Here is an excellent video from Creative Techs explaining what an RSS feed is and how it works and why you need to make sure yours are working. (Thanks to Jules for the link.)
Per your recommendation, I set up a bloglines account. What is the difference between the different types of subscriptions (atom, rss, etc.)?
February 16, 2007 By Leave a Comment
When I subscribe to a site via Bloglines, I am given three choices of feeds: Atom, RSS, and XML. I usually look to see which feed was posted earliest and subscribe to that one. RSS and Atom are basically the same types of feeds. It shouldn’t matter which feed you choose to use. XML is [...]
I have been blogging for over a year now and have never tried bloglines before. How does it work? Would it make my blogging life a lot easier?
January 22, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Bloglines is what’s known as a feed reader or aggregator and it’s just one of many brands. They all work similarly. You must create an account and then you begin adding the URLs/feed addresses of the blogs, news sites, etc. that you would like to read (each brand has directions). The aggregator then updates itself [...]
What is a feed reader? Should I use one?
July 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment
A feed reader is simply another name for an aggregator (see definition here).
