Using RSS Feed
The way of delivering web contents or blogs on regular basis to subscribers is called Rss feeds. It is short for rich site summary. It is used by many sites, online publishers and weblogs in delivering their content to their subscribers. RSS feeds is the most convenient way for regular web users to keep track sites they are interested in. This is because every time there is a new content, the subscriber is automatically fed with the content. So if you have many interests, you can simply subscribe using the RSS feed and you will be notified of new announcement, news or anything new about the site. In other words, without having to constantly check your favorite sites for latest news or information, you will be kept updated. Moreover, you will not be required to join the email newsletter of the site so you do not have to worry about your privacy.
The newest way of delivering information to the regular web user is this and a lot of sites are now offering it. If you are wondering what software you would need to read the feeds, you can have FeedReader, Amphetadesk and News Aggregator. Web based feed readers are Bloglines, Google Reader and others. After you have chosen your feed reader, you now find your favorite sites and add them to the list of your feeds. If you want to know if a site is offering feeds, just look for the small icons with XML, RDF or RSS acronyms.
RSS feeds also has different versions like other web based technology. These versions are basically divided into two categories. The first category is the RDF or RSSI while the second category is the RSS 2. The RSS 1 includes the RSS 0.90, which was the original RSS of Netscape. Then there is also the RSS 1.0, which is an open format. And lastly there is the RSS 1.1, which is an open format like the previous version but it was not endorsed by the RSS Dev Working Group.
The RSS 2 has the RSS 0.91, which is the simple version of the original Netscape RSS. Then there are the versions compatible with 0.91 Winer version and with each other, the RSS 0.92 to 0.94. Lastly, there is the international version, the RSS 2.0.1. You will not have any problem reading your feeds since most sites support both the two types of versions. If you are among the web users who have different and many interests you should try using RSS feeds. You will be surprised at how the feeds can save you time by instead of visiting regularly your favorite sites.
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