What is RSS?

An ‘RSS' or ‘Really Simple Syndication' feed is a regularly updated summary of web content, along with links to full versions of that content. When you subscribe to a given website's feed, you'll receive a summary of new content from that website.

How can it help me?

RSS feeds are an efficient way to keep track of changing content on a website (and across multiple websites) without constantly checking the site for new material. Feeds are delivered to your desktop or browser by means of a "feed reader" in which new items can be easily scanned for items of interest.

What do I need to use RSS Feeds?

To use RSS feeds, you will need a feed reader. Modern browsers such as Internet Explorer 7 have an inbuilt feedreader.

Additionally many free feed readers are available for download on the Internet. These include stand alone readers that you keep on your desktop, such as FeedReader [1] for Windows; browser features or extensions such as Pluck [2] for Internet Explorer, Sage [3] for Firefox.

A good mobile option is a web-based reader such as Bloglines [4].

For more options, see Google's list of RSS Feed Readers [5].

How can I sign up for feeds?

Add this link to your Feed Reader as a new subscription according to your reader's instructions. This will most likely involve the following:

• Right-click on an rss icon 
• Select 'Copy link location'
• Open your Feed Reader
• Paste the link location into the 'subscribe' field
• Follow on-screen prompts

If you have any questions or comments about RSS Feeds on this site, please use our web feedback form [5].