I noticed a large amount of our new readers are subscribing by email. While this is the most common way to receive updates from websites, it has its disadvantages. Let me explain: If you subscribe to a blog or a news site that publishes several articles a day/week, you’ll find yourself overwhelmed with an inbox full of unread articles, and racing to keep up with the new content. (Too much information, too little time). Most likely you’ll end up deleting unread mail, and finally unsubscribing from the site.
The good news: There’s a better way to get yours latest articles delivered to you without having to fill up your inbox.
Here is a little video explaining RSS in Plain English.
You’ve probably seen the RSS sign on the top of the blog’s column (the orange button). You’ve seen the icon on mainstream sites, major newspaper’s online are now aware of this way of sharing information and have implemented it. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.Other feeds like this ones will be Atom, but let’s stick to the basics for now :)
Personally, I get all my news from different online journals plus all my favorite blogs using the RSS reader. It saves me tons of time, and it’s quite simple to do. The first time I used an RSS reader was through my Google account, they have a nifty little Blog reader you can add to your personalized Google homepage. Although there are a lot of feed readers out there, (and I’ve tried a few) my favorite one right now is NetNewsWire, which is the Mac version of NewsGator (windows). There is an online version or the desktop software (where you can go offline after you retrieve all news), they are both free. If you want, give it a try and let me know what you think!
Already using RSS reader? Let us know what’s your favorite one in the comments box.
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I've used PageFlakes in the past, but got tired of it pretty fast. Right now, I'm using NetVibes, but I'm also not too crazy about it (performance not the best). I might swith to Google soon.
I started with Google reader. It's good if you sign up with google in a daily basis but if not…I suggest a desktop.
I never had much luck with RSS readers. Having another program to run was just a pain until I found Google Reader. Now I can't live without it.
Google is getting better. More feature than when it just started. For an online feed reader is convenient and easy to use. The more feeds you subscribe, the more features you nned in the long run. Let's hope they keep up with the demand.