What is RSS Feeds
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RSS feeds is the way of delivering web contents or blogs on regular basis to subscribers. RSS is short for rich site summary. In delivering their content to subscribers, online publishers, weblogs and other sites use it. The most convenient way for web users to keep track of the sites they are interested in is the RSS feeds. The reason for this is because the subscriber is automatically fed with the content as soon as there is new one. So if you have many interests, you can simply subscribe using the RSS feed and you will be notified of new announcement, news or anything new about the site. In other words, without having to constantly check your favorite sites for latest news or information, you will be kept updated. Moreover, you will not be required to join the email newsletter of the site so you do not have to worry about your privacy.
This is the newest way of delivering information to the regular web user and a lot of sites offer it. If you are wondering what software you would need to read the feeds, you can have FeedReader, Amphetadesk and News Aggregator. Bloglines, Goolge Reader and other sites are web based feed readers. After you have chosen your feed reader, you now find your favorite sites and add them to the list of your feeds. If you want to know if a site is offering feeds, just look for the small icons with XML, RDF or RSS acronyms.
Similar with other web based technology, the RSS feeds also has different versions. Its versions are categorized into two groups. The first is the RDF or RSS 1 and the second is the RSS 2. The RSS 1 includes the RSS 0.90, which was the original RSS of Netscape. Then there is also the RSS 1.0, which is an open format. And of course, lastly there is the similar open format like its previous version but not endorsed by the RSS Dev Working Group, the RSS 1.1.
The RSS 2 has the RSS 0.91, which is the simple version of the original Netscape RSS. Then there are the versions compatible with 0.91 Winer version and with each other, the RSS 0.92 to 0.94. Lastly, there is the international version, the RSS 2.0.1. Most sites support the two types of versions so you will not have any problem reading your feeds. You should try using RSS feeds if you are among the web users who have different and many interests. You will be surprised at how the feeds can save you time by instead of visiting regularly your favorite sites.
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