Shaun Low

RSS stands for Rich Site Summary. RSS is usually represented by the universal orange icon you can see at the bottom of this post. When you click the icon and sign up for a websites RSS feed you automatically get sent the simplified version of the website you subscribed to. You don’t see any loading ads or graphics on the site which just slow the websites speed down. The main content and any important links are sent to your RSS reader. An RSS reader is a program which tells you when your sites which you have subscribed to have updated any content on the website, any new information will be sent to your reader.

When you sign up for an RSS you don’t have to provide any personal information including an e-mail address. You won’t have to worry about e-mail spammers or anything like that. Subscribing to an RSS feed takes only seconds to do and you can create a long list of your favorite websites. If you aren’t happy with a feed you have subscribed to you can easily unsubscribe and you will never have to hear from that site again.

Why provide a full feed?

Well many web surfers prefer sites that offer a full feed. Whenever you update your content it saves them time from actually visiting your site. You are basically spoon feeding them your information. Providing an RSS feed will not only increase your traffic but many sites such as Text Link ads and ReviewMe take your RSS subscribers as a measure of your blogs success. The more subscribers you have the more you can charge for advertising space used on your site.

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