What an RSS Feed? What does it do on websites? Does it have a function?

Just what is a RSS feed? What do it stand for? What's it function on websites?What does it do on websites? Are they good or bad for websites? Do they help bring traffic and orders to websites?

What an RSS Feed? What does it do on websites? Does it have a function?
RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication. It is usually used to tell the subscribers there is new content on a website, but it can also be used to communicate just about anything. For example, on my website http://ww2db.com , you can subscribe to this feed http://ww2db.com/feedgen.php?feed=images... to be notified when I added new photographs to the website.





RSS is written in XML and requires special software to parse it. Thunderbird, Firefox, and many other popular software packages can all do it.





I believe they are good for websites. I have a significant amount of traffic flowing into my website via my RSS feeds on a daily basis.
Reply:Youtube has videos explaining RSS.





You can display and provide links for your Y!A questions on your Y!360 and Myspace pages with a RSS feed.


http://myspace.com/22449233


http://rssonmyspace.com





Find your list of questions.


To the right of your first question you will see RSS.


Click on it with the right button then left click to copy shortcut.


In your Y!360 click "My Page."


http://360.yahoo.com/


Click "Edit Feeds."


Right click on one of the three boxes to paste the shortcut.


Then save.





You can also display information from:


Yahoo! My Web


Yahoo! News (for specific subjects like your state, country, or corporation)


MSN News


BBC News


Myspace Blogs


Craigslist, CNET, Youtube, Netflix, Flickr, Gizmodo, Forbes.





Try searching for a "RSS Directory" in the search engine.
Reply:RSS feeds are the computer-parseable format of a web page you're looking at. They're used by news robots, and portal software to take the site's content, and distribute it.