What is RSS?

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Why RSS?

Benefits and Reasons for using RSS

• RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web.
• It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in.
• You save time by not needing to visit each site individually.
• You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter.

The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News.

What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed?

Microsoft Internet Explorer (v7) has a basic RSS reader built in. Simply subscribe to the Hobohome.com RSS feed by clicking on the icon below (if you are using IE, your browser will do the rest.)

In IE 7 - the RSS management is carried out in the window on the left side of the browser (same place as history and favorites). You can of course remove any RSS feed at any time should you no longer wish to receive the feed.

RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators

 

Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.