RSS & Feed Readers Explained:

What is RSS?

RSS is short for: (Rich Site Summary), or (Real Simple Syndication). RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing content directly from a website, such as news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers that syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants to dowload it.

Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS

RSS is a great option for people who regularly use the Internet, and it allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You not only save time by not having to visit each site individually, but it also ensures your privacy, because you do not need to join each site's email newsletter.

Such sites that offer RSS syndication are websites such as: CNN, Yahoo News, About.com, and many other big news and information sites that have their information updated daily.

Here's what you Need to read an RSS Feed:

RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators...

Feed Readers or News Aggregators are special software programs that allow you to obtain the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use, mostly on your desktop or laptop computer.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include:

	Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac)
	FeedReader (Windows)
	NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook)
	Feedburner (Most Popular)

Plus a number of web-based feed readers are available, such as:

	My Yahoo
	Bloglines
	Google Reader

Once you have your Feed Reader installed on your computer, now it's 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.

When you find the rss, xml, or rdf URL link, all you would do is copy and paste to add it to your Feed Reader, and that is all. Just like our RSS link you see below:

If you would like to add our RSS Feed, copy and paste this URL into your existing Feed Reader:

The Traveling Agent RSS Feed - Get the most up-to-date-information - Click Here!