You must have seen the little blue and orange RSS buttons popping up on websites everywhere but why should you take any notice?
There seem to be several theories as to what RSS stands for so I will go with the most popular, Real Simple Syndication.
OK, enough geek speak, you want to know what it can do for you, right?
I imagine your car radio has several stations programmed in. These will be the stations that best fit your tastes. There may be a few featuring your favorite music and perhaps a traffic report station. Having them programmed into your radio means you can access them with one push of the button instead of searching every time you want to tune in.
RSS can do the same for your web browsing. Rather than opening endless emails or trawling through websites hoping to find a nugget of useful information you can subscribe to RSS feeds from the people that have something interesting to say.
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It can easily be said nowadays that RSS is a technology whose time has come. Five most important trends that drive the demand for RSS include:
A web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. It constitutes one of the basic pillars of blog marketing.