What is RSS and why should I care?
Basically, RSS is a standard way of formatting web site information so it can be easily shared with other sites or programs. How does this affect you? There are two major uses for RSS right now: 1. Syndication – web sites can easily syndicate (display) content from other sites. If Site A sets up an RSS feed, Site B can easily show the headlines from Site A right there on Site B. This is becoming increasingly common as more and more sites include “Latest Headlines” from various news site. 2. News readers. Also known as feed readers or RSS aggregators, these applications make it easy for people to read news from several different web sites all at once. All you have to do is enter the addresses of the various news feeds that you want, and your reader will harvest that news for you, all in a central program. It can also check for updates for you on a regular basis. This is useful for anyone who wants to keep up on news from various sources.
