simply a technology that gives you easy access to news, web content, and other information in real-time, delivered directly to you, without having to visit a web site. If you're tired of getting too many emails or trying to keep up with favorite web sites, RSS is for you.
How do I use RSS feeds?
RSS is easy to use. All you need is an RSS feed reader (also called an aggregator) and you're ready to start with RSS feeds. Feed readers come in two major categories - web-based and desktop.
Web-based RSS Feed Readers
Web-based feed readers give the advantage of letting you read feeds from any computer from within your web browser. Examples of web-based feed readers include My Yahoo, Bloglines, NewsGator, Google Reader, and My MSN.
- Bloglines
- A pure web based feed reader; very popular.
- NewsGator
- Offers nice synchronization between Outlook and desktop products.
- My Yahoo
- One of the most popular and widely used RSS feed readers.
- Pluck RSS Reader, Bookmark Manager, Blog Reader, News Reader
- Web-based RSS feed reader.
- My MSN
- The personalized MSN portal allows you to add RSS feed as content modules.
- Google Reader
- Google's RSS feed reader.
Desktop RSS Feed Readers
Desktop feed readers tend to offer more advanced features for reading, sorting, and searching through your RSS feed subscriptions. Some are even integrated in Microsoft Outlook and the FireFox web browser.
- FeedDemon
- Powerful desktop based RSS feed reader for Windows.
- AmphetaDesk
- Free, cross platform, open-sourced, feed reader.
- Sage
- Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader extension for Mozilla Firefox.
- NetNewsWire (Mac)
- NetNewsWire is an easy-to-use RSS and Atom feed reader for Mac OS X.
- SharpReader
- SharpReader is a free RSS feed reader for Windows.
How to subscribe to RSS feeds
You can subscribe to an RSS feed with only a few clicks.
- First, find an RSS feed you'd like to add to your feed reader.
- Next, simply copy the feed's web address (URL) from either the text link or the orange RSS button.
- Now, open your feed reader and paste the feed's URL into the reader. This differs slightly for each reader, but is usually accomplished by clicking on a subscribe button, an "add RSS feed by URL" link, or an "add content" link.
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