What is RSS?

RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” It’s a web technology that allows you to gather many articles (pictures, videos, podcasts, written, etc.) from frequently updated sites. It makes it very convenient for you to see what’s new on many sites all at once, without having to visit each of those sites individually. Hence, its greatest strength is when you have many websites you want to keep track of.

Modern browsers such as Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, and Apple Safari 3 all have support for RSS feeds built in. All you have to do is click on the RSS icon in the address bar to subscribe to the feed.

If you find yourself subscribing to a lot of feeds, you may want to use a more robust RSS feed manager to help you organize them and also quickly skim through them. NetNewsWire is a popular free RSS reader for the Mac, and FeedDemon is a popular free RSS reader for Windows. You can also use Google Reader or Bloglines as an online alternative.

If you use an online homepage such as iGoogle, or NetVibes, you will find that you can add the feed into your page so that you’ll always see the latest news from us.