What is RSS feed in blogging?

RSS is a technology that is being used by millions of web users around the world to keep track of their favorite websites. Short for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, RSS revolutionized the way that users interact with content online.

In the old days, web keeps track all the updates of websites that you had bookmarked in your browser and manually return to them on a regular basis to see what had been added.

Instead of checking back every day to any particular site to see if it's been updated, RSS solve this problem for people. It flips things around a little, which give users the ability to simply subscribe to the RSS feed, much like you would subscribe to a newspaper, and then read the updates from the site, delivered via RSS feeds, in what's called a "feed reader."

It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from your favorite sites. It saves time by not needing to visit each site individually. RSS feeds are simple text files that, once submitted to feed directories, will allow subscribers to see content within a very short time after it's updated.

Feed readers work a little like email. As you subscribe to feeds you’ll see that unread entries from the sites you're tracking will be marked as bold. As you click on them you'll see the latest update and can read it right there in the feed reader. You are given the option to click through to the actual site or move onto the next unread item – marking the last one as read.

The first version of RSS, RDF Site Summary was created by Dan Libby and Ramanathan V. Guha at Netscape. It was released in March 1999 for use on the My.Netscape.Com portal. This version became known as RSS 0.9. The basic idea of restructuring information about websites goes back to as early as 1995, when Ramanathan V. Guha and others in Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group developed the Meta Content Framework.

The primary objective of all RSS modules is to extend the basic XML schema established for more robust syndication of content. This inherently allows for more diverse, yet standardized, transactions without modifying the core RSS specification.

RSS feeds also benefit users who want to receive timely updates from favourite websites or to aggregate data from many sites.

There are a variety of feed readers available to you for free on the Web that falls into five distinct categories, depending on how you want to read your feeds.

Here they are:

• Desktop Feed Readers
• Web-based Feed Readers
• Browser Built-In Feed Readers
• Email-Based Feed Readers
• Mobile Feed Readers

Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that have RSS content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.

RSS gained wider use because of early feed reader support. Podcasts are distributed using RSS. To listen to a podcast, a user adds the RSS feed to their podcast client, and the client can then list available episodes and download or stream them for listening or viewing. Some BitTorrent clients support RSS.

RSS feeds provide links to .torrent files allow users to subscribe and automatically download content as soon as it is published. Some services also deliver RSS to an email inbox, sending updates from user's personal selection and schedules.

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