I remember when I first realized what that little RSS button actually meant.
I mean, look at it...it sort of makes me think of the Wi-Fi logo. For a while I actually thought that all those white curved lines meant was that I was getting not so good Wi-Fi service.
I think it was about 7 or 8 years ago, I started to get sick an tired of going on line and having "waste" time by typing in the websites that I wanted to read up on a daily basis. Then I was introduced to "Bookmarking" which...whew!!! You mean I don't have to type anymore, awesome.
Once my short attention span fizzled out, I started to get restless again, visiting the handful of pages that I would go to daily by clicking, and clicking, a little scroll action, and then some more clicking. If there were just a way that I could have all of these sites report to one collective site, I mean is that too much to ask?
Well enter RSS feeds. Without boring you too much, the RSS feed is the dubbed down version of the website that many users go to daily. Instead of typing or clicking, an RSS feed will collect the updates from the sites you wish, into one nice list without all the bells and whistles from the pages they originally reside on.
At the time of writing this, I realize that Google is looking to discontinue their RSS feed service soon.(actually, July I believe)
While there are some alternatives, I have had many people ask, just why do I need to care about RSS feeds. My answer is, "Well it all depends."
I mean, with today's sites being mobile friendly already, the need to have all of your sites postings collected really isn't necessary, however, for those people out there that have multiple sites that they keep updated on everyday, the RSS service is a must!
I'm not sure how all of this RSS feeding will end. Right now I collectively use Google Reader to go through and keep up-to-date, but I'm not sure how important most of this will be with sites making the switch to a more mobile displayable sites. I guess only time will tell.
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