RSS is one of the biggest tools used across the Internet. Even so, there are still many of you that are not sure what it is or what it does. RSS or "Really Simple Syndication" is a variety of used to publish frequently updated content that is published throughout the Web.

Some examples of content that utilize RSS feeds are as follows. Podcasts, blog posts, news headlines and sometimes even family photos. To explain more and put it into simpler terms, an RSS feed will pull out all articles of a certain website and deliver that content directly to you in text format.

If you're like me you have multiple websites you check routinely each day. I for one like to start my day by looking up the latest news headlines, sports scores, and my favorite podcasts. This mean I would have to visit ten to fifteen different websites before I would find all the information I needed. With RSS I could find all of this in one place.

There are two main ways to take advantage of RSS and get all of your content in one place. My favorite (which I mentioned in one of my previous posts) is a Startpage. The other option is to use a Feed Reader. A feed reader is an application that will let you add multiple feeds of your choice and turn it into a convenient all in one place for your information, and can be considered as your own "personal newspaper".

These days a good majority of websites has a published RSS feed. Most sites will have a link to there feed with a RSS logo or text. These usually can be found at the bottom, top or side of their page. If you cannot find the feed for a certain page, usually a quick search in Google will turn it up. Sometimes even your reader will go and "fetch" the feed for you.

Here are some of the best RSS Readers.

Google Reader

Newsgator Online

FeedDemon

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