RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format
for sharing and distributing Web content, such as news
headlines. Using an RSS reader, you can view data feeds
from various news sources, such as sol-sd.com, including
headlines, summaries, links to full stories.
RSS/News Aggregators:
RSS/News Aggregators (also called Readers) will
download and display RSS feeds for you. A number of
free and commercial News Aggregators are available
for download.
Many aggregators are separate, "stand-alone"
programs; other services will let you add RSS feeds
to a Web page. Yahoo! users can add RSS feeds to
your My Yahoo! page; to make this easier, you can
click on the "Add to My Yahoo!" button to the right
of each link above.
Weblogs:
Another way many people use RSS feeds is by
incorporating content into weblogs, or "blogs".
Blogs are web pages comprised of usually short,
frequently updated items and web links. Blogging as
a publishing tool is used for many purposes:
traditional journalism, personal journals, group
discussions around a topic, and many combinations
in-between.
