Picture this: You are online, ready to read through all the new posts from your favorite blogs.
There’s just one tiny problem.
You have 52 blogs on your bookmark list. Sigh…
Wouldn’t it be better to if you can read all the new stuff from only one location? Of course it would be.
Luckily there’s a solution to this. RSS.
What is RSS?
RSS is also known as Really Simple Syndication. An RSS document, often called a “feed”, contains the latest content distributed from a blog, news site or any online resource.
RSS is distributed and formatted in XML. XML is a mark-up language used chiefly to distribute data across the internet to. An RSS document is meant to be read by an RSS reader.
The little orange icon right here is the most widely used icon to represent an RSS feed. I don’t know the reason but it is.
What is an RSS Reader
An RSS reader or a feed reader is a software used to aggregate RSS feeds from online sources. It formats RSS feeds in a way that it will be ‘readable’ to users. With an RSS reader, you can conveniently read your favorite RSS feeds from one location
The best known online RSS readers are:
Let me walk you through RSS subscription using Google Reader
How to Subscribe to a Blog using Google Reader
I use Google Reader for subscribing to my favorite blogs. Although I also use my email to subscribe to others. I don’t know the right statistics but I’d say Google Reader is the best and most widely used feed reader right now. That’s the reason why I will only give a tutorial on how to subscribe to an RSS feed using Google Reader.
1. Copying the feed link
For now, you need to take notice of my own feed link. My own feed link uses an customized RSS image but you still get the same RSS feeds.
I need you to click it and you will be redirected to a feed page. Copy the address on the address bar:
2. Login to your Google Reader and paste it like this:
3. There’s no number 3. It’s that easy!
RSS feeds are very helpful to organize and retrieve content from online sources that you are interested in. I suggest you try out RSS subscription to get out of all the hassle of going to your favorite blogs and websites to read their latest content.
PS. Subscribe to my RSS feed to get the latest content from my blog.
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