Freebies user guide Be the first to know: RSS

 

 

What is RSS?     RSS icon

 

    RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, adds a fantastic time saving convenience to the Web by providing automatic notification of updates to a favourite Website. An RSS feed (or Web feed) is typically a summary of new content that has been added and works in much the same way as a news headline does by alerting you to content you may be interested in. What are the benefits? RSS has the following advantages:

     

    •You can be notified of new content on one or multiple sites all without having to actively

    check for it.

     

    •The information presented in an RSS reader is typically much simpler than most websites.

    No navigating, faster, and less mental effort.

     

    •Choose to have media files automatically downloaded.

     

    •It's like getting email each time one of your RSS list updates their content, except no

    email address is required. This means for sites you may not trust, you are less exposed to spam, viruses, phishing, and identity theft.

     

    •If you'd like to stop receiving news, simply remove the feed from your feed reader.

     

     

 

How to use RSS

 

    First you need a feed reader which is a small e-mail type program. We recommend the newly developed Google Reader, or the integrated reader in the new Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. Or you can look for the feed reader that best suits your needs at RSS Compendium.

 

 

 

 

How to add feeds to your feed reader

 

    Look for the RSS button, which will be something like this

     

         RSS icon

        click it

     

    and copy and paste the link in to your feed reader.