{"id":2458,"date":"2008-04-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2019-02-14T14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T22:57:35","slug":"what-is-rss-and-how-will-it-help-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/what-is-rss-and-how-will-it-help-me\/","title":{"rendered":"What is RSS and How Will it Help Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RSS, RSS, RSS&#8230; you hear the constant chant, but do you really know what the heck it means?<\/p>\n<p>RSS stands for &#8216;<b>Real Simple Sydication<\/b>&#8216; and is a way for webmasters to <strong>publish (or &#8216;feed')<\/strong> new information posted on their site to feed subscribers. A single item will typically include a headline, a snippet of content and a link to the website. <\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Using RSS<\/h2>\n<p>The benefit to feed subscribers is that it allows them to<strong> stay informed<\/strong> of rapidly changing content on a multitude of sites without having to sign up for individual newsletters or having to visit each site separately.<\/p>\n<p>Most webmasters make it easy to sign up for their feeds, with easily recognizable icons and links such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/affiliateblogs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none ;\" alt=\"Subscribe to Rosalind Gardner's Internet Marketing News\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/%7Efc\/affiliateblogs?bg=ff3300&#038;fg=FFffff&#038;anim=1\" width=\"88\" align=\"center\" height=\"26\"\/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/services\/newsletter\/\">Get the Newsletter<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/affiliateblogs\">Subscribe Via RSS<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=875817\">Subscribe Via Email<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add to Google\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/add.my.yahoo.com\/rss?url=http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/affiliateblogs\">Add to My Yahoo<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/what-is-rss-and-how-will-it-help-me\/\">What is RSS?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many RSS feed readers, also known as &#8216;<b>aggregators<\/b>&#8216;, to choose from. 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