RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary (it depends who you ask).

RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site 
Summary (it depends who you ask). RSS is based on XML, with the 
specific purpose of delivering updates to web-based content. 
Using this standard, I (Me: Andrew) can provide you with 
headlines, stories, information, MP3 music and other fresh web 
content in a succinct manner. 

Meanwhile, you use RSS readers and news aggregators to collect 
and monitor your favorite feeds (like my RSS feeds) into one 
centralized program. This web-based content Content viewed in 
your RSS reader or news aggregator is known as an RSS feed. I 
have placed my RSS feeds for you onto my web-server.  While the 
majority of RSS feeds currently contain news headlines or 
breaking information or music, the long term uses of RSS are 
broad. 

RSS is becoming increasingly popular. The reason is fairly 
simple. RSS is a free and easy way to promote a website and its 
content, without the need to advertise or create complicated 
content sharing partnerships. 

There are basically three parts of an RSS feed. The feed's 
general information, the feed's items (for example: music or the 
latest information I want to share with you), and the feed's 
image (the picture of a rock band for example). 

The feed's general information is made up of a few required and 
several optional data fields, which describe the whole RSS feed. 
For example, a feed title, description, and link are required. 
Optional feed fields can contain information about the feed such 
as the editor (me), copyright (me), and webmaster (also me). 

A feed can contain one or more items. Each item can be thought of 
as a separate tunes, news article or announcement. Typically, 
items are periodically updated by the feed's author (me again), 
adding new content when available. End users who subscribe to 
(watch) the feed (typically using feed reader or news aggregator 
software) are shown the new items or hear the new music when it 
becomes available from me (Andrew). 

Every feed can have an image associated with it. A feed's image 
is typically a company logo, a picture of a rock band or other 
image that relates to the RSS feed's content. 

After I create a feed for you, I upload it to my web server, and 
create links on inside my website which point to the new RSS 
feed. RSS feeds are widespread and extensively used by sites such 
as Yahoo, CNet, NY Times, BBC, and many more. Come on and join 
the club. You are in good company. 

For example, most of those links on your and my Yahoo Home Page 
are RSS feeds. You can also place my RSS feeds on your Yahoo 
Home Page if you want to.

For example on MySpace, Yahoo 360 or even Friendster, When I 
create my blog or edit its settings on the Edit Blog Settings 
page, I'm given the option to "Publish site feed" -- and so are 
you.

Site feed:
A "site feed" gives my readers a special way to read my updated 
blog entries. Instead of going to my blog page, you can see my 
entries as soon as they are published, using software for reading 
syndicated content called a "newsreader." People who read a lot 
of blogs like this option because they can see the latest entries 
from all their favorite blogs in one place. It's a lot like 
checking email.

My Yahoo! provides a great newsreader option -- anyone can 
subscribe to as many blogs as they like and have their entries 
automatically appear on their customized My Yahoo! pages.

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