Question Asked: What Is An RSS Feed?
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Oct 17th, 2008 |
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An RSS feed, generally indicated by the image to the right there, is known as a Really Simple Syndication.
What that means is, you can “subscribe” to this RSS feed via an RSS feed reader (built into Outlook 2007, Google, etc.), and automatically get updates from that website, without having to go there.
In many cases, you can avoid the tons of ads that sites put up to make revenue.
Often times, publishers (site owners) opt to not put the entire content of their posts into their RSS feeds, as an enticement to get you to come to visit their site, and potentially click on ads, or at least see them.
I’ve just started subscribing to RSS feeds myself, for sites that I gather facts, news and information from, without having to go searching for sites, or remembering what sites I often visit. Having the RSS feeds right there in my Outlook is beneficial.
For more information on what RSS is, and how to use it, check out whatisrss.com
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