![]() Here are some examples of the millions of websites that offer RSS feeds to help you automatically collect data, photos, news, etc. Of course, there are many variations on this theme, but the general idea is the same: Here are a few examples of what an RSS feed icon might look like on a website. It’s really quite beautiful once it’s set up. Once you’ve subscribed to one or more RSS feeds, all you need to do is open your RSS program or click on the RSS link that your web browser has set up for you, and all your news sites, websites, photo streams and gossip pages will come straight to your screen. Once your computer recognizes that it’s looking at an RSS page, it’ll do one of two things: 1) if your web browser is capable, it’ll track all updates for all RSS feeds in one simplified page or area, or 2) if you have a free or paid "RSS reader" program installed on your computer, it’ll open that RSS program and add the new RSS feed, which it’ll then track on an hourly, daily or weekly basis – whichever you prefer. How does this work? Using an uncomplicated and almost entirely automatic behind-the-scenes computer language (referred to as RSS or XML), website owners/publishers can program their websites to allow regular folks like you and me to click on a special RSS link that will open up the RSS page on that website. Keeping with the TV analogy, you can also instruct the RSS reader to tell you when your favorite commercial is on or when a favorite topic is being discussed on any channel anywhere. In very basic terms, using RSS is much like having a single button on your TV remote that instantly tells you what’s on each of your favorite channels (including an image of what’s playing) without you having to channel surf. Now it also refers to how websites – now matter how corporate or personal – can easily allow people to track news and website updates without "visitors" having to visit the actual website. This used to apply directly to newspaper articles, television shows, the evening news, etc. Syndication is the act of publishing or broadcasting data or articles simultaneously to a large number of interested parties. Really Simple means just that – really simple, very easy, not complex. Take control of your information and entertainment habits by using a very simple, easily understood and effective way of bringing web searches to you – an automated data collection service called RSS, or Really Simple Syndication. ![]() ![]() And if you’re one of those people who craves information and feels compelled to check those same websites over and over again in case something has been updated… well, you could be wasting a lot of time and energy. If it takes an average of 3-4 minutes to check out each page for updated news, scan headlines and then navigate to the next bookmarked website, a lot of time adds up in daily visits to those sites. Some of us have 10 to 15 websites bookmarked and others have 50, 100, 200 or more. ![]() We all have our favorite websites, news topics and eBay items that we like to check out every day. ![]()
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