RSS

Upon using the internet you've probably come glanced at something that says "RSS" but just glanced over it because it probably had no relevance to you, but have you ever wondered, what is RSS? It stands for Rich Site Summary, in other words it's a format for delivering regularly changing website content, used by many news related sites that have updates to make frequently and efficiently. For example the BBC is "the #1 most subscribed to feed" according to scobleizer.com. RSS gets information from websites visited regularly so the user does not need go and check every website individually. The time saving RSS was presumably created by Netscape co-created by Dave Winer in 1997 but there has been some disputes as to if they actually made it first or not. Many bloggers use RSS feeds because it provides a quick and easy way to get information, without having to sign up for e-newsletters and does not require the user to give out their email address to undesirable websites. According to www.micropersuasion.com "11% of the population uses RSS feeds and it may be peaking."