Explain about RSS feed?

I do not know any think about RSS Feed. I think its a good thing. I like to know about the basics of RSS Feed. For what does it be used? For whom will be it useful? What is the requirement for creating an RSS Feed?

Explain about RSS feed?
There are three main ways you could approach using RSS in your daily interactions online.





Web


You could use a free online service to aggregate the contents of your chosen feeds. Most popular of them all would be Bloglines, but of course you can easily search online for more. See [1].





Local


Another option is to run an application locally from your computer. Many of these programs exist nowadays, so you're really spoilt for choice in this department. See [2] for a partial list of popular programs.





Email


Yes, read RSS via email! Many people are doing this now. It's a brilliant little hack if you don't mind getting a few extra posts per day. See [3].





Enjoy RSS!
Reply:RSS


Really Simple Syndication (a.k.a. RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary) is a format that uses XML to syndicate Web content--typically news headlines, a few lines of text, or a short article summary. When a Web site creates an RSS document and registers it with an RSS publisher, you can use a service like the SBC Yahoo! portal to read updated headlines from that site on your homepage.





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RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." It's a format that web sites and blogs can use to send updated headlines to you via services like SBC Yahoo! Home Page. You can select content from a variety of RSS sources, and SBC Yahoo! Home Page displays it for you in one convenient location.





Syndication means you don't have to visit each site individually to see what's new -- you simply scan headlines or brief article summaries and click to read the full text. That's the "really simple" part. And it's "really simple" for publishers to make their content accessible this way too.





What are the benefits of receiving syndicated headlines via RSS?





There are many benefits to accessing headlines and information this way:





*Efficiency: Timely news and information is automatically there when you need it.


*Breadth: Headlines from the web sources you care about are consolidated.


*Organization: Sources can be displayed in order of importance with the latest news on top.


*Productivity: Email newsletter subscriptions and unruly bookmarks can lead to clutter and information overload.





Ultimately, you save time while consuming more information. Instead of browsing multiple sites to find information of interest, syndicated headlines are delivered directly to your SBC Yahoo! Home Page page. And they are consolidated in a way that's easy to scan throughout the day. When a headline interests you, just click and go directly to the source.





More questions about RSS? See our RSS FAQ @ http://dsl.sbc.yahoo.com/s/sbc/about/rss...