RSS is the acronym for “Rich Site Summary” and is often also known as “Really Simple Syndication”. RSS uses an xml code based format that gives you the ability to share information in your browser from other web sites on your web page by using a link. When you include rss news and other free feeds on your website you can expand the communication that you have with your business clients.
Subscribe to a Feed - RSS software is easy to use and access in one of two ways. You can enter the url address of the RSS feeds that you want into the aggregator. Or you can subscribe to a subscription service and receive a variety of features and tools.
Another format that is similar to RSS is “Atom”. Atom is an rss reed that that has been through several versions, 0.3 of which is now stable to use. You can add or subtract the number of RSS feeds that you download at any time. Many businesses find it beneficial to create a blog that contains current content about the products and services that they’re selling. Any other news item that you include in your blog that comes from an RSS feed will lend credibility to your website content.
There are so many RSS feeds to choose from on the Internet that you’ll have a hard time choosing which ones are supportive to your business. RSS is a great way for you to automatically find new features and content that has been posted without having to browse online. This means that you can focus on other aspects of your business.
// posted by BasicMichelle on 9/07/2005 08:02:00 AM / Permanent Link
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