At the top-right corner of the site pages you’ll see two links marked “Posts” and “Comments”. These are links to RSS feeds for this site, and if you do not have a News Feed Reader set up for your computer, will just give you a page of strangely-formatted text.
What is a ‘RSS Feed’?
“RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish often updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a “feed,” “web feed,” or “channel,” contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that’s easier than checking them manually.
RSS content can be read using software called an “RSS reader,” “feed reader” or an “aggregator.” The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed’s link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that begins the subscription process. The reader checks the user’s subscribed feeds often for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.
The letters “RSS” are used to refer to the following formats:
- Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)
- RDF Site Summary (RSS 1.0 and RSS 0.90)
- Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91)
RSS formats are specified using XML, a generic specification for the creation of data formats.” – Simple Wikipedia
If you want to try out a feed reader, I recommend the one supplied by Google. It’s free and relatively easy to set up and use. Wherever you see a site with the RSS logo, you can click on it to subscribe to the feed.
- RSS Feed Logo
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