An RSS feed is a file that contains a summary of updates from a website, often in the form of a list of articles with links. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it offers an easy way to stay up to date on new content from websites you care about.

Since RSS is merely a way to access that material, the material is still copyrighted. RSS doesn’t change anything. Whether you use an RSS tool or a web browser to access material, the material is still copyrighted.

RSS is certainly not dead in any sense. Its still used by hundreds of millions of people every day and has been the inspiration for many new technologies. Aarons contribution to the world will be around for many years to come, and when it actually does die, will live on in spirit through other technologies.

Here’s a review of the 10 best free online RSS readers I’ve come across so far.

1. Digg Reader. Digg Reader is a free online RSS reader that has a clean user interface and all the features you need for reading and managing your RSS feeds.
2. Feedreader Online.
3. CommaFeed.
4. FlowReader.
5. Feedly.
6. Inoreader.
7. Feedspot.
8. The Old Reader.

RSS is a simply an Internet technology standard that allows busy people to receive updates to web-based content of interest. You might have figured that much out by now. But basically, that’s the essence of an RSS feed – you subscribe and then receive new content automatically in your feed reader.

RSS works by having the Web site author maintain a list of notifications on their Web site in a standard way. Special computer programs called RSS aggregators have been developed that automatically access the RSS feeds of Web sites you care about on your behalf and organize the results for you.

What does RSS look like? Simple, right? A feed comprises a channel, which has a title, link, description, and (optional) language, followed by a series of items, each of which have a title, link, and description. Quite a bit more verbose.

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When you are on your favorite website, look for a small orange icon with the letters RSS or XML. When you click on that icon, you add that web address or link to your reader. You can also search for a website within your RSS reader and add it to your feed.

Manage RSS feeds for a list or library

1. In the list or library, select Library or List, depending on where you want to manage RSS feeds.
2. On the Settings page, under Communications, select RSS settings.
3. In the List RSS section, select whether you want to enable or disable RSS for the list.

Google Reader is a cross platform RSS Reader that allows you to quickly subscribe to RSS Feeds and read them on your phone. As this is a Google app, it’s integrated with your Google account, and many Android users probably have this app already installed.

Find the URL of the RSS feed you want and use waybackpack to get the archived urls for that feed. Use FeedReader or a similar library to pull down the archived RSS feed. Take the URLs from each feed and scrape them as you wish. If you’re going way back in time it’s possible there might be some dead links.

Simply navigate to the tab/section you want the RSS feed for and append /rss next to news.google.com and you get the RSS feed URL for that section.

While setting up or editing a Google Alert click Show options.

1. Next, under Deliver to, choose RSS Feed.
2. Save your alert and you will see an RSS icon next to your alert. Right click this and copy the URL.
3. You now have an RSS feed for your Google Alert.

Finding Hidden RSS Feeds on Most Sites Every major CMS offers an RSS feed by default, meaning an RSS exists for such sites whether the site’s creators realize that or not. In these cases, you can use a simple URL hack to find the RSS feed. Around 25 percent of sites are built using WordPress, for example.