- One
- of
- the
- most
- popular
- features
- of
- Internet
- portals,
- websites,
- pages
- and
- even
- emails
- is
- a
- frame
- that
- features
- an
- organized
- list
- of
- news
- headlines
- and
- periodic
- updates
- from
- other
- web
- sources.
- Really
- Simple
- Syndication,
- formerly
- “Rich
- Site
- Summary”
- or
- simply,
- RSS
- makes
- this
- possible.
- Most
- users
- visit
- a
- lot
- of
- websites
- whose
- content
- continually
- change,
- such
- as
- news
- sites,
- community
- organization
- or
- professional
- association
- information
- pages,
- medical
- websites,
- product
- support
- pages,
- and
- blogs.
- As
- Internet
- surfing
- became
- an
- intrinsic
- part
- of
- business
- and
- leisure,
- it
- became
- important
- to
- get
- rid
- of
- the
- very
- tedious
- task
- of
- repeatedly
- returning
- to
- each
- website
- to
- see
- updated
- content.
- RSS
- easily
- distributes
- information
- from
- different
- websites
- to
- a
- wider
- number
- of
- Internet
- users.
- RSS
- aggregators
- are
- programs
- that
- use
- RSS
- to
- source
- these
- updates,
- and
- then
- organize
- those
- lists
- of
- headlines,
- content
- and
- notices
- for
- easy
- reading.
- It
- allows
- computers
- to
- automatically
- retrieve
- and
- read
- the
- content
- that
- users
- want,
- then
- track
- changes
- and
- personalize
- lists
- of
- headlines
- that
- interests
- them.
- The
- specially
- made
- computer
- programs
- called
- “RSS
- aggregators”
- were
- created
- to
- automatically
- find
- and
- retrieve
- the
- RSS
- feeds
- of
- pre-selected
- internet
- sites
- on
- behalf
- of
- the
- user
- and
- organize
- the
- results
- accordingly.
- (RSS
- feeds
- and
- aggregators
- are
- also
- sometimes
- referred
- to
- as
- “RSS
- Channels”
- and
- “RSS
- Readers”.)
- The
- RSS
- aggregator
- is
- like
- a
- web
- browser
- for
- RSS
- content.
- HTML
- presents
- information
- directly
- to
- users,
- and
- RSS
- automatically
- lets
- computers
- communicate
- with
- one
- another.
- While
- users
- use
- browsers
- to
- surf
- the
- web
- then
- load
- and
- view
- each
- page
- of
- interest,
- RSS
- aggregators
- keeps
- track
- of
- changes
- to
- many
- websites.
- The
- titles
- or
- descriptions
- are
- links
- themselves
- and
- can
- be
- used
- to
- load
- the
- web
- page
- the
- user
- wants.
- RSS
- starts
- with
- an
- original
- Web
- site
- that
- has
- content
- made
- available
- by
- the
- administrator.
- The
- website
- creates
- an
- RSS
- document
- and
- registers
- this
- content
- with
- an
- RSS
- publisher
- that
- will
- allow
- other
- websites
- to
- syndicate
- the
- documents.
- The
- Web
- site
- also
- produces
- an
- RSS
- feed,
- or
- channel,
- which
- is
- available
- together
- with
- all
- other
- resources
- or
- documents
- on
- the
- particular
- Web
- server.
- The
- website
- will
- register
- the
- feed
- as
- an
- RSS
- document,
- with
- a
- listed
- directory
- of
- appropriate
- RSS
- publishers.
- An
- RSS
- feed
- is
- composed
- of
- website
- content
- listed
- from
- newest
- to
- oldest.
- Each
- item
- usually
- consists
- of
- a
- simple
- title
- describing
- the
- item
- along
- with
- a
- more
- complete
- description
- and
- a
- link
- to
- a
- web
- page
- with
- the
- actual
- content
- being
- described.
- In
- some
- instances,
- the
- short
- description
- or
- title
- line
- is
- the
- all
- the
- updated
- information
- that
- a
- user
- wants
- to
- read
- (for
- example,
- final
- games
- scores
- in
- sports,
- weblogs
- post,
- or
- stock
- updates).
- Therefore,
- it
- is
- not
- even
- necessary
- to
- have
- a
- web
- page
- associated
- with
- the
- content
- or
- update
- items
- listed
- —
- sometimes
- all
- the
- needed
- information
- that
- users
- need
- would
- be
- in
- the
- titles
- and
- short
- summaries
- themselves.
- The
- RSS
- content
- is
- located
- in
- a
- single
- file
- on
- a
- webpage
- in
- a
- manner
- not
- very
- different
- from
- typical
- web
- pages.
- The
- difference
- is
- that
- the
- information
- is
- written
- in
- the
- XML
- computer
- code
- for
- use
- by
- an
- RSS
- aggregator
- and
- not
- by
- a
- web
- user
- like
- a
- normal
- HTML
- page.
- There
- are
- 2
- main
- parts
- that
- are
- involved
- in
- RSS
- syndication,
- namely:
- the
- source
- end
- and
- the
- client
- end.
- The
- client
- end
- of
- RSS
- publishing
- makes
- up
- part
- of
- the
- system
- that
- gathers
- and
- uses
- the
- RSS
- feed.
- For
- example,
- Mozilla
- FireFox
- browser
- is
- typically
- at
- the
- client
- end
- of
- the
- RSS
- transaction.
- A
- user’s
- desktop
- RSS
- aggregator
- program
- also
- belongs
- to
- the
- client
- end.
- Once
- the
- URL
- of
- an
- RSS
- feed
- is
- known,
- a
- user
- can
- give
- that
- address
- to
- an
- RSS
- aggregator
- program
- and
- have
- the
- aggregator
- monitor
- the
- RSS
- feed
- for
- changes.
- Numerous
- RSS
- aggregators
- are
- already
- preconfigured
- with
- a
- ready
- list
- of
- RSS
- feed
- URLs
- for
- popular
- news
- or
- information
- websites
- that
- a
- user
- can
- simply
- choose
- from.
- There
- are
- many
- RSS
- aggregators
- that
- can
- be
- used
- by
- all
- Internet
- users.
- Some
- can
- be
- accessed
- through
- the
- Internet,
- some
- are
- already
- incorporated
- into
- applications,
- and
- others
- run
- as
- a
- standalone
- program
- inside
- the
- personal
- computer.
- I
- realize
- this
- is
- a
- tangent,
- but
- before
- I
- go
- any
- further
- I
- don’t
- want
- to
- forget
- to
- mention
- that
- the
- idea
- for
- this
- article
- was
- actually
- given
- to
- me
- by
- these
- guys.
- Looks
- like
- they
- have
- an exciting botox service in Sudbury.
- All
- right,
- I’ll
- get
- back
- to
- it!
- RSS
- feeds
- have
- evolved
- into
- many
- uses.
- Some
- uses
- gaining
- popularity
- are:
- -For
- online
- store
- or
- retail
- establishments:
- Notification
- of
- new
- product
- arrivals
- -For
- organization
- or
- association
- newsletters:
- title
- listings
- and
- notification
- of
- new
- issues,
- including
- newsletters
- -Weather
- Updates
- and
- other
- alerts
- of
- changing
- geographic
- conditions
- -Database
- management:
- Notification
- of
- new
- items
- added,
- or
- new
- registered
- members
- to
- a
- club
- or
- interest
- group.
- The
- uses
- of
- feeds
- will
- continue
- to
- grow,
- because
- RSS
- aggregators
- make
- access
- to
- any
- information
- that
- individual
- users
- like
- more
- convenient
- and
- fun.
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