What is RSS? What is a Feed?
You’ve seen the link to an RSS feed 
like this one before, right?
RSS feeds are a great way to keep up with your favorite websites without having to go check them for updates one by one. Our tool of choice for tracking sites with RSS feeds (and many sites have RSS feeds these days) is Google Reader. You give Google Reader the link to the RSS feed of the website you wish to follow for new content and Google Reader gives you the new information whenever it’s available. All you have to do is log in to your Google Reader account when you want to see what’s new.
Here are a couple of resources that will help you understand RSS feeds.
- First What Is RSS? RSS Explained — at WhatIsRSS.com
- Second is this 3.5 minute video — just what you need if you are clueless about “RSS” or “feeds“: Video: RSS in Plain English
Video courtesy Common Craft
Weblog | 11/01/2007