RSS
Many websites have links labelled "RSS". This is a way of telling visitors that they can get information about updates to that site without having to visit the site in their web browser.
Visitors who want to get this information subscribe to what is called a feed.
Sites which offer an RSS feed may display the icon shown on the right in their web page. Additionally, the icon will appear in orange in the toolbar in most browsers when on a page which offers a feed to subscribe to.
All these links and buttons mean the same thing: The site you're viewing has a feed available.
Who provides feeds?
Any website can have a feed. We have one on this site and we can provide one for your website if you have one.
Almost all news websites and many shops have them. They keep subscribers in the know about upcoming events, breaking news, new stock, special offers, competitions, and so on. Bascially whatever the website owner wants to tell the world about can go into the feed.
How visitors subscribe.
If you're on a page and the RSS icon turns orange then you can subscribe to the feed by clicking on the RSS button in the browser toolbar.
You will then be subscribed through your browser and it will retrieve the updated feed information from the website on a regular interval (that you can set in your browser).
If you don't want to use your browser as your RSS reader, you can also use other software to manage and view your feeds. For instance, you can use My Yahoo!, or Google Reader, both of which give you a personalised page, customised to include your feeds.
Or you could use a separate RSS reader on your computer, such as SharpReader or Straw for Linux users.
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