{"id":95,"date":"2018-02-09T20:10:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feeder.co\/knowledge-base\/?p=95"},"modified":"2018-05-22T14:57:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T14:57:12","slug":"what-is-rss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feeder.co\/knowledge-base\/rss-basics\/what-is-rss\/","title":{"rendered":"What is RSS?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billions of people use the internet to gather information each day.\u00a0There are so many great websites with so much great content. But keeping track of them all is impossible. To see if a website has posted something new you have to check them each individually. RSS technology completely changes the way people consume content today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But what exactly is RSS? It is an abbreviation of Rich Site Summary, also known as Really Simple Syndication. It is basically a technology to collect and follow different sources in one place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are RSS feeds?<\/b><\/h2>\n

It is technology that collects updates from a website and present them in a list. Automatically checking for new posts and updating the list when they come in. Most sites today utilise RSS. It is <\/span>a great way of making information for your users easy to consume. RSS feed reader software interpret these lists and allow you to read the content in that software. Often with very pleasant reading experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n

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How does RSS work?<\/b><\/h2>\n

RSS feeds are just files with code written in the XML language. These files contain raw posts, with titles, links, image etc of a websites content. Some times just excerpts or the title of a post is included in this file. The files are updated automatically as the content of the website changes. <\/span>An RSS fead reader downloads this file and then present its content in form of a list of posts. You then simply read the posts in the feed reader, or directly on the website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To add feeds you first search first need the RSS url. Normally they are pointed out with the RSS symbol next to other social media links. Then you copy and paste that to your feed reader. Then continue to add all the websites you frequently visits to collect them in one single place. RSS is<\/span>\u00a0especially useful for people that read a lot of news and follow a lot of different social media, like YouTube channels.<\/span><\/p>\n

RSS is great for getting notifications of updates. For example, when you are looking an apartment or a house RSS can help you. Add good real-estate feeds to your feed reader and they will notify you when new listings come in. Through filters you narrow down the results to only see what you care about.<\/span><\/p>\n

On of the bigger use-cases these days for RSS is used in business. Either for people looking for small jobs or people following trends, stocks, news etc.<\/p>\n

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Pros and cons with RSS<\/b><\/h2>\n

As with most things there are pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages. Below is a list of what can be good and bad for either a user of a feed reader or a website owner.<\/p>\n

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