An RSS feed in its simplest terms is a type of Web feed that allows you to publish regularly changing content, such as blog entries, podcasts or news updates to people who would like to be informed every time your content has been updated. The major benefit from
utilizing a RSS feed is that one can view content from multiple websites through a RSS reader, aggregator or feed reader. There are numerous readers in various platforms that will allow you to view a RSS feed, such as MyYahoo, FeedReader, Bloglines and Google Reader.
Most RSS feeds consist of a line or two of text, which contains a summary of the latest content on that page and provides you a link to view the remaining story, entry, ect. Only sites that syndicate their content will allow you to have an RSS feed. You can browse for these sites on Syndic8.
You can subscribe to a feed from an RSS icon (”
“) on a browser or by directly entering the feed’s URL into the particular reader that you are using. From that point on, everything is automated and you will be automatically kept up to speed with the latest on your favorite websites.
To find out how to create your own RSS feed, syndicate your website’s content or view a RSS resource directory, visit Search Engine Watch.