RSS feeds : What is RSS?

RSS is steadily growing in popularity as people are discovering how it can be used to make it easier to deal with daily online tasks. But what is RSS? And how can you use it?

There are several things to tell a person who asks the question 'what is RSS?' First is the definition of the acronym RSS-'Really Simple Syndication'. As this definition illustrates, RSS is a simple way to syndicate content from different sites on the Web and deliver them to one place where you can easily go through them to get to the content that you want and that is relevant to you.

Now that we have answered the question 'What is RSS?' with a definition, what can be done with RSS? If you create an RSS reader you can choose to subscribe to any websites on the web with an RSS feed. Then, each time new content is published on these sites it will automatically be updated in your RSS feed. In other words, you can compile all of the content on the Web that you like, sort through it and read it all in one place.

Now that we have answered the question 'What is RSS?' you can create your own RSS feed to start aggregating all of your Web content.

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