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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
By Paul Fitzgerald
 Some people may tend to ignore the RSS button that appears on most websites nowadays, perhaps since they may have little idea of its use. However, there are those Internet savvy people who know how helpful it is in simplifying their searches. RSS feeds are updates of a particular site or even several sites. The feeds are similar to newsletters.
Most websites have an RSS option which one can subscribe to voluntarily. Once subscribed, he will be receiving a list of headline updates from the sites he subscribed to. RSS, otherwise known as Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary is an XML file containing summaries of a page content that it is linked to.
This web feature benefits both the web owner and the subscriber. Web users who visit several sites regularly can greatly benefit from RSS feeds. By subscribing to the RSS of their favourite sites, they no longer have to navigate away from their website and jump from one website to another to check for updates. This web feature will automatically bring the updates to their website or to |
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