What is RSS?
With billions of web pages in the world , keeping up to date with the information you want can be difficult.
Wouldn't it be better to have the latest content and news delivered to you, rather than clicking from site to site? Now you can, thanks to RSS.
There is some division as to what RSS is an acronym for, but most say "Really Simple Syndication."
Basically, it lets you identify the content you want and have it delivered directly to you.
It removes the hassle from staying current by showing you the very latest information
that you're looking for.
Not all news sites have RSS, but it is growing in popularity and many others,
including The New York Times, USA Today, the BBC and CNN.
How do I start using RSS feeds?
The first thing you need is something called a news reader. Some are embedded
in browsers (Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ is
one); others are downloadable applications. All allow you to display
and
subscribe
to the RSS feeds you want.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content
you want. On this site, tor example, if you would like to always have the latest
stories for your high school, simply visit the front page and click on the orange
button
near the top.
After you subscribe to a feed, your news reader will check every half-hour or
so (this is set by you for the most part) to see if anything on that feed has
changed and update if it has.
You
don't
need
to do anything but look at the headlines at your leisure. Once you see one you
like, click on it and it will take you directly to the story.