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Connecting the online world with the internet is without doubt one of the modern miracles of technology.RSS Feeds
Even if you do not know what RSS feeds means, everyone is sure to have availed of this technology while using the internet or seen the three letters on websites. RSS means Rich Site Summary. It is a great technology which allows the readers to go through large volumes of information within a short time. This makes the task of finding out information of interest much easier.
There are several advantages of using the RSS feeds. The webmasters can use the RSS feeds to build a list of faithful subscribers to their websites. There is no need to use emails for updating the visitors about the changes in the sites neither the visitors need to do any kind of registration for getting emails. They can simply get informed about the latest information through the RSS feeds. By doing away with emails, the chances of email spam are also done away with.
In the present day everyone is hard pressed for time and lack of time is a major issue. The RSS feeds help to save a lot of time because the readers do not have to surf the net to find information and can easily locate them. They can simply read the small summaries and decide whether they find it relevant or not. The RSS feeds also help to classify information in an easy navigable manner. Also if you find it disturbing, they can be easily deleted by doing away with the url.
However, one of the disadvantages of this technology is that images and graphics are not displayed. Also, if the user subscribes to many feeds, it might become difficult to instantly know which feed is from which website. So, many users still prefer the email updates rather than the RSS feeds.
With the advancement of technology at such fast rate, there are many ways through which the feeds can be received. The most popular way to receive them is by downloading the feed reader or the News Aggregator Software which are easily available. Amphetadesk, NewsGator and FeedReader are some of the common RSS feed readers; some of the web based RSS feed readers includes Google Reader, My Yahoo and Bloglines. After the software has been installed, the readers can simply set the website from which he wants to receive the feeds regularly. Some of the latest web-browsers have their own in-built RSS feed receiving feature. The RSS feed technology is very useful for those who are selling knowledge or any service.
This information was correct when added on January 22, 2012
