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RSS & How to Use It (part 1)
Have you ever read an article, intended to explain RSS in
simple terms that, begins well, but soon descends into confusing
jargon or information overload?
If so, take heart, I was in the same place a few months
ago.
Often the best way to understand something, is to use it. RSS
is no exception.
So rather than try and create a definitive explanation of RSS,
this article will tell you how to use it. I guarantee once you've
done so, everything will that much clearer.
If a website you visit utilizes RSS, there are a number of
ways it will communicate this.
The most common way is to show a little orange button with the
letters XML.
Alternatively, you may see words such as "ATOM", "RSS", "Site
Feed" or variations on these.
What they have in common is that they will link to a webpage
that, in most browsers, looks like gibberish.
It doesn't matter one way or another, what is important is the
address of the web page they link to.
To demonstrate, I will relate how to read a site feed for my
website, The Nettle Blog. Don't confuse RSS with blogs (web
logs). They are two separate concepts. The only reason you see
them together so often, is that blogs are the perfect website to
take advantage of site feeds. More on that later. Here we go?
Click on this link to go the site
feed for The Nettle Blog. Ignore the content in the window, just
make a note of the URL in the web address bar. It should read:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/thenettle
Now you've got the web address for the site feed, keep it safe
somewhere. You'll need it again in a moment.
The next step is to use an RSS reader to make sense of the
site feed. There are lots of these available and if you are a
heavy user you would probably want to purchase a nice piece of
software.
But to begin with, start with something simple and free. Start
with Bloglines.
Go to www.bloglines.com/register/
and create a new account.
From the "My Feeds" section of your account you can add new
site feeds you want to keep track of.
Select "ADD", enter the URL you copied and hit "Subscribe".
You can preview the results, but skip that stage for now. Select
"Subscribe" again and the title of the site feed will be
transferred to the left-hand window.
Well done. You have now subscribed to your first RSS feed.
To read it just click on the title and you can view all the
messages in that feed within a selected time period. The feed
will most likely record news related to the website the feed
belongs to.
In this instance, the site feed to The Nettle Blog records
each new entry to my blog. If you find something of interest,
most entries have a clickable link you can follow.
Anytime you find a website you like with a site feed, make a
note of the URL for that site feed and add it to your Bloglines
folder.
Now comes the clever bit.
In the left-hand column of your account is an "Extras" list.
Select Download Notifier and choose the correct file to download
the Bloglines Notifier This file is only 100k so any half-decent
connection should complete the download in just a few
seconds.
If the download is successful, you should see a small, blue
icon with the letter "B". Double-clicking it will short-cut you
to Bloglines.
Right-click on the icon and you can adjust the settings.
Specify how often you want Bloglines to check messages for
you.
When Bloglines checks your site feeds and finds that one or
more have been updated, a little chime will play and the
Bloglines icon will show a little red marker. This means one of
the feeds you have subscribed to has something new to say.
So there you have it. A spam-free, hassle-free way to keep
track of websites you have an interest in. Providing of course,
that they have a site feed. If they don't, ask them why not.
Part two of this article will show webmaster and ezine
publishers how they can easily publish a site feed for their
website and track the visitors, free of charge.
David Congreave is owner of The Nettle Ezine, the newsletter
for the home business -- online.
David lives in Leeds, in the United Kingdom with his wife
Leanne.
MORE RESOURCES updated Sat. December / 21 / 2024
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