wilzed

Hi everyone,

As part of my university studies, I have had to study the phenomena that is Web 2.0. A part of Web 2.0 has been the increasing popularity of RSS Feeds and Aggregation. So, I had a look around to find out what on earth it is. This is what I found from whatisrss.com: and Miller’s Spin Weblog

What is RSS?

RSS stands for Rich Site Summary and is a format for delivering and managing regularly changing web content. Many news sites and weblogs have RSS feeds so that people can be informed of new content in a simple and convenient manner.

What is an Aggregator?

An Aggregator is a type of software that you can use to organise and collect RSS feeds into one place. The aggregator regularly checks feeds that you have subscribed to and compiles new content to be displayed.

How is it being used?

RSS enables greater convenience for people who view various websites that have content that are regularly updated. There are now many aggregator websites that can read RSS Feeds such as FeedReader, NewsGator, My Yahoo, Bloglines, Google Reader and Netvibes. Such sites grab the latest news on your selected favourite websites and inform you of them in a single screen.

To subscribe to an RSS through your aggregator reader, you must find out whether or not the website that you are subscribing to has an RSS Feed. A website usually indicates the availability of an RSS feed by displaying the logo.

Once you have clicked on the logo, you will be taken to another page. At this stage, you can then copy the URL of the page, and paste it into your Aggregator site.

~ by wilz on 4 September, 2007.