RSS or Rich Site Summary is a format used to syndicate web content.
RSS feeds are a kind of web content created in XML format which makes it simple for publishers to distribute content and for users to collect news in one central location. You can create news content on a web site as an RSS feed, then attract attention to it by having access to hundreds of articles in one location. An RSS feed can be used to publish and maintain links to your e-mail newsletter or articles contained in your web site and it’s not that complicated to set up. All you need to do is get a basic understanding of the principles involved and you will be able to set up an RSS feed in no time. However going into it without any help probably isn’t a good idea, you will need some basic instruction on the technical details. Here is a basic overview of what is involved in the process.
2. Next, you upload the file you've created to your Web server.
3. Now you will need to validate the XML to ensure that it is readable by all the news aggregation programs.
4. Then you advertise your RSS feed to the applicable directories and to your site visitors.
5. Your RSS feed is maintained by adding new articles via the RSS Channel Editor.
What are News Aggregators?
In a nutshell news aggregators are software tools used to read the RSS news feeds that you and your site users will subscribe to.
Some PC magazines rank FeedDemon 1.0 and NewsGator 1.3 higher than FeedReader 2.5 and SharpReader 0.9.2.1. If you have a Mac computer you might prefer using NetNewsWire Lite.
FeedDemon is a stand-alone product while NewsGator is integrated into Microsoft Outlook - which is very useful for viewing updates.
RSS formats are still relatively new and it has several competitors but for syndicating your news headlines your best choice is probably
NewsGator.
