RSS is a technology that formats syndication (distribution) of content over the Internet. It seems more complicated that it really is, but it can take a while to catch on. Once you do catch on, the concept seems easy.

RSS is basically a way that Internet users can readily be updated when new information is published on a site. Blogs, newswires, and other sources of information send out their content through an RSS feed. Internet users have feed reader programs that gather the feeds from sources the user has subscribed to, and format it for easy reading.

You can easily gather what you want to read through your feed reader, and you can easily distribute what you want others to read through your feed. Most blogs automatically have RSS feeds.

Blogs and websites can be configured as feed readers, displaying the information in selected RSS feeds on their webpages.