What is RSS?
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News and content that you choose. It gets delivered
to you in an organized manner without spam or clutter as the
information
updates.
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Often referred to as Really Simple Syndication
(RSS) distributes and aggregates content such
as news announcements, press releases, product announcements,
and headlines through the use of a standard XML format.
This process provides on-demand information updates directly
to end-users as changes occur to specific web content, without
the user having to search for it.
RSS allows content providers the ability to automatically
send updated web content to end-users who are using RSS readers
to consume content the way they want to.
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What is a Reader?
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A tool that automatically pulls
in the content you subscribe to without you going to look for
it as it changes.
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RSS feeds provide individuals with the ability to subscribe
to, and then be automatically updated on your information
as it becomes posted to the web. Therefore anytime you have
information that you would like your audience to consume
you simply have it posted on the web in the correct RSS/XML
format. More...
There are three ways an end-user receives your RSS
feed:
- Through one of over 50 free RSS feed readers available
for an end-user's computer.
- Web-based services that work inside your browser.
- New browser updates from Microsoft and Mozilla have or
will be incorporating RSS feed reader capabilities directly
into the browser as a standard feature.
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Need a Reader?
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Web-based:
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myYahoo!
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Free Desktop:
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