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RSS 101

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Wikipedia describes RSS as follows :

The technology behind RSS allows you to subscribe to websites that have provided RSS feeds, these are typically sites that change or add content regularly. To use this technology you need to set up some type of aggregation service. Think of this aggregation service as your personal mailbox. You then have to subscribe to the sites that you want to get updates on.

At Fulfil we like to describe RSS as simply plumbing - a way to exchange data. Listed below are some resources you may find useful in gaining a better understanding of RSS.

RSS Reference Material

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RSS in Plain English from Sachi and Lee at Common Craft : There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don’t know where to start.

About Feeds by Six Apart

RSS feed introduction by the BBC

RSS Marketing made simple by Nooked

RSS Goes Corporate in Red Herring July 18, 2005

RSS - Crossing into the Mainstream by Ipsos Insight and Yahoo

How feeds will change the way content is distributed, valued and consumed : first report in Feed For Thought series by FeedBurner - Nov. 2005

FeedBurners view of the feed market by FeedBurner - Feb 22 2007

RSS Software

Cross platform RSS Readers

BlogBridge

Mozilla Thunderbird

Windows RSS Readers