What is RSS?

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a simple way to deliver summaries of frequently changing Web content. By plugging a link into an RSS reader, you can retrieve the newest content offerings for your favorite Web sites while saving the time it takes to actually visit each site or cull through your burgeoning list of bookmarks on a daily basis.

For a plain english overview of RSS, please view the following video:

RSS Feed Reader

Personalized feed readers, probably the most common way to use RSS, allow you to grab RSS feeds from various sites and display them in plain text . There are many feed readers available for various platforms. Below is a list of feed readers we recommend you use to subscribe to our RSS feed:

Web Browsers

Firefox 2 (Win/Mac)

Internet Explorer 7 (Win)

Safari 3 (Win/Mac)

Stand-alone RSS Readers

Feed Demon (Win)

Newz Crawler (Win)

NetNewsWire (Mac)

Web-based RSS Readers

Bloglines

Google Reader

NewsGator Online

Once you have selected a feed reader, you can find sites that syndicate content; often indicated by a small icon like the ones below: