Have you have been surfing around on some web pages or receive some e-newsletters and have seen all this talk about RSS Feeds but have no idea what they are or what they accomplish? RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. RSS is a way to receive constant updates from news sites, online catalogs and blogs without the tedious process of visiting individual sites, wading through outdated content and managing annoying pop-up ads. In its simplest terms a RSS Feed is a way to deliver pieces of content to someone’s computer. Content gets delivered bypassing email blocks and spam filters directly to a user’s desktop via an aggregate reader.
You will have to download an aggregate reader from any number of sites (a Google search returned over one million results). Once an aggregate is downloaded a user can start to receive RSS feeds. Colleges and Universities are using these feeds for any number of outcomes. When new content is posted to the website the feed automatically updates the subscribers to the feed.
The advantages to RSS Feeds are that you are bypassing email blocks and spam filters and delivering content directly to a user’s computer. So the next time you are on a site with an orange RSS feed button download the feed to your aggregate reader and enjoy!
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