Thread: What is RSS Feed

RSS Feeds are simply a way for people to view updated content without visiting your site. They are especially useful for stuff like blogs, which normally are updated constantly. Most blogging services have RSS feeds automatically implemented in their designs, it's just simply getting an rss reader and inserting the rss feed into it. If your site rarely or never updates it's content, then there is really no reason to implement RSS Feeds.

Please tell me Do they use only blogs and Can we use RSS feed in our sites.

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts in a standardized format.An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed" or "channel") contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with web sites in an automated manner that can be piped into special programs or filtered displays.
The benefit of RSS is the aggregation of content from multiple Web sources in one place. RSS content can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader" or an "aggregator", which can be web-based or desktop-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 the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.

Originally Posted by irean.com

Please tell me Do they use only blogs and Can we use RSS feed in our sites.

You can definantely use feeds in your websites too.

if you are having articles published on your website, and going to published more articles regularly.

it really helps.

Originally Posted by the-ref

RSS Feeds are simply a way for people to view updated content without visiting your site. They are especially useful for stuff like blogs, which normally are updated constantly. Most blogging services have RSS feeds automatically implemented in their designs, it's just simply getting an rss reader and inserting the rss feed into it. If your site rarely or never updates it's content, then there is really no reason to implement RSS Feeds.

thanks for explaining this in a step by step manner , it really help me to understand rss feeds more.and im sure others agree as well.

There are numerous resources available that show you how to make an RSS feed. Actually, once you do it, you'll notice that it is surprisingly easy to do. If you want to create your own RSS feed from scratch, have a look at http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2175271. While I didn't read the entire thing, it looks like they cover everything you need for creating and validating a fully-function RSS feed. Again though, there really is little to no use of implementing an RSS feed on your site if it is not updated with new content on a frequent and regular basis.

Here's the answer in your question...
What is RSS?

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS

RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News.
What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed? RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators

Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReaderNewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.

Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available. (Windows), and
WhatIsRSS.com now has a blog ...

We have always wanted to keep this resource brief and to the point, but we realise there is alot more that can be communicated about using RSS. Our RSS Blog was launched 26 July 2007 to extend and complement the information provided here. If you are interested in learning more about RSS go there now and subscribe! It will be updated over time with information on using RSS and will feature tools to help you use RSS in new and better ways.
RSS Links: More information on RSS

RSS Info Comprehensive Overview and Links
Syndic8 - Directory of RSS Feeds
What is RSS, and Why Should You Care?
XML.com: What is RSS?
Introduction to RSS - WebReference.com
RSS Blog Our very own weblog on RSS
Sites with RSS Feeds More RSS Examples. Sites with RSS feeds linking to WhatIsRSS.com

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is used to Syndicate your update to subscribers in a simple manner.

Its a tool to syndicate your content to your feed subscriber.

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Apexone