Tuesday, October 11, 2011
RSS - Feed Your Head
RSS stands for RDF Site Summary, but is more commonly known as Really Simple Syndication. It is a webtool that is changing the way in which people read on the Internet. RSS allows a user to subscribe to receive all new updates to a webpage. Using an RSS feed means that a person does not need to visit their favourite websites in order to see what's new. It's kind of like "following" a website. RSS can be a very effective way to stay on top of blog content that matters to you.
Google Reader is a service offfered with your Google account which can act as your RSS feed organizer (and reader). To access Google Reader, just log into your Google account and click on the Reader feature in the "more" menu. Once you are logged in to Reader, subscribe to a minimum of 3 feeds (from different sections) from this extensive list. Remember that the number of feeds you subscribe to will determine the amount of reading that will be delivered to your reader.
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