INTRODUCTION AND BASICS OF RSS

Many people would have seen an icon containing the word RSS with a click button on many of the websites. RSS is about republishing an article which is in other website.

The RSS feed tool is the process of publicising with the latest updates. The main purpose of the RSS feed is uploading of the latest news which is collected from various websites. Sometimes it includes photos with some headlines and text. It provides an outline of the updates so that people can skim through the information which is very attractive and can choose the subject which is needed for the users. There is an icon which is present at the page where one can click and get accessed to more information.

Benefits of RSS feed tool:

RSS is a beneficiary tool which is used both by the readers and also the web publishers

1. Latest updates are provided:

May it be about the technology or about the weather or news or software development, the latest of it can be retrieved very easily from this feed. The advantage is that it is very quick for people who want to know it immediately.

2. Time saving for people who want to surf:

This is to tell that people can choose the subject on which one wants to view the article. He/she can decide by just seeing the outline of the article and then decide whether that particular site is useful for them or not. By this way it is very useful.

3. Subscriptions for the users:

This gives the users the right to subscribe to the feed and get the updates directly to their desktop at free of cost without doing any difficult task.

4. Reduction of clutters in inbox:

Even though online RSS aggregators require the e mail address it does not send any updates to e mail unless and until it is subscribed.

5. Spamless tool:

This tool is spam free and does not contain any harmful software which destroys the system. Thus the privacy f the e mail address is maintained.

6. Unsubscription is made easy:

Unlike other websites which has a big process for unsubscribing this tool uses the simplest way to unsubscribe it. It helps the users to unsubscribe the tool when they feel that this feed is not essential for them.

Drawbacks of RSS feed tool:

1. Some viewers prefer that their updates be sent to their e mail address

2. In some of the updates there may not be graphics and photos

There can be confusions in source website:

Since the feed does not contain the actual URL or location, people get confused. The confusion is that viewers do not know what content they are reading.

Starting to use RSS

To start with, first the beginners should choose the aggregators. Then the user should scan the homepage and then look to which one they are in need of. Then copy and paste the respective URL. Hence after this, one can start reading the feeds by themselves.