RSS is a Life Raft, Saving Us from a Sea of Useless Information

One of the main problems with the Internet these days is the fact that there is so much information out there; it can be quite hard to find the particular knowledge that you're looking for. It can often feel like you're surfing waves of thick chocolate fudge sauce and your honeycomb board has a crack that's getting wider by the second. Over stimulus is the issue here; you wanted to read opinions from music enthusiasts about music, and every second blog article had to do with new punk hairdo trends and which band has the coolest tattoos. How can we find only the content we're looking for without getting bogged down in miscellaneous information that erodes both time and patience? The answer is in context. There's now a way to sift through the cacophony of babble and wisdom to find exactly what you're looking for. Instead of having to join clubs and organizations and receive their newsletters via email at their convenience you can now have control over what you receive. Having to search through millions of blogs to find the few you like has now become an obsolete task. The new system is called an RSS Reader: 'Rich site summary' or 'really simple syndication' are the common definitions of this software. The process begins by signing up to receive automatic updates from blogs and other Web sites that distribute summaries of their latest postings to your reader. You then find which ones you like and delete the rest. You can keep adding new sites until you have literally hundreds of informative connections in your areas of specific interest. Another great aspect of the RSS Reader program is the fact that you can put in key words of interest and the computer will surf the Web for you and add new blogs and web sites to your list, rating them according to the terms you have selected. You then scan over these and add the ones you feel are relevant, deleting the detritus. Eventually you will have an email-style formatted file where you can search through all your favourite writers, news, and topics' latest information. Then you also have functions such as 'comment' so you can automatically share your input with your fellow humans. Or, you can reply to the 'messages' and actually communicate with the producers of the ideas. This will really help to decentralise the information sharing processes of the current top-down mass communication systems like the media. We can hear multiple opinions on an issue and give our own views, instead of being told one story that is heavily affected by the company's personal perspective of the situation.
So, you can see this has the potential for something quite big. Less time wasted, finding all the knowledge you're looking for, and sharing your opinion and meeting others similar to yourself has never been so easy. The RSS Reader is a knife cutting away all the useless packaging, revealing the true content of the gift of the Internet.

Jesse S. Somer
M6.Net
http://www.m6.net
Jesse S. Somer is a simple-minded fool discovering the hidden opportunities and magical possibilities that reside in the world of the Internet. Come join him on this adventure.

---

6 Reasons Why RSS Beats Email Marketing

A brand new marketing tool predicted to replace email is... Read More

The Holy Grail that Online Advertisers, Merchants, Publishers, and Shoppers have been Looking for!

For Online Publishers/RSS Feeds users - RSS (Real Simple Syndication)... Read More

RSS Feeds Have Revolutionized the Internet

RSS feeds have revolutionized the Internet for one very good... Read More

How to Make Money With Your Blog?

Make money blogging is fun: you enjoy blogging and getting... Read More

7 Tips for Successful Blogging

So, you have a blog! Do you have traffic? Do... Read More

Should Bloggers be Helping Google Fix Their PageRank System?

By now, most bloggers have heard the announcement that the... Read More

Starting Your Own Blog

I was sitting in my local Internet Cafe yesterday, I... Read More

7 Questions To Ask Yourself BEFORE Staring A Business Blog

Blogging is the latest buzzword in online marketing and PR.... Read More

Will RSS Replace Email?

RSS is a big buzz word right now, and this... Read More

Marketing with Blogs and RSS Feeds

Perhaps you still don't realize or fully understand the power... Read More

Blood Test for Your Blog?

Are you contributing to one of the estimated 36.1 million... Read More

The Key To Marketing With Blogs

I've spent months answering questions from marketers about blogs and... Read More

How To Avoid Blog Burnout

Blogging is a time consuming process. It involves... Read More

RSS Feeds Can Increase Your Sales

RSS feeds are reshaping how we access information online. In... Read More

How To Display RSS Feeds on Your Website

This article is intended as a guide for webmasters who... Read More

RSS - A New Face of Online Marketing

Today we see the Internet as a global catalog of... Read More

Its Not Enough to Blog

A properly created weblog will do the following for your... Read More

RSS as a Change Agent

To better understand how RSS is changing the way companies... Read More

Why Blogs Have Become the Search Engine Optimization Equalizer

ALEXA WEIGHS IN...For those who are unaware of Alexa, it... Read More

Real Estate Marketing with RSS

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an increasingly popular marketing method... Read More

Top 6 Reasons for Having a RSS Feed - Come and Explore the Possibilities!

Getting traffic to your website can be hard. No one... Read More

Why you should be using RSS

RSS opens up a whole new channel of communication between... Read More

Choosing Your RSS Reader

If you want to be able to read RSS feeds... Read More

Get the Internet on Your Own Terms

RSS for the Rest of UsI don't know about you,... Read More

How to Use Blogs for Free Targeted Traffic

One of the Number 1 traffic building secrets is adding... Read More

Are You Thinking of Republishing RSS Feeds?

There is lively debate about the republishing of RSS feeds... Read More

How to Get a Blog on the Internet

Of all people in the world I was easily one... Read More

How Can RSS Feeds Help Your Online Business?

So who should I use RSS Feeds? How can it... Read More

Blogging: A Profit Making Internet Option

Blogging is a relatively new form of communication, closely related... Read More

Blog or Ezine? Top 7 Reasons to Blog Now!

Many of my small business clients ask me: "What is... Read More

RSS & How to Use It (part 1)

Have you ever read an article, intended to explain RSS... Read More

Is a Blog Right For Your Business?

Lemmings are cute, but dumb. If you tell them... Read More

Blogging Your Way To Success Part 3

(Continued from Blogging Your Way To Success Part 2)You have... Read More