Are You Using RSS Feeds?

I hope so because RSS feeds are the simplest and fastest way to keep up with your favorite websites and blogs. May 1^st has been marked by the blogosphere as RSS Awareness Day. Here is my contribution to the cause.

RSS: The short definition

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it. - http://www.whatisrss.com/

For an entertaining plain English video explanation of RSS head over to: http://rssday.org/

The Benefits

• Instead of randomly visiting your favorite websites for updates, RSS tells you exactly when new content has been added. Saving you time and effort.
• RSS feeds allow you to check out headlines of articles so you can determine whether it’s worth reading a story or visiting the website.
• To visit or not to visit, that is the question. With RSS you can read all the content without even going to the actual website.
• Get all your sports news in one location. With the help of an RSS reader you can quickly check out ESPN.com, Philly.com and The Recliner GM all from the comfort of your homepage. Check out my Sixers news page on Google:

Are you reaping the benefits of RSS feeds?

If you aren’t why not start by subscribing to your favorite Philly sports blog ; ) hint, hint. For the rest of you already taking advantage of this technology I assume you already grabbed our feed, right?