What is RSS Feed & How Can It Help Me?

RSS is a great solution for people who regularly browse the web. It allows you to select websites that you would like to receive the latest content from and sends that information to you in one place. Not only will you save hours by not having to visit each site individually, but you also won’t need to join each site’s email newsletter. You will need the proper software to read an RSS feed on your computer. Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allows you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use. Examples of RSS feed readers are Amphetadesk, FeedReader, and NewsGator. Google also offers a very popular web-based RSS feed reader.

Once you have your Feed Reader in place, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and then adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.