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by iwnit on June 10th, 2009
"RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish often updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.
RSS content can be read using software called an "RSS reader," "feed reader" or an "aggregator." The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that begins the subscription process. The reader checks the user's subscribed feeds often for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.
The letters "RSS" are used to refer to the following formats:
Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)
RDF Site Summary (RSS 1.0 and RSS 0.90)
Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91)
RSS formats are specified using XML, a generic specification for the creation of data formats."
Source and further information:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Simple_Syndication
Further information:
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/578293
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/666781
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
There are some RSS feeds for Answerbag, you can find some on the left under the category list.
Or look at this page:
http://www.answerbag.com/rss/about
How can I add an RSS feed from another site onto my MySpace page?
by Berksma on October 14th, 2008
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Is their any other website except answerbag?
by ITSMEROD PH on September 6th, 2010
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My website has 6 RSS feeds. Should I list them all in the home page HTML header, or should I have 6 relevant pages with 1 RSS feed in each page header? Please give pros&cons of each of the two options.
by Douglas on October 18th, 2008
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Which one would you go for? me personally - RSS, since i think it's one of the best way to consume a discovered good content "stream".
by Rosenthal on March 13th, 2011
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I'm looking for some kind of web based tool which will notify everybody involved each time a change is made to an online document. Sort of like an RSS feed for an online document such as a spreadsheet. What's the best thing to use?
by Here's Johnny! on August 4th, 2008
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