You’ve seen the link to an RSS feed like this one before, right?
RSS feeds make it easy to track when your favorite websites are updated without having to go and check each one. Our tool of choice for tracking all the sites we follow is Google Reader. Give Google Reader the link to the RSS feed of the website you wish to follow for new content and Google Reader gives you the new information whenever it’s available. All you have to do is log in to your Google Reader account when you wish to see what’s new.
Here are a couple of resources that will help you understand RSS feeds.
What is RSS? What is a feed?
You’ve seen the link to an
RSS feed like this one before, right?
RSS feeds make it easy to track when your favorite websites are updated without having to go and check each one. Our tool of choice for tracking all the sites we follow is Google Reader. Give Google Reader the link to the RSS feed of the website you wish to follow for new content and Google Reader gives you the new information whenever it’s available. All you have to do is log in to your Google Reader account when you wish to see what’s new.
Here are a couple of resources that will help you understand RSS feeds.
Video: RSS in Plain English
Video courtesy Common Craft