RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Demystified.

What is RSS?

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." It is way or path that is used by web sites and blogs  to send updated headlines to you via services like SBC Yahoo! Home Page.  It allows user to select content from a variety of RSS sources, and SBC Yahoo! Home Page displays it for you in one convenient location.

XML is used by RSS(Really Simple Syndication) to syndicate web content mainy news headlines, text or articles. When an RSS document is created and registerd with RSS publisher, one can use service like the SBC Yahoo! portal to read updated headlines from that site on your homepage

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. And it's "really simple" for publishers to make their content accessible this way too.

The benefits of RSS are :

• Efficiency: Timely news and information is automatically there when you need it.
• Breadth: Headlines from the web sources you care about are consolidated.
• Organization: Sources can be displayed in order of importance with the latest news on top.
• Productivity: Email newsletter subscriptions and unruly bookmarks can lead to clutter and information overload.

Ultimately, you save time while consuming more information. Instead of browsing multiple sites to find information of interest, syndicated headlines are delivered directly to your SBC Yahoo! Home Page page. And they are consolidated in a way that's easy to scan throughout the day. When a headline interests you, just click and go directly to the source.

There are three main ways you could approach using RSS in your daily interactions online.

Web

You could use a free online service to aggregate the contents of your chosen feeds. Most popular of them all would be Bloglines, but of course you can easily search online for more.

Local

Another option is to run an application locally from your computer. Many of these programs exist nowadays, so you're really spoilt for choice in this department. 

Email

Yes, read RSS via email! Many people are doing this now. It's a brilliant little hack if you don't mind getting a few extra posts per day.