Keeping up to date with RSS feeds

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How many websites do you visit each day to check whether there is something new?

Do you want to track changes on websites When did the latest issue of your favourite

journal appear Are there new results for a search query?

What’s in it for me?

RSS in Plain English

Development of RSS

Web based readers Google Reader Bloglines

Personalized homepages iGoogle Netvibes

PC based readers FeedReader3

RSS Readers

RSS Feeds: Subscribing

1. Find a feed2. Find the RSS3. Copy the URL or link4. Go to your reader5. Click on “Add Subscription”6. Paste in the link7. Organize the feed in your folders

Some pages offer buttons you can just click on to add a feed

This allows you to skip steps 2-6!

Step 1: Find Webpage with feeds

Step 2: Find the feeds

Step 3 - 6: One click adding

Step 3 - 6: Add the URL to your reader

Step 7: Organize your feeds

It is recommendable to organize your feeds in folders

Speeds up reading

Feeds galore

Things you can do with RSS

Spy on tags in Social Bookmarking sites Delicious, Connotea, 2Collab

Broadcast yourself Twitter, Facebook, Hyves

Vanity searches Remix, mash-up, filter, translate

Yahoo-pipes Get information on your reading habits