One great resource that I can offer my readers is the ability to sign up for an RSS feed from my site. In fact, if you’ve spent any time on my site, you notice that big square orange button in my side bar that allows people to sign up for my feed. Not sure what this means? Don’t worry, a lot of people out there don’t know either. And since they don’t know, they miss the opportunity to save some precious time! With an RSS feed, you can easily take advantage of signing up for your favorite blog’s RSS feeds, which can be a huge advantage for you. If you are wondering what an RSS feed is, then let me explain it real quick, and why it can be so beneficial for you to take advantage of.
What is an RSS Feed?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (really!). Syndication for the web, defined by Wikipedia, is web feeds which make a portion of the website available to other sites and subscribers. This means, when you sign up for my RSS feed, you are basically signing up to be on my automated update list. This means that whenever I post an article to my site, you will receive a copy of it in your favorite feed reader so that you won’t miss anything.
What is a Feed Reader?
A feed reader is software that you can use to track multiple RSS feeds at one time, in one place. One popular feed reader is bloglines.com. You can sign up for a free account with them, and then you’ll have the ability to track several feeds from your favorite websites and blogs that offer RSS, and you can see all your site’s favorite articles from a single page. Nice huh? Some good news is that you have several different choices with regard to feed readers you can use. Notice next to my RSS feed button in the sidebar that you’ll see an icon for Bloglines, Add to Google, My Yahoo, Newsgator, and My AOL. If you click on one of these icons, it will take you to a screen that will allow you to easily add my feed to your choice. So, for example, since I use Yahoo for my email, I would want to click the My Yahoo button so that I can read my email and see the feeds from my favorite websites all on one page. They won’t show up as messages in your email, instead, they will be located under the Feed called “Wedding Help”, so that you can view them when you want to. If you want the messages to show up as email in your box, then simply click on the big orange button, and on the next screen, choose “Get Wedding Help delivered by email”, enter your email address and verification, and you’re off and running.
Why RSS is so Cool!
First of all, RSS feeds are totally free! Also, RSS feeds are so great because they allow you view lots of different feeds quickly and easily, without having to remember a bunch of different web addresses, and time spent surfing the Internet. Wedding Help offers an RSS feed for those who don’t always have time to come and check out the most recent articles. I know how busy planning a wedding can be, but you don’t want to miss out on some great articles that could potentially save you a bunch of money, or solve a big problem for you. This is a great resource to take advantage of to keep you abreast of everything going on. Sign up for it today, if you have any problems or have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to write in and let me know!
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