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Forbes just ran an introductory article about RSS, which is a method of summarizing the content in a web site or web log as an XML file. Why is RSS important? By themselves, RSS files aren't very easy to use, but with a good newsreader like NetNewsWire (Macintosh) or Newsgator (Windows), they come alive. If you have ever dreamed about following several web sites or weblogs without all the accompanying advertisements and time waiting for pages to load, you should try out a news reader.
This site publishes an RSS file; you can find it here: http://bigsea.rev9.com/xml/rss.xml
If you look closely at the left-hand column of this site, you will see the orange and white RSS logo-- if you have not noticed these before, it's probably because you didn't know what they were. The RSS logo identifies sites that publish RSS feeds and also provides an identifiable link to the RSS file. Click on the RSS logo on this page, and you will see the RSS file for this site. Load the URL for the RSS file into a news reader as a "subscription", and you will be able to follow this site without having to visit the site directly. Cool, huh?
Posted by Scott Girard on 3/2/04; 8:43:12 PM
from the News dept.
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