What is the RSS for?

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is basically an XML feed (or file) that sits on a site out on the internet. Any time you get this file from the URL it usually produces an up to date listing of (usually) news, or headlines from a news website or a blog.

RSS is also used by certain sites to keep people up to date on video uploads (like on youtube) or new downloads.

To use an RSS feed you need to "subscribe" to it. Subscribing is really a fancy term for having a program that reads RSS feeds, parses the XML and displays it to you in a friendly format.

Look at my source for a better description.

RSS is a standard format for syndicating content on the Internet. The content can be anything! Often information contained in an RSS feed is syndicated on other sites which expands its reach.

Website visitors love RSS because they choose which feeds they wish to subscribe to, if at any point they are unhapy with the content contained in the RSS feed they simply unsubscribe and no longer receive notification of feed updates.

RSS is really a win, win for both subscribers and publishers.

In order to get a better understanding of how RSS works download an RSS reader or use a web aggregator and subscribe to an RSS feed (they are usually indicated by a small orange icon).

Try searching for an "RSS Directory" in the search engine.
YouTube has videos explaining RSS.
You can display and provide links for your Y!A questions, your starred questions, and the news
that interests you on your Y!360 and MySpace pages with an RSS feed.
http://myspace.com/22449233
http://rssonmyspace.com
http://springwidgets.com/express/getFeed...
The feed for my questions in MySpace updates faster than the one in my Y!360.

Find your list of questions.
To the right of your most recent question you will see the RSS link.
Click on it with the right button then left click on copy shortcut (URL).
Or you can double click the RSS link and then copy the URL from your address bar.
In your Y!360 click "My Page."
http://360.yahoo.com/
Click "Add a Feed (via RSS)" or click "Edit Feeds."
Right click on one of the three boxes then left click on paste (the short cut - URL).
Then save.

You can also display information from:
Yahoo! News (for specific subjects like your state, country, or corporation)
http://news.yahoo.com/rss
MSN News
BBC News
Craigslist, Digg, Netflix, YouTube, and many periodicals,
and blogs from MySpace, Y!360 and other blog websites.

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