Create an RSS Aggregator, Now!
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Anyone learning in the information age, particularly in the fields of digital media and web design, need to continually access the world's primary information source, the Internet. Increasingly, websites and blogs include XML code, usually referred to as a "feed" (as in "news feed"), that makes it possible for learners to "subscribe" to the content that is created on these websites and blogs so they no longer have to visit these sources directly to get information. As is true with traditional syndication, the content comes to you instead of you going to get it, hence "Real Simple Syndication (RSS)." The syndication is achieved using a news feed collector know as an "aggregator". The aggregator checks the sites you subscribe to, usually every hour, and it collects all the new content into a folder. The feed your aggregator checks is virus free, and you know that everything in your aggregator is something you want to read because you subscribed to it. No ads, no spam, just new content from the sources you specify. You can scan the headlines, read the entire post, click through to the actual website or blog, and file the information away for later retrieval.
Bloglines is a FREE online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content. With Bloglines, there is no software to download or install --
simply register as a new user and you can instantly begin accessing your account any time, from any computer or mobile device. And it's FREE! If your serious about learning in the information age identify your Internet information sources and implement an RSS aggregator now.
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