ZD-Net video explaining RSS purpose/usage
Here is an explanation of RSS that anyone can understand.
ZD-NET:
RSS is great for bloggers because they, or other people, can read/skim their blogs much, much faster using RSS than HTML.
The HTML page looks better, but it is harder for a human - or a computer - to scan through quickly.
People can still get to the real HTML page from its entry in an RSS item. They simply have to click a link, and the page loads and displays in their browser.
It is not so much a change in reading as in finding out about what to read.
People publishing an RSS feed generally do not learn your email address, so they cannot spam you - or sell/lose your email address to spammers who will. That is a key advantage of RSS feeds over subscribing to email lists.
Virtually all blogging services/sites support the capability to offer an RSS feed to your blog.
I find RSS extremely helpful to keep track of what I have written myself in my blogs.
ZD-NET:
RSS packages up blogs, e-newsletters and research -- offering a simplified way to receive information.
RSS is great for bloggers because they, or other people, can read/skim their blogs much, much faster using RSS than HTML.
The HTML page looks better, but it is harder for a human - or a computer - to scan through quickly.
People can still get to the real HTML page from its entry in an RSS item. They simply have to click a link, and the page loads and displays in their browser.
It is not so much a change in reading as in finding out about what to read.
People publishing an RSS feed generally do not learn your email address, so they cannot spam you - or sell/lose your email address to spammers who will. That is a key advantage of RSS feeds over subscribing to email lists.
Virtually all blogging services/sites support the capability to offer an RSS feed to your blog.
I find RSS extremely helpful to keep track of what I have written myself in my blogs.
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