Thursday, September 07, 2006

What is RSS ?

RSS ("Really Simple Syndication") technology is getting popular due to bloggers. There are already millions of blogs floating around, of course its difficult to keep track of interesting blogs regularly in our busy schedule. This technology helps people to keep track of blogs that interests them most.

RSS is basically an XML file which follow RSS specification standards. Say you publish a new page or article in your blog, this can be added as an item in the RSS file and they are called RSS feeds. These can be read by RSS readers or aggregators at specified intervals. Few email client tools and browsers like Firefox has this capability. There are also tools to generate RSS file. There are many Portals like Yahoo which broadcasts various interesting news that the users can subscribe them.

With RSS feeds coming straight to your My Yahoo!, there's no need to visit multiple sites to get the content you want. The summaries you care about are delivered right to you and updated regularly.

* Timely information on your page when you need it
* Consolidated headlines from the sources you care about
* Display sources in order of importance with the latest news on top
* Avoid the information overload of newsletter subscriptions and bookmarks

RSS FAQ

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