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Thursday, February 18, 2010

RSS Feeds Handout

RSS (Real Simple Syndication)

Here is the symbol to look for to determine whether a web site has an rss feed:



To add the feed from a website to Google Reader,
  • Left click on the icon on the web site and copy the address;
  • Then go to Google Reader;
  • click on "add a subscription" in the left column;
  • paste the address and click "add" when prompted.
  • In addition to "RSS" an rss feed may be described as an "atom" feed. This is a particular type of rss, which usually makes no difference since feed readers read any of them.

In addition to Google Reader, most browsers will read rss feeds. Often this can be done just by clicking on the icon and following the prompts.  There are many other "feed readers", also called aggregators, and Wikipedia has a list and links to most of those available along with some comparison of what they support:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators

Some programs, like iTunes, may only support audio or some other types of media.

Types of Feeds:
Full RSS feeds (include entire text)
Partial RSS feeds (include a link)
Video feeds
Podcasts (audio feeds)
Photo Feeds

Examples:
Blogs
News sites like the New York Times
Facebook
Flickr
Picassa
Craigslist
YouTube
Twitter
Grand Rapids Community Internet

RSS Tutorial:
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

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