What is RSS and How to Use It?

For those who are new to the whole blogging atmosphere and are trying to follow just one blog of your choice, RSS is for you. And for those of you who are trying to follow 20 blogs, RSS is for you as well. Abraham Piper has a helpful post on how to do set up and use Google Reader. He shows you how to set up an account, how to add blogs to your Reader account, and how to read and manage them. He also explains what RSS is and why it is worthwhile.

"RSS is a technology that allows you to subscribe to any website that has one of these in the address bar. You can then track every site you're subscribed to without having to go to each individual site.

If you're like me there are a couple websites that you love to read. Without RSS, I would be looking at these sites regularly to see if there were new material. Depending on how often I checked, I wouldn't see anything new most times I visited.

With RSS, I never again have to go to a site that has no new material. I subscribe to the sites I enjoy and am updated every time they post."

As for me, I use Google Reader to follow 20+ blogs that I subscribe to. It has saved me more time than I can even begin to count. If you read any blog, set up Google Reader immediately.