What is RSS?
RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’.
It’s hard to keep up with all the blogs and news on the internet so RSS feeds bring it to you in one place instead. When you subscribe to RSS feeds, you get a list of headlines of stories in your reader each day and you don’t need to go checking lots of websites for information. It’s a really quick and easy way of keeping up to date with news and blogs.
You can find out how RSS technically works by searching for it on Google or other search engines. The key thing is to understand why it’s good and how to use it. I’m not technically minded but I was able to easily set up Google Reader.
How to use RSS
The first thing to do is to get an RSS reader. I use Google Reader. You will need to set up a Google account to use their reader. When you subscribe to an RSS feed, it updates your Reader every time the website that you are tracking is updated. When you go to your reader, it looks like a list of emails or headlines and you can simply choose which ones you want to read.
The best way to learn how to use either Google Reader or others is to simply subscribe to some feeds and give it a go. Google has a good help section to get you up and running.
Many blogs and websites have an orange button which is an RSS button. It means that that website has an RSS feeder that you can subscribe to so that you can track updates. Just click on the orange button and follow the instructions.
You can usually tell if a website has an RSS feed by looking in the right hand side of address bar where you type in the site’s URL. If there is an orange RSS button, then you can simply click on it to subscribe to that website and it will be added to your RSS Reader.
For a video that makes this really simple, click on the link below:
Still not convinced? Subscribe via email instead
If RSS still seems too complicated then don’t worry as many sites also enable you to subscribe via email.
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