RSS technology is a great format for distributing and gathering content from sources across the Web, including newspapers, magazines, and blogs. It allows you to subscribe to a source of information and receive summaries of the articles as they are published. The information is automatically delivered to you without you having to go to the published site to get it.

The source of an RSS is called a feed (or web feed). When you subscribe to a feed for news, for example, you’ll get a set of headlines and brief news summaries sent back to you for all the articles published on that particular feed. This lets you quickly scan the list of published article summaries to decide which articles you want to read.

Adding RSS Feeds to Yahoo! News:

If you'd like to learn how to add an RSS feed, see the help article, How to Add an RSS Feed.

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There are many stand-alone software programs used to collect, update, and display RSS feeds. Many of these are free. Some work from within your web browser or email program, while others work from your computer desktop.

If you publish a blog, you might be interested in incorporating RSS feeds into your weblog to share with your readers. Yahoo! News RSS feeds are free of charge for individuals and non-profit organizations for non-commercial use; however, attribution (included in each feed) is required.

News aggregators (also called news readers) download and display RSS feeds for you. Many free and commercial news aggregators are available for download.