Learn RSS In Two Easy Steps — How To Stay Up To Date With New Gadgets, Part 1
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Is all your internet time taken up checking out your favorite blogs and news sites? Do you waste hours of valuable work time at gadget shops and blogs seeing which cool gadgets have been released on the market? You need to get hooked on RSS, the web 2.0 function which actually saves you time.
A comparison between traditional news gathering methods and the use of a RSS reader is a little like comparing a motorbike and a jet.
Are you struggling to keep up with all the happenings on the internet? Have you given up reading your favorite news and blog sites or are you wasting much of your day keeping up to date with all the current events?
In the early days of the web keeping up to date was simply a case of going to your chosen news sites or blogs and seeing if anything new had been posted.
However, these days the number of blogs, news sites and e-commerce sites with electronic gadgets and gadgets and gizmos has exploded, leaving many people swamped with information.
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Keeping up to date with the latest gadgets and news can be almost impossible, take these home gadgets, electronic gadgets and high tech spy gadgets as examples. All of them were just added in just two short weeks.
While this makes time on the internet time consuming for general net users it can be disasterous for people with an online gadget shop, or spy gadgets vendor, who have to keep ahead of trends and stock the latest cool new gadgets or see their customers go to a different vendor to find the gadgets to buy.
So what is a RSS feed and RSS reader anyway?
RSS feeds are a short summary of news on the internet which get sent from news sites, e-commerce sites, and blogs to people who subscribe to them through a RSS reader, which works a little bit like an email box that receives blog and news updates.
Using a RSS reader doesn’t have to be complicated, and if you have used any form of email you’ll be familiar with most rss feeder reader formats
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These are some of the more popular free online RSS readers available.
Once you’ve selected a reader and set up an account you’re ready to subscribe to your favorite feeds, but how exactly does that process happen?
RSS, the icon to look for when adding a blog on the latest gadgets, or any other blog to your RSS reader.
If you see an icon like one of the ones above you’re in business. If you see the RSS feed icon just click on it and if you see a page of code just copy the URL, or web address, open up your RSSS reader, click on add feed and paste the URL from your site into the box that comes up.
If you see a box like the ‘add newsgator’ or “add myyahoo” button just follow the directions given to you after you click on the button.
If you’re still confused this video should explain matters further.
But what does this mean for the average netizen or e-commerce operator?
What it will mean for you if you’re an e-commerce trader, gadget shop owner, or ebay trader selling the hottest electronic gadgets is that you’ll be able to keep in ahead of the pack and learn about the latest gadgets before your competitors do… be they gadgets for men, unusual cool gadgets or great gadget gifts.
What will it mean for you if you’re just an average netizen? It will mean that you’re now able to keep up to date with the latest news and happenings on the web, find the coolest gadget gifts or even learn about the latest gadgets and new inventions without spending all day going from site to site.
It doesn’t matter what you’re on the internet for. the time saving opportunities RSS feeds present to you are incredible. It’s almost like leaving your bike at home and taking a jumbo jet on holiday, you’ll fit a lot more in and get to your destination much faster.
Stay tuned for Part Two of this blog where we will look at seven gadget blogs and news sites you can’t afford to ignore.
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