Is your business keeping up to date? Are you using RSS feeds? Read this to find out what they can do for
your business.
What Are RSS Feeds?
By: Rob Jones
The Basics
If you are new to the terms RSS or news feeds then you are in the right place,
read on and find out a little more about them and how they may offer you or
your business a new way of communicating.
RSS Feeds or news feeds are growing quickly and have become a major part of the
Internet but many users don't understand what they are. They allow people to
see when their favourite websites have added new content without actually
having to go to that website, this can be done through simple, often free
pieces of software named RSS readers.
The term RSS is short for "Rich Site Summary" but many people now
refer to it as "Really Simple Syndication". It was mainly used by
news groups and sites to quickly share and broadcast their news with people.
This proved to be a huge benefit as not only could they reach a huge audience
quickly, they found that user's integrated feeds into their own website, this has
been shown by the success of the BBC news feeds.
How to start using RSS feeds for your self?
In order for you to receive the latest news on topics of interest to you,
firstly, you need a newsreader to be able to view the RSS feed. There are many
to choose from, some Internet browsers such as Firefox (our favourite at
Blueprint IT) have a built in RSS reader but there are many stand alone pieces
of software which are also free that will enable you to receive the latest
news. We will use Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 as examples because
they are very simple to use.
Once you have chosen your newsreader your ready to pick up news. Simply choose
the websites with your favourite information on and if they have a news feed
then all you have to do is subscribe to it (this is almost invariably free).
You can subscribe to any RSS feeds by clicking on the orange RSS feed button
symbol, this will allow you to receive all the news from that feed.
Alternatively, some websites may not provide you with the RSS feed button but
may provide you with a link, simply copy and paste this link into your news reader
and you will be able to pick up the feed.
The RSS Feed will present you with a page full of news from the website that
you chose. You have the option to subscribe to the RSS Feed, this will act like
a bookmark that will let you visit the page at any time.
Alternatively, if you decided to use a standalone RSS Feed reader, you will
automatically download the latest news through the software each time you open
it.
There are many benefits to RSS Feeds to both business owners, customers and
general internet users, it's just a quick and simple way to share or view news
from your favourite sources with the minimum of effort.
Author Bio
Rob Jones designs and develops custom websites on a daily basis for Blueprint IT (www.BlueprintIT.co.uk).
Rob Jones designs and develops custom websites on a daily basis for Blueprint IT (www.BlueprintIT.co.uk).
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