What is RSS - Really Simple Syndication ?

Posted by Anandhan Subbiah on Apr 2, 2007 in Programming Concepts, Technical ArticlesNo comments

An RSS feed (also known as a RSS channel or XML feed) is a type of file format that lets websites syndicate their content.It is basically a standardized xml document containing basic information about a web site and its most recent content.

Most web logs allow their content to be available via RSS as they want thier data to be available in many diffrent formats and also reach as many people as possible.

There are lot of standard RSS readers Google reader is one of the popular readers. Most blogging software generate RSS feeds automatically.

I use wordpress for publishing my blogs and you can find my auto generated RSS feed at MY RSS FEED

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