RSS is a family of XML file formats for web syndication used by (amongst
other things) news websites and weblogs. The abbreviation is used to
refer to the following standards:
* Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91)
* RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9, 1.0 and 1.1)
* Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)
The technology behind RSS allows you to subscribe to websites that have
provided RSS feeds, these are typically sites that change or add content
regularly. To use this technology you need to set up some type of aggregation
service. Think of this aggregation service as your personal mailbox.
You then have to subscribe to the sites that you want to get updates
on. Unlike typical subscriptions to pulp-based newspapers and magazines,
your RSS subscriptions are free, but they typically only give you a
line or two of each article or post along with a link to the full article
or post.
The RSS formats provide web content or summaries of web content together
with links to the full versions of the content, and other meta-data.
This information is delivered as an XML file called RSS feed, webfeed,
RSS stream, or RSS channel. In addition to facilitating syndication,
RSS allows a website's frequent readers to track updates on the site
using a news aggregator.
Usage
RSS is widely used by the weblog community to share the latest entries'
headlines or their full text, and even attached multimedia files. In
the mid 2000s, use of RSS spread to many major news organizations, including
Reuters, CNN and the BBC, until under various usage agreements, providers
allow other websites to incorporate their "syndicated" headline or headline-and-short-summary
feeds. RSS is now used for many purposes, including marketing, bug-reports,
or any other activity involving periodic updates or publications.
A program known as a feed reader or aggregator can check RSS-enabled
webpages on behalf of a user and display any updated articles that it
finds. It is now common to find RSS feeds on major web sites, as well
as many smaller ones.
Client-side readers and aggregators are typically constructed as standalone
programs or extensions to existing programs like web browsers. See List
of news aggregators for a list of for various operating systems.
Web-based feed readers and news aggregators require no software installation
and make the user's "feeds" available on any computer with Web access.
Some aggregators syndicate (combine) RSS feeds into new feeds, e.g.
take all football related items from several sports feeds and provide
a new football feed. There are also search engines for RSS feeds like
Feedster, Technorati, Pluck or Plazoo.
On web pages, RSS feeds are typically linked to with an orange rectangle
with the letters XML (
)
or RSS (
).
Online news aggregators
These allow the user to enter the URL of news feed that he/she wants
to subscribe to and gets refreshed automatically at a time interval.
These could be free or a paid service. You can select and download some
News Aggregators from here.
(Source:
Wikipedia)
RSS News Feeds on Business
News feeds on Business are available free of charge. You can choose
the feeds you want from the list below.