Before starting my research, I should define what RSS is and what is the full abbreviation of the very common web word. RSS can be referred to in many different ways but the 2 most common meanings are:

  • Really Simple Syndication

  • Rich Site Summary

RSS is a web-feeding format used in frequently updating news feed, blog, podcast and vodcast (video-casting) by using ‘aggregator‘. Users have to subscribe to a ‘feed’ or ‘aggregator‘ of a website, and what it does is automatically updates the changes done and informs the link that user’s have subscribed. Seeing the changes, the user can then go to the link and check on the changes.

I have opened an account with one aggregator from www.bloglines.com. To open an account, users have to register by clicking on the ‘Register’ button on top of the page on the right-hand side. Fill in the e-mail address, password, time zone and language. Click on register and you are done. Once in there, the website then allows you to subscribe to its own or recommended websites or blog accordingto your interest. But, all these does automatically and to know the manual way which is quite simple as well, look at the left hand side where you will find the menu of your blogline. Click on the button ‘Feeds’ >’Add’> ‘Subscribe’. Insert the blog or Feed the URL.

A website that does not have RSS will not subscribe and therefore users should always look out for the orange button or click on Bookmarks in Menu bar. Certain browsers automatically checks for RSS and adds Subscribe on Bookmarks but as I have mentioned above, users can always check for this options.