Little orange icons are on nearly every website and blog these days. Sometimes they are accompanied with text that says “Subscribe here” or “RSS feed.” If you are like a great many people, you have probably wondered about the purpose for those orange icons. You may have even tried clicking on one of the icons, only to be directed to a page asking you to choose an “aggregator” to which to send the “feed”-and you probably didn’t know what to do with this at all.

So, here is an explanation of RSS feeds and how they work. After reading this, you will likely be eager to begin using them. Continue to read this article »