RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows users to track updates on websites through RSS feeds which can be read using various web and desktop based RSS readers. RSS feeds let users know when new content is published on sites they follow without having to manually check each site. Users can add feeds to their RSS reader by copying the RSS URL from a website and pasting it into their reader, or some sites offer a one-click button to subscribe. Organizing feeds into folders helps speed up reading large numbers of subscribed feeds.

1. Keeping up to date with
RSS feeds
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2.  How many websites do you visit each day to check
whether there is something new?
 Do you want to track changes on websites
 When did the latest issue of your favourite journal
appear
 Are there new results for a search query?
What’s in it for me?

3. RSS in Plain English

4. Development of RSS

5.  Web based readers
 Google Reader
 Bloglines
 Personalized homepages
 iGoogle
 Netvibes
 PC based readers
 FeedReader3
RSS Readers

10. RSS Feeds: Subscribing
1. Find a feed
2. Find the RSS
3. Copy the URL or link
4. Go to your reader
5. Click on “Add Subscription”
6. Paste in the link
7. Organize the feed in your folders

11. Some pages offer buttons you
can just click on to add a feed
This allows you to skip steps 2-6!

12. Step 1: Find Webpage with feeds

13. Step 2: Find the feeds

14. Step 3 - 6: One click adding

15. Step 3 - 6: Add the URL to your reader

16. Step 7: Organize your feeds
 It is recommendable to
organize your feeds in
folders
 Speeds up reading

17. Feeds galore

22. Things you can do with RSS
 Spy on tags in Social Bookmarking sites
 Delicious, Connotea, 2Collab
 Broadcast yourself
 Twitter, Facebook, Hyves
 Vanity searches
 Remix, mash-up, filter, translate
 Yahoo-pipes
 Get information on your reading habits