In this post I am going to explain what is RSS feed and how it works. When you visit a blog or website you can see an orange button representing RSS feeds, but many people don’t know exactly what it is. Bloggers used this one of the ways to get subscribers for their blogs and users will get regular updates from blog.
Today we will learn about RSS feed and how to start using it. Every blogger must setup RSS feed on their blog. Because this will help your users get new updates from the blog post. Most common ways to represent the RSS feed is in orange color placed in the sidebar or near the blog post.
How do RSS feeds Works?
RSS feeds are simple text files, it will submit to feed directories that enable subscribers to notify all updates from the site. Instead of checking regularly on a particular website, readers can subscribe to RSS feed and that will notify new updates from blogs like we subscribe to a newspaper.
The contents can be read using a feed reader. RSS means Really Simple syndication.
Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS
It saves time by not needing to visit the site regularly for new updates. RSS readers will notify you about the blog updates.
Google reader is one of the best Feed readers. You can use this to subscribe rss feeds. There are many feed readers available like Feedly, Flipboard etc.
How to subscribe to RSS Feeds
Visit the website home page and you will find an orange feed icon on the sidebar. Click on it and you will redirect the options to select a different rss service. Select one of them. Once you have subscribed to a site’s feed you can view updated content on the feed reader.
Subscribe to ShoutToWorld feeds.