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A new way of reading
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 There is so much information on the Internet that it is becomingincreasing difficult to find relevant content.
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 To find up-to-date information without spending excessive amounts of time online, you can use RSS feeds.
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RSS feeds can help you find content that is relevant to your work, yourpastimes, and your interests.
What is an RSS feed?
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RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.
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An RSS feed is a non-intrusive update notification system that lets youknow if a Web site has added new information.
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Most Web sites with rapidly changing information, includingnewspapers, magazines, auction sites, and weather reports, have RSSfeeds.
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RSS can help you by keeping you up-to-date on the latest news;helping you track reviews of a book, publication, or movie; alerting youto items of interest online; and keeping you current with best practicesin your industry or field.
How can I get RSS?
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 The orange RSS icon is one way to quickly see if a Web sites offers RSSfeeds.
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 There are many ways to collect information from RSS feeds. One of themost popular is through an RSS feed aggregator.
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An RSS feed aggregator takes information from all the RSS feedsyou’re interested in and gathers them in one convenient onlinelocation.
 
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Google Reader is one of the most commonly used RSS feedaggregators. Google Reader is an RSS feed aggregator created by themakers of google.com.
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Google Reader has several benefits: It’s free, it’s simple to use, and itallows you to share news from your RSS feeds with others.
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 To use Google reader, you’ll first need to open a free google email (orgmail) account.
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Next, go to google.com/reader. From there, you can add as many RSSfeed subscriptions as you like by clicking on “add subscriptions” in theleft-hand toolbar. A window will pop up allowing you to either type inthe Web address of an RSS feed you wish to subscribe, or to search forfeeds by typing in keywords.
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Once you’ve subscribed to your RSS feeds, Google Reader willautomatically update your list of items with updates from all of yourfeeds. And that’s it – you’re ready to start reading!
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Other RSS feed aggregator include Thunderbird, Bloglines, and My Yahoo.
RSS feeds: Sample uses
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Possible uses of RSS feeds include finding relevant content, sharing ininterest-based communities, and managing your reading load.
Relevant content 
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Suppose you are doing research about K-12 learning methods. You canstay up-to-date on news in that field by first running searches inGoogle News and Google Blogs for “K-12 learning methods.”
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Once you’ve run these searches, you can subscribe to RSS feeds of your searches.
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 The RSS feeds will do the legwork of finding news articles and blogpostings that are relevant to your search and deliver them to your RSSfeed reader when they appear online.
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scribd-mania

great info on RSS, there is so much to know. thanks

reply03 / 07 / 2008
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