RSS EXPLAINED

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing news and the content of news-like sites.  Think of it as a distributable "What's New" for your site. Each RSS text file contains both static information about your site, plus dynamic information about your new stories. RSS solves problems commonly faced by webmasters  such as increasing traffic, and gathering and distributing news. RSS-aware programs called news aggregators are popular in the weblogging community. Many weblogs make content available in RSS. A news aggregator can help you keep up with all your favorite weblogs by checking their RSS feeds and displaying new items from each of them.