![]() ![]() If it doesn't, right-click on the icon and select the menu item which reads 'Copy link location' (or similar), open your feed reader, and then paste the link into the New Subscription box. Otherwise, look for an icon like this: and click on it your feed reader should do the rest. If you've installed your feed reader's browser toolbar, you should be able to do so by clicking on 'Subscribe', if the blog or website has been set up to allow this. I myself have started to try one called The Old Reader, which seems quite nice. Feedly has been cited lots of times in articles. Read the comments too, as there are suggestions in there as well. Check out RSS isn't dead: the best Google Reader alternatives. There are plenty of alternatives, however. Update: since this article was written, Google has decided to discontinue its RSS Reader service. For other readers, look at this article about feed readers. Popular feed readers include Bloglines and Google Reader, which are web-based. Some installed feed readers let you synchronise with a web-based one, meaning that you potentially get the best of both worlds. I prefer the latter, because it means it doesn't matter whether you're sitting at your own computer or not when you feel like checking for new content. You can have one which is installed on your computer, or one that resides on the web. Just search for the term 'feed reader' and then find one that suits you. Taking the first point, it means that you don't have to traipse from one website to another to check if there is anything new: new stuff will show up in your feed reader automatically. ![]() It could be latest comments on someone's blog, or their most recent tweets in Twitter, or anything else that has an RSS feed. Secondly, as an extension of that, it lets you collate the latest posts from several blogs all in one place. Firstly, it lets you read the articles on your favourite websites all in one place, using an application called a 'feed reader'. It makes it easy to do two things really easily. The most commonly accepted answer is 'Really Simple Syndication'. If you already know what an RSS feed is, think about bookmarking this article in order to refer to it colleagues who are less knowledgeable than you. ![]() (Note: I've written this guide with the complete novice in mind. Here's a quick guide to RSS, which you may have seen mentioned on websites and blogs. ![]()
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