What is RSS?
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. It is a quick and easy way to create and use "syndicated content", such as news headlines and/or announcements.

Rave Victoria uses RSS to allow users to grab information summaries on upcoming events. Other sites deliver news or article summaries or blog updates so that users don't have to browse to a site on a regular basis and dig up the content in which they are interested.

What is a News Reader?
Basically, a news reader (or "aggregator") is software that periodically reads a set of news sources (in RSS format), finds the new bits, and displays them in on a single page. It is a convenient way to subscribe to dozens of electronic "news feeds" and is much easier than constantly re-visiting a page looking for new content.



The orange XML logo indicates that a summary of content is available in a format suitable for news aggregators like Sharpreader, Pluck, Newsgator, or BlogLines. These services can offer an advantage over subscribing through email because it's easier to manage subscriptions, you don't have to give your email address out, and your day-to-day email correspondence is not mixed up with newsletter distributions.

While not all sites use the orange logo to denote available RSS feeds, many do. Those that don't will usually mention the words "RSS", "feed", and/or "syndicate".

For more info, and an easy 3-step process to get started, check out this link.