"What is RSS?"

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) or RDF Site Summary (RSS 1.0 and 0.90). It is an XML-based format designed with the intent to publish updated content from several websites, into one location.

Why should we use RSS?

There are over 29 billion web pages on the World Wide Web as of February 2007. Someone surfing the web could spend hours looking through news websites, friends' blogs, and online stores... just to find the latest and most recently updated content. That is impractical, and inefficient.

How can we avoid that?

By using RSS, you can avoid having to check each individual website. When websites (with RSS Feeds) are updated, the content will show up automatically in your "aggregator" (also known as RSS Reader).

How do we start using RSS?

Modern web browsers today are RSS-compatible. To subscribe to an RSS feed, follow these instructions:

  1. Click on the RSS-feed icon. Most RSS icons are image-links to the XML document.
  2. There should be a Subscribe button within the .XML file. Click on it.

OR: To add the RSS Feed to a third-party RSS Aggregator/Reader, follow these instructions:

  1. Copy the URL/shortcut of the RSS Feed.
  2. Paste the URL into your RSS aggregator/reader.