Why won't my RSS feeds update?

I'm new to RSS feeds.


I've been adding a few to my Google.com/ig page, and they do not seem to update. I have been fiddling with the settings, but they do not offer an option for how often you want them to update.





Example: I have an RSS feed for Yahoo Answers, and it does not show questions that I have asked recently. It shows questions from this morning, and the number of answers do not correspond correctly, either.





From how I understand it, RSS feeds are supposed to update instantly.





I have tried edit the settings, refresh the page multiple times, clean cache, etc, etc, etc.





I would appreciate if someone could explain to me how RSS feeds work, and why I am having a problem with them.





Thanks!

Why won't my RSS feeds update?
They don't update instantly, especially in relation to Yahoo.





For example, see http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/360/pro... and http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-1qCkw2Eha... and


http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-whFQC_Q0a...


and even more information is available at http://developer.yahoo.com/rss/ .





They are updated on a schedule. There's nothing you can do about it except make sure the URL that you use for RSS is current. I hope this helps.
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