10.30.2005
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Quickly: Use RSS to save time online
RSS -- Really Simple Syndication -- is a way to subscribe to parts or all of a site you're interested in.
For example, if you want to keep up on Cleveland news? Subscribe to the wkyc.com RSS feed. And, while you're at it -- subscribe to feeds from other Cleveland-area news outlets.
1) Get a feed reader. If you use Google or Yahoo mail, you can set one up online. Try the Yahoo service here: my.yahoo.com
Or, download a free program. Windows users can try BlogExpress.
2) Find a feed that you're interested in. More often than not, feeds are marked with the following image:
. On blogs, these images are often at the bottom-right of the page.
3) Copy the shortcut (link) to the feed and paste it into your feed reader.
For example, that feed for Cleveland-area news looks like this: http://www.wkyc.com/rss/rss_localnews.aspx
If I click on it using Internet Explorer 6, you get an ugly page. Try it.
But, if you paste that link into your feed reader, you'll get every headline posted about Cleveland news from Channel 3.
RSS lets you keep up with information of interest quickly and easily.
Once you set up a few feeds of interest -- there's no need to return to those web sites until you find a story / link / update of interest.
No more aimlessly going to a news homepage while bored at work. Instead, you can scan headlines from dozens of sites and find articles of interest -- without hunting and pecking on individual sites.
BlogExpress
More free feedreaders: wikipedia.org
wkyc.com feeds
RSS -- Really Simple Syndication -- is a way to subscribe to parts or all of a site you're interested in.
For example, if you want to keep up on Cleveland news? Subscribe to the wkyc.com RSS feed. And, while you're at it -- subscribe to feeds from other Cleveland-area news outlets.
How do you subscribe?
1) Get a feed reader. If you use Google or Yahoo mail, you can set one up online. Try the Yahoo service here: my.yahoo.com
Or, download a free program. Windows users can try BlogExpress.
2) Find a feed that you're interested in. More often than not, feeds are marked with the following image:
. On blogs, these images are often at the bottom-right of the page.3) Copy the shortcut (link) to the feed and paste it into your feed reader.
For example, that feed for Cleveland-area news looks like this: http://www.wkyc.com/rss/rss_localnews.aspx
If I click on it using Internet Explorer 6, you get an ugly page. Try it.
But, if you paste that link into your feed reader, you'll get every headline posted about Cleveland news from Channel 3.
Why do I care?
RSS lets you keep up with information of interest quickly and easily.
Once you set up a few feeds of interest -- there's no need to return to those web sites until you find a story / link / update of interest.
No more aimlessly going to a news homepage while bored at work. Instead, you can scan headlines from dozens of sites and find articles of interest -- without hunting and pecking on individual sites.
BlogExpress
More free feedreaders: wikipedia.org
wkyc.com feeds
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