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What Is RSS?

Have you been seeing orange RSS or XML buttons more and more, not knowing what they were?

RSS is "the next big thing" -- you can use it to get newsfeeds from CNN or BBC, as well as just about anything else, including news on upcoming movies, DVD releases, your favorite band's tour updates, etc.

Once you get started, it's like having your favorite parts of the Web come to you. No need to go out and check for updates all the time.

No more bookmarks for me!

"RSS" means "Really Simple Syndication." This means you can keep up with all the updates to this Web site  without having to check the site every week to see "what's new." Whenever I put up a new page or update an old one, I release it through RSS. And...

I can also include "oldies" and make other special posts from time to time. It can be kind of a small blog on my topic.

Yes, RSS is amazing. No e-mail. No spam. It's so easy to subscribe and unsubscribe. If you get tired of this Web site, you just have to delete the feed. It's awesome!

And once you start, you'll soon be tracking all your other favorite interests and news in the world.

How do you get started? Easy (now that I know, that is! ha! ha!).

Download free RSS Reader first (skip to bottom if you do not want to download software). This is special software that reads the "RSS feeds" from the largest news organizations right down to little old me...

Windows -- RssReader
http://www.rssreader.com/

Mac -- NetNewsWire
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/

Once you're set up, here's all you have to do...

Right-click (control-click for Mac users) on any orange RSS button on a site, blog or news source that interests you. Start by right-clicking on the orange button below. Then...

COPY-SHORTCUTSelect Copy Shortcut, "Copy Link to Clipboard" or "Copy Link Location," and paste that URL into your RSS Reader.

And that's it! You're subscribed.

rss icon Right-click and get started.



Don't want to download new software? Yahoo! and MSN and Google have fantastic, one-step solutions. Just click one of the links below...

Add to My Yahoo!
Add this site's RSS to your "My Yahoo!"


My MSN RSS
Add this site's RSS to your "My MSN"

Add to Google
Add this site's RSS to your "My Google"

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