f the Internet are not aware of the proliferation of the large amount of RSS feeds found scattered over the Internet. This is due in part to the nature of the RSS feed and, until recently, the inability of web browsers to interpret them properly. A couple of common terms used in conjunction with RSS feeds are "subscribe" andRSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. One of its earlier standards also referred to it as Rich Site Summary, either description is now used interchangeably. Syndication can be defined as sharing information or the distribution and extension of data. So, in a nut shell, RSS is a standard that allows us to easily and quickly share frequently updated data to, literally, millions of people over the Internet.

There is another variant of this type of syndication known as the Atom Syndication Format -Atom for short, and is another, very similar type of syndication standard. For the purposes of this article, I will be referring to RSS feeds specifically, but the Atom Style Feed works very similarly and virtually everything that can be done with an RSS feed can also be done with an Atom Feed.

So what is an RSS FEED? An RSS Feed in its basic format is a "table of contents" for the information appearing on your website. It contains a text list (formatted in XML) of the headlines and titles of your posts or articles and will contain either a brief or full summary of your content. The feed will contain direct clickable links to your articles or posts. The RSS feed may also contain media elements such as pictures.

Many users of the Internet are not aware of the proliferation of the large amount of RSS feeds found scattered over the Internet. This is due in part to the nature of the RSS feed and, until recently, the inability of web browsers to interpret them properly. A couple of common terms used in conjunction with RSS feeds are "subscribe" and

that allows us to easily and quickly share frequently updated data to, literally, millions of people over the Internet.

There is another variant of this type of syndication known as the Atom Syndication Format -Atom for short, and is another, very similar type of syndication standard. For the purposes of this article, I will be referring to RSS feeds specifically, but the Atom Style Feed works very similarly and virtually everything that can be done with an RSS feed can also be done with an Atom Feed.

So what is an RSS FEED? An RSS Feed in its basic format is a "table of contents" for the information appearing on your website. It contains a text list (formatted in XML) of the headlines and titles of your posts or articles and will contain either a brief or full summary of your content. The feed will contain direct clickable links to your articles or posts. The RSS feed may also contain media elements such as pictures.

Many users of the Internet are not aware of the proliferation of the large amount of RSS feeds found scattered over the Internet. This is due in part to the nature of the RSS feed and, until recently, the inability of web browsers to interpret them properly. A couple of common terms used in conjunction with RSS feeds are "subscribe" and

of this article, I will be referring to RSS feeds specifically, but the Atom Style Feed works very similarly and virtually everything that can be done with an RSS feed can also be done with an Atom Feed.

So what is an RSS FEED? An RSS Feed in its basic format is a "table of contents" for the information appearing on your website. It contains a text list (formatted in XML) of the headlines and titles of your posts or articles and will contain either a brief or full summary of your content. The feed will contain direct clickable links to your articles or posts. The RSS feed may also contain media elements such as pictures.

Many users of the Internet are not aware of the proliferation of the large amount of RSS feeds found scattered over the Internet. This is due in part to the nature of the RSS feed and, until recently, the inability of web browsers to interpret them properly. A couple of common terms used in conjunction with RSS feeds are "subscribe" and

ur website. It contains a text list (formatted in XML) of the headlines and titles of your posts or articles and will contain either a brief or full summary of your content. The feed will contain direct clickable links to your articles or posts. The RSS feed may also contain media elements such as pictures.

Many users of the Internet are not aware of the proliferation of the large amount of RSS feeds found scattered over the Internet. This is due in part to the nature of the RSS feed and, until recently, the inability of web browsers to interpret them properly. A couple of common terms used in conjunction with RSS feeds are "subscribe" and

f the Internet are not aware of the proliferation of the large amount of RSS feeds found scattered over the Internet. This is due in part to the nature of the RSS feed and, until recently, the inability of web browsers to interpret them properly. A couple of common terms used in conjunction with RSS feeds are "subscribe" and "subscriptions". When you "subscribe" to an RSS feed you are making a connection to the RSS feed that will allow you to be notified of newly created postings almost as soon as they are published. This is one of the reasons for the success and universal adoption of the RSS Feed phenomena, quick dispersion of information.

Almost every new version of the various web browsers available today offer some way to subscribe to an RSS feed. When you go to a page that contains a RSS feed and if your browser is able to interpret the RSS feed correctly, you will see a very nicely formatted window with clickable links. If it is not able to correctly interpret the RSS Feed, you will see a mass of squashed together text usually with the words xml version at the front of it. When you are able to view the XML RSS Feed correctly, you are using what is known as a FEED READER.

As stated earlier in the article, most web browsers have a RSS FEED READER built-in to them now. However, there are other ways to read a RSS Feed that include offline software. Some of the software programs available are also able to perform the function of a RSS AGGREGATOR. This is a really fancy term for an RSS reader that is able to pull in multiple RSS Feeds, from different sources (websites) and present all