What is RSS and How do I Use it?

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If you're anything like me, you've been seeing orange RSS or XML buttons more and more, not knowing what they are. 

As it turns out, they're "the next big thing" -- you can use them to get news feeds from CNN or BBC, as well as just about anything else, including news on upcoming movies, DVD releases, your favorite band's tour updates, etc.

Once you get started, it's like having your favorite parts of the Web come to you. No need to go out and check for updates all the time.

No more bookmarks for me!

"RSS" means "Really Simple Syndication." But that is just a fancy way of saying that you can keep up with all the updates to RixMarketing.com without having to check the site every week to see "what's new." Whenever I put up a new page ("BRAND NEW") or update an old one ("UPDATE"), I release it through RSS. And...

Yes, RSS is amazing. If you can't tell, I'm completely addicted to it. No e-mail. No spam. It's so easy to subscribe and unsubscribe.

And once you start, you'll soon be tracking all your other favorite interests and news in the world.

How do you get started?

It's easy, just download a free RSS Reader (skip to bottom if you do not want to download software). This is special software that reads the "RSS feeds" from the largest news organizations right down to the small business sites.  You can try one of these:

Windows -- RssReader
http://www.rssreader.com/

Mac -- NetNewsWire
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/

Once you're set up, here's all you have to do...

Right-click (control-click for Mac users) on any orange RSS button on a site, blog, or news source that interests you. Start by right-clicking on the orange button below. Then...

Select Copy Shortcut ("Copy Link to Clipboard" for Mac), and paste that URL into your RSS Reader.

And that's it! You're subscribed.

  Right-click and get started.

Don't want to download new software? Yahoo! and MSN! have a fantastic, one-step solution. If you have a MyYahoo or MyMSN account. Just click on the links below...

    Add RixMarketing.com RSS to your "My Yahoo!"


    Add RixMarketing.com RSS to your "My MSN!"