What is RSS?

What is RSS?

An ‘RSS' or ‘Really Simple Syndication' feed is a regularly updated summary of web content, along with links to full versions of that content. When you subscribe to a given website's feed, you'll receive a summary of new content from that website.

How can it help me?

RSS feeds are an efficient way to keep track of changing content on a website (and across multiple websites) without constantly checking the site for new material. Feeds are delivered to your desktop or browser by means of a "feed reader" in which new items can be easily scanned for items of interest.

What do I need to use RSS Feeds?

To use RSS feeds, you will need a feed reader. Modern browsers such as Internet Explorer 7 have an inbuilt feedreader.

Additionally many free feed readers are available for download on the Internet. These include stand alone readers that you keep on your desktop, such as FeedReader for Windows; browser features or extensions such as Pluck for Internet Explorer, Sage for Firefox.

A good mobile option is a web-based reader such as Bloglines.

For more options, see Google's list of RSS Feed Readers.

How can I sign up for feeds?

Add this link to your Feed Reader as a new subscription according to your reader's instructions. This will most likely involve the following: