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What is an RSS Feed?

Can someone tell me what an RSS feed is?

  • There is a folder in my email that says RSS feed...what does that mean? What kind of stuff would belong in that folder?

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    A RSS feed 'real simple syndication' I believe...it helps publish update-able websites (i.e. blogs, news sites, etc) in a standardized format. You can then read these RSS feeds through a reader site. Google reader is one. So for example, instead of bookmarking all the blogs that I read, I can subscribe to Gizmodo feed, CNN.com feed, etc etc and then read them all on Google Reader.

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An RSS feed is like a message board or a update thing here is an example, http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/nfl/news basically is a thing that makes little news updates.

RSS (most commonly translated as "Really Simple Syndication" but sometimes "Rich Site Summary") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed" or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URI or by clicking an RSS icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds. RSS formats are specified using XML, a generic specification for the creation of data formats. Although RSS formats have evolved from as early as March 1999, it was between 2005 and 2006 when RSS gained widespread use, and the present orange coloured Feed-icon was decided upon by several major Web browsers.

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a standard format for syndicating content on the Internet. The content can be anything! Users can choose which feeds they wish to subscribe to, if at any point they are unhapy with the content contained in the RSS feed they simply unsubscribe and no longer receive feed updates. RSS feeds are usually signalled by a small orange icon or if you are using Firefox and the website has an RSS feed available an icon will appear in the URL box. You can click the icon to see the contents of the RSS feed. More Information http://www.rss-specifications.com http://www.feedforall.com/newsletter.htm

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