There are a million blogs on the Internet; some of which give us helpful tips for daily life; others that are about as useful as a hole in a bottle of water. Yet no matter where we go there are always those windows that pop up asking for us to subscribe, right?
You know exactly what I'm talking about; do you ever go to a website and you get all these requests to subscribe to an RSS feed? Do you even know what an RSS feed IS?
At first it sounds like some government tax form but they're actually really great for keeping up to date on blogs and sites that you really love without all the mumbo jumbo. I follow a lot of different blogs from entertainment blogs like TheYBF and Nicole Bitchie to organizational blogs to give me tips on staying organized such as Natural Born Organizers. However I don't always have the time for all the graphics or routine of a full flash website. An RSS feed is an online slang abbreviation which stands for "Rich Site Summery" or "Really Simple Syndication". They enable to you to receive emails with the bullet points of the blog or site that you're following. Gives you a quick update and lets you know that new content has been added and you might want to check it out when you have time.
I have a few blogs myself and I have to say that the people that have subscribed to my RSS feed find it very helpful. Specifically when you have a blogger who are constantly posting and have a myriad of things being added to their site, you may not want to be overloaded.
On the opposite side of things, if you have a site without the option of an RSS feed you might want to reconsider. It's a great way for bloggers to expand their reach and make their sites more accessible.
For more info on the importance of an RSS Feed check out these links:
Search Engine Xperts
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