Rss feed, what exactly this word means and is for?
I see it in almost every webpage.
Is it for common user of any webpages or for the service providers.
HOpe have informative replies.
Re: RSS Feed ?
RSS = Really Simple Syndication
In simple words it is a XML based file downloadable from the website . It provides all the updated contents of that site . Mostly News sites and blogs have it , where contents are changing all the time .
To read this XML file you have to write / use XML parser . Once you have it all setup then you can use the contents in your own website .
Re: RSS Feed ?
RSS feeds (as Namaan explained) is used to disperse news, articles and other updates that people publish. This is another standard like email where you can use an email client and then tap into various email servers to download items to one central location so you can read, search (“aggregate”) all your electronic correspondence.
With RSS feeds (or atom) you get various pieces of broadcasts in one location. For example I have a folder where all the feeds from sale items for the day/week are collected, so I can do a search for an item to see if I can find discounts for it. Another example would be to get updates on a certain topic in news.
Google has an online client for these feeds called the Google Reader where you can put in your desired streams and check them out. (http://reader.google.com)