What is RSS | Definition
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February 1st, 2008
RSS is an Internet Language or cyber term or blog term and can be defined as “Really Simple Syndication”. It is a free service and method with XML-based format that used by webmasters to distribute the latest news or updated information online.
The followings are RSS definition quoted from some well known websites, you can learn more from them.
1. “RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s an easy way for you to keep up with news and information that’s important to you, and helps you avoid the conventional methods of browsing or searching for information on websites. Now the content you want can be delivered directly to you without cluttering your inbox with e-mail messages. This content is called a “feed.”
(Source: USA)
2. “In a world heaving under the weight of billions of web pages, keeping up to date with the information you want can be a drag.
Wouldn’t it be better to have the latest news and features delivered directly to you, rather than clicking from site to site?
Using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to see when sites from all over the internet have added new content. You can get the latest headlines and articles (or even audio files, photographs or video) in one place, as soon as they are published, without having to remember to visit each site every day.
RSS takes the hassle out of staying up-to-date, by showing you the very latest information that you are interested in.
RSS feeds are just a special kind of web page, designed to be read by computers rather than people. It might help to think of them as the free, internet version of the old-fashioned ticker-tape news wire machines.
Not all websites currently provide RSS, but it is growing rapidly in popularity and many others, including the Guardian, New York Times and CNN provide it.”
(Source: BBC News)
3. “Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an XML-based format for content distribution. NYTimes.com offers several RSS feeds for use in news readers and Web logs (blogs). These feeds include headlines, summaries and links back to NYTimes.com for the full article. RSS feeds are free and NYTimes.com currently uses RSS 2.0.”
(Source: New York Times)
4. “RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” It’s a format that web sites and blogs can use to send updated headlines to you via services like My Yahoo!. My Yahoo! gathers the content you select from a variety of sources and displays it for you in one convenient location. Syndication means you don’t have to visit each site individually to see what’s new — you simply scan headlines or brief article summaries and click to read the full text. That’s the “really simple” part.” (Source: Yahoo! )
5. “RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication and Rich Site Summary. RSS is an XML-based format for content distribution. Webmasters create an RSS file containing headlines and descriptions of specific information. While the majority of RSS feeds currently contain news headlines or breaking information the long term uses of RSS are broad.
RSS is a defined standard based on XML with the specific purpose of delivering updates to web-based content. Using this standard, webmasters provide headlines and fresh content in a succinct manner. Meanwhile, consumers use RSS readers and news aggregators to collect and monitor their favorite feeds in one centralized program or location. Content viewed in the RSS reader or news aggregator is place known as an RSS feed.”
(Source: RSS Specifications)
6. “RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and sometimes content to a wide number of people. It is used by computer programs that organize those headlines and notices for easy reading.” (Source: SoftwareGarden)
7. “RSS stands for both Rich Site Summary and Really Simple Syndication but it always refers to the same technology.”
(Source: WebReference)
8. “RSS is a technology that is being used by millions of web users around the world to keep track of their favorite websites. In the ‘old days’ of the web to keep track of updates on a website you had to ‘bookmark’ websites in your browser and manually return to them on a regular basis to see what had been added.”
(Source: ProBlogger)
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