Have you ever heard of RSS? You have probably seen it all over the place but may not know what it is. What is Feedburner exactly? Do you see that little orange box to the left with the dot and the two curved lines on it right below the subscription options bar? It’s the first icon on the left. It looks like this.
That orange thing is a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) subscriber.According to Wikipedia, RSS is a “family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works” like blog posts. If you click that button, it will take you to Feedburner. Feedburner is a web feed management tool. Feedburner takes the RSS feed from sites like this one and distributes them to subscribers. You may be wondering, what is a feed?
A feed is an easy way to distribute content without requiring people to actually visit your site. A person can subscribe to a website’s feed and gain access to regular updates of a website. These updates are delivered automatically using either email, a new reader, or a web portal.
Feedburner is great because it enables the person to keep up to date with a website’s content. You can have the feed delivered right to your inbox. This way you will always be notified of important posts, events, contests, and news.
Now do you see why you should subscribe to my feed! I am not saying that you shouldn’t visit my site. I love my readers! I am saying that you should get the best of both worlds and subscribe to my feed as well. Maybe you missed a post or two and would like to catch up. Subscribe to my feed and you can have it delivered to you via email.
Are you a believer in RSS or do you prefer to shun feed manaagment tools?
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