Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Something known as Feed Aggregators

Hello, I didn't have much to write on the SPCE Mech blog here, so i decided to let u know an easier way of reading peoples blogs and sites which provide web feeds. Now what is this "Web Feed" ?
According to Wikipedia:

A web feed is a data format used for serving users frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of web feeds accessible in one spot is known as aggregation, which is performed by an Internet aggregator.
Now, which aggregator do I suggest you to use? Well, I use Google Reader, its made on AJAX platform, which is an extension of Java, aah, forget the platform and all, heres how it works:
  • Point your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, etc.) to http://reader.google.com
  • Login with your Gmail account (yes the one which you use for email, same password which you enter while checking email). Do not worry about your password, the service is by Google, and you are not giving out your password to any third party by accessing this service. When you login (and already have some Feeds addresses added, it will look like this:
  • Now hows do you add Feed addesses? Here are 3 steps you follow to add feed and manage Google Reader.
  • To find feeds on websites or blogs, you need to look for this button on the site, besides that is the link, right click on that link and copy it. Add it in Google Reader and you are done, now when ever some one posts on the blog or site, it can be read on Reader.
  • Why to use this? well it saves time by not making you to access each blog or site to read the latest post. Its just like checking email, so whenever you login to check email, you can also catch up with the latest on your favourite blog!
  • Its based on AJAX platform as I told, which means it takes very less time to load, so stuff is checked in a jiffy!
So start using Google Reader and enjoy reading! ( If u happen to use it, do add my blog also!)

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