News and current affairs have never been as dynamic as they are today. Gone are the days when we used to wait for the newest or hottest information across the globe.
Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allows you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.
A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.
Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.
A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.
Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.
An RSS aggregator can come in various web-based forms which are easily accessible anywhere as long as there’s internet. Bloglines and Google Reader are good example of it. An aggregator can also be integrated in common computer applications like aggregating OPML files, email processing and documentation in which it functions as a plug-in that work from within a host application collecting and alerting the computer user of the newest RSS feeds. Nowadays, another type of RSS aggregator has come up and is referred to as media aggregator. It is just an RSS aggregator that not only collects written feeds but also those in audio and video formats. One can use a media aggregator to download, playback and even upload the feeds collected into a portable devise.
I normally use Google Reader because I have it set to open in one of the tabs when my browser opens. I've also use Feedreader in the past and have heard of some of the other readers you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteVery good.
Likely you'll tell us sometime also how we make an RSS Feed from our own site so that others can have that address link to add to their feed reader. That is for sites that don't already have them included. Duane