You may have heard of RSS or you may have seen the icon on the right but have no idea what it is or what is can do for you. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. In simple terms, RSS makes it easy to get information from sites you visit frequently, as your RSS reader will get any new updates automatically, so you don’t need to visit the site itself.

This article will explain RSS (often referred to as feeds) in depth and show you how you can use it and get the most out of it. RSS subscriptions are very easy to setup and there are a number of options for viewing the feeds. I will run through a few of the most popular feed readers.

Here’s an analogy to describe how RSS feeds work: Think of it as a newspaper that is delivered to your door each morning with only the stories you are interested in reading. You don’t have to sift through the sections you don’t care about.

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