This content may include newscasts, blog posts, weather reports, and podcasts.
Here are just a few examples:
What Are RSS Feeds?
An RSS feed consolidates information sources in one place and provides updates when a site adds new content.
With social media, all you see is the favorite stuff that people share.
With an RSS feed, you see everything a website publishes.
To find an RSS feed on a website, look on the sites main or home page.
Some sites display their RSS feed as an orange button that may contain the acronyms RSS or XML.
Not all RSS icons look alike.
RSS icons come in different sizes and colors.
Not all these icons contain the acronyms RSS or XML.
Some sites use a Syndicate This link or another throw in of link to indicate an RSS feed.
Some sites offer lists of RSS feeds.
Here’s how toview the page source in Chromeand get an RSS link.
Open a web online window and go to a web page.
Right-choose the web pageand chooseView page source.
The instances of RSS are highlighted in the page source.
Right-opt for RSS feed URL and selectCopy link address.
What Is an RSS Reader?
Think of an RSS reader like your email inbox.
Use the RSS reader to view the content, or to go to the website.
As you read each piece of new content, the RSS reader marks that content as read.
There are a variety of RSS readers.
A popular RSS reader isFeedly.
It also works with third-party apps.
Getting started with Feedly is easy.
Paste the URL in the FeedlySearchbox and opt for RSS feed from the list of sources.
Enter a descriptive name for the feed.
In the left pane, choose the RSS feed.
pick the content you want to read.
It was used by web publishers to display their website content on My.Netscape.com and other early RSS portals.
A few months later, Netscape simplified the technology and renamed it to Rich Site Summary.
Netscape quit participating in RSS development soon after when AOL took over Netscape and restructured the company.
A new version of RSS was released in 2002, and the technology was renamed to Really Simple Syndication.
