

Publisher Bottom Line: Feeds permit instant distribution of content and the ability to make it "subscribable.".


You may recognize the universal feed icon or these "chicklets" from your favorite websites, blogs, and podcasts. Feeds also make it possible for site content to be packaged into "widgets," "gadgets," mobile devices, and other bite-sized technologies that make it possible to display blogs, podcasts, and major news/sports/weather/whatever headlines just about anywhere. Feeds permit subscription to regular updates, delivered automatically via a web portal, news reader, or in some cases good old email. What are feeds? I see "RSS", "XML", and "Atom" out there, but I don't know how I might use these links when I find them.įeeds are a way for websites large and small to distribute their content well beyond just visitors using browsers.
