Web Feeds and How to use them

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Web Feeds


Web feed is a type of data which is used to keep users updated with a specific information source such as a website.Information providers or website owners syndicate a web feed to allow users to subscribe to it.The tool to read out the data or to subscribe to a feed is commonly known as an aggregator program or simply a feed reader.A feed reader when get subscribed to a feed pulls out the latest updates which have been done in the website.Therefore, a user need not to go to a website daily and check out the updates.Using a feed reader is simply like dragging the link to the web browser.The type of content delivered by a feed reader is xml document or link to the updated information.You can visit the post Top 10 Feed Readers for information about the best feed readers available for your computer operating system.



Why Use Feeds

There are so many reasons to subscribe to feed.A few have been listed below

  • There is no need to use email addresses or social media accounts to subscribe to feed.It means there is no threat regarding spans, phishing, viruses etc.Privacy remains yours and the content provider will never have access to it.So don't hesitate while subscribing to feeds of your useful or favourite site.For eg. You can subscribe to this blog just by clicking on the link Subscribe in a reader and latest articles will automatically be displayed in you feed reader.
  • You can easily unsubscribe from the feeds of the site which information you dnt want to be displayed.Just remove that feed from your feed reader.
  • It is a very convenient way to get yourself updated with your favorite sites and news articles.So its always advisable to subscribe to feeds to save time.


Types of feeds

What basically type of feeds means is that there are various ways in which a publisher can provide its feeds to users.The two which are the most popular feed formats are

  • RSS Feeds
  • Atom Feeds


    • Every feed reader is compatible of reading both type of feeds.Atom was built as an alternator of RSS feeds because RSS feeds had some limitations but new versions of RSS feeds has got it to the level.Publishers can provide any type of feeds to users And there is no botheration for users to select whether to subscribe to a feed or not only on the basis of its type.Users can easily subscribe to any feed.And publishers can refer to wikipedia for more information about both the types.


    Other helping links

    1. Top 10 feed readers
    2. How to add feed icon to your blog
    3. Atom Feed
    4. RSS Feeds

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