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If you aren’t familiar with RSS (Really Simple Syndication) then you’re missing out on a cool way of keeping track of your favorite sites.
Without getting too horribly technical, RSS is simply a way for you to subscribe to a website or blog’s content with the simple click of a button (or a few buttons, depending on the RSS reader you use).
So anytime the sites/blogs you’ve subscribed to add new content, you can view it by simply checking your RSS reader. There are tons of readers on the Web. I keep it simple and use Firefox’s RSS reader.
It’s built right into the Bookmark functionality, so checking your subscribed feeds is just as easy as navigating to your saved favorites. I created a sub folder in my Firefox Bookmarks and I keep all my subscribed feeds there.
And since Firefox’s bookmark feature is so darn flexible, you can organize the feeds anyway you wish with ease.
How to Subscribe to My Blog Feed With Firefox
If you’re using Firefox (and you should be!) simply click this link.
A screen will open asking you which RSS reader you’d like to use to subscribe to this blog. Choose “Live Bookmarks” and it will automatically put this blog’s feed in your FireFox Bookmarks.
Wasn’t that super easy? Sort of makes bookmarking a site seem so old fashion doesn’t it?
Now anytime you want to view my new content for this blog, just navigate to your Bookmarks and you can quickly view the titles for my recent posts.
RSS is great because if you subscribe to many sites, you can quickly browse the titles to see if the author has posted something that interests you.
If not, you can try back later when more updates have been made. No need to take up your precious time visiting numerous sites, just let RSS do the work for ya!
Don’t Use Firefox?
Haven’t fallen in love with Firefox yet? No problem. There are still several different ways to subscribe and view RSS feeds. When you click my RSS feed button or link you can see the different readers you can use.
MyYahoo and Bloglines are two popular readers and there are a gazillion more.
When you click the link to my feed, you can see the wide selection of readers. If you already have an account with any of the RSS aggregators listed, simply click it and my feed will be added to your account instantly.
Use whatever reader works best for you. Just make sure you use something. RSS has revolutionized the way we browse the net and especially read blogs.
Plus, it’s just too cool to pass up. It’s a quick and easy way to get the content you want and skip the content you don’t want.
Have you RSS’ed me yet? ;)
Want Nothing to Do With RSS?
If you’d rather learn about my blog updates through good-ole fashioned e-mail then the box below should look quite familiar to you. Enter your email address and you’ll be notified when my I add new content.
Comments
Since you have feedburner - add the “email subscription” option to your blog, too - Bonus: there is no extra work for you! I’ve found that on my Meaningful Streams of Income blog, more people subscribe through that option than the RSS option. Could it be a simple confusion over how RSS works? Hmmm?
Love your work and admire your work ethic! You’re inspiring me to be more and DO more. Oh, and yes, I’m a brand new Site Build It! user, so hopefully you and I will run into each other on the forums too.
Blessings and Possibilities,
Maiya Rose Benda
I dont understand…do i have to print out the rss feed and then fax it to myself in order to read it? Dosent sound very convienent to me. Who the hell makes this kind of stuff anyway?! This is the technological age and we are still being forced to fax ouselves and go through all types of workarounds just to keep up to date on a website’s news content?! Jeez, somebody ought to invent some kind of software that automatically shows you the news content right after you copy & paste the RSS URL into the app.
Best condolences in a very unconvienent compter world
~Bill
Wow, Bill. You sound frustrated. If RSS is not for you than you can always bookmark or use good old fashioned email to keep up. If you have Firefox then RSS is pretty simple, you just click the orange button and BOOM the feed is added to your bookmarks. Sorry you’re having such a rough time.
WOW. A very helpful article! and may I add that, your website rocks! I’m actually planning to build my own site, and currently, I’m reading books on xhtml and css. I must say I am really impressed by your site. May I know what software or editor you used for this? thanks a lot!
Thanks Eyms,
For my blog, I use WordPress but for my site http://www.2createawebsite.com, I use Dreamweaver.
I use Firefox, but when I click on your “click this link” it does not give me the option of “Live Bookmarks” I get several blog readers choices, but not “Live Bookmarks” Can you help?
Jim, when you click the link to my feed do you see a link that says “View Feed XML” link under “Choose Your Reader?” Try clicking that and that should bring up the Live Bookmarks box.
That worked, thank you. Another question. I want your blog to appear in my Outlook RSS feeds folder. I can view your blog in Outlook, but the link doesn’t appear in the folder.
Hmmmm… not familiar with Outlook’s RSS aggregator. Have you googled this? Surely there’s some documentation or discussion on this. Wish I could be of more help.
Yes, I think that I just signed up for this. Thanks for all of your advice. I will appreciate all the ideas of success sent to me.
irene