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• RSS stand for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary.
• RSS was created by Netscape in 1999 and has become very popular as a way to distribute news and information.
• Syndicated content includes such data as news feeds, events listings, news stories, headlines, project updates, excerpts from discussion forums, and much more.
• RSS is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file format.
• RSS is used to provide items containing short descriptions of web content together with a link to the full version of the content.
• Software known as a news aggregator or news feed reader can automatically check RSS-enabled web pages on behalf of a user (once the user subscribes) and display any updated articles that it finds. RSS saves users from having to repeatedly visit favorite websites to check for new content or be notified of updates via email. These readers usually install onto your browser.  Newer browsers like Netscape 8.0 or Firefox have RSS built into the browser already, however, many of the software programs offer the user more control.  There are also web-based news feed readers which offer subscriptions for their services.
• Websites that offer RSS display an icons such as these: or a similar icon that says: XML.
• To subscribe you simply choose a news feed reader, install it and then click on the RSS or XML icon and the news feed page is sent right to your news feed reader.
  

News Feed Readers

The following list of news feed readers are free:

http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/reader/

http://www.cramon.dk/feedexpress.asp

The following list of news feed readers are available for purchase:

http://www.newsgator.com/

http://www.newzcrawler.com/

http://www.yousoftware.com/

http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/

A more complete list of news feed readers:

http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html


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