RSS Feed

What is RSS ?

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.

Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS

RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter.

What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed? RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators

Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.

Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.

If you have Microsoft Office 2007 you do not need a separate RSS feeder as the software has this feature built into it. Many new mobile phones which offer internet access also have a built in RSS feeder.

Visit the following website to obtain a free RSS Reader :

http://www.rssreader.com/

To obtain RSS feed, copy the below link into your RSS Favourites list in your RSS reader. This feed may also be added to your website by copying this link :

http://uk.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/XmlServlet?act=rss&LanguageCountry=en_GB&orgPrefix=UK02