Since I started using Google Reader my RSS Reader of choice I have found I am reading a wider selection of publications and using what time I have to read to better effect. Let me give you a bit of background. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Reader is a way of viewing the content of a number of Web site on a single page. The Google Reader lays this out like emails so you can scan the titles quickly.
The advantage of a RSS Reader is that all the new content in your favorite Web sites update automatically. There is no need to moving around different Web sites as all the content content is sent to you. There is no need to go to ten sites to see what may or may not have changed thus saving you time.
One of the disadvantages of the enormous amount of information on the Web is that we can suffer from information overload but by using my RSS reader you can scan a large number of headlines in minutes. For me it makes me more selective in what I read and don’t worry about reading everything. Really important topics tend to repeat and reappear in other sources.
The best way to get started is download something like Google Reader, but you can use any one of a large number of publicly available of RSS readers available. Then you can subscribe to feeds. This sign
indicates that the site has a RSS feed. You can click it to be directed to that site’s feed. Typically you only need to click the button to automatically add the site to your reader. However occasionally you may need to subscribe manually by copying the feed address from the address bar and pasting it into your RSS reader.
Then all you do is to start reading your feeds. Open up your RSS reader in your browser to read the latest content from your selected group of Web sites. Even if you don’t read it for awhile all your information will be on your Reader so that nothing is missed.