Have you ever wanted to see news relevant to you, all synced to a single location without refreshing the page several times? RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, are an easy way to receive the latest news from most major websites. Most news websites, such as MSN, Yahoo and many others use RSS feeds. They allow you to save a lot of time; you don’t have to visit each site individually, every day, several times a day. RSS feeds have grown a lot in popularity, as more people become aware of them.
In a way, RSS feeds are a way for subscribing to websites without having newsletters clog up your email’s inbox. For Leila Pejman, blogger from the Toronto Sun, “It’s a pain to have more than a few sites open and that’s why I love RSS feeds, especially Google Reader, where I subscribe to 25 publications.” For Leila, Pejman, it’s very easy to go through various news sources and only reads the news relevant to her.
RSS Feeds can be read in more places than just on a computer. Since the birth of Smartphones, it becomes even easier and more convenient to see your feeds anywhere. Since the beginning, people have been predicting the success of these feeds. Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft, stated in 2005 "We want RSS everywhere. RSS is so powerful I want it in more than just the browser and the aggregator. I want it everywhere." Even before the creation of Iphone and Blackberry, there were predictions that Internet users would be able to take their news with them everywhere. In order to read an RSS, after you’ve subscribed, you can view them from either your Internet browser or a reader application on your desktop. RSS feeds don’t only include news in the form of text; they may also include audio and video. This news doesn’t even require you to refresh the page; it will update for you automatically.
Although RSS feeds have been around for over 10 years, they didn’t reach popularity until 2005 or 2006 when the orange symbol changed and people began to see it appear on some of their favorite news websites. Not only can major websites have the RSS feature, but blogs can also have them so their followers can be updated. This feature has made it very easy for bloggers with large fan bases to keep their fans updated. In many instances, if fans aren’t constantly updated, they will completely forget about the blogger.
Good job. Use last name only after you've used the first name in a story.
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