Do you understand why RSS feeds are important for businesses and individuals alike? RSS stands for Rich Site Summary, though it is often dubbed Really Simple Syndication since this is a more accurate reflection of what it accomplishes. RSS feeds are aggregating web applications that display constantly updating information in a unified format. This might sound complex, but in actuality it is quite easy to use.

For example, say you follow eight blogs about eating health and exercising. All the blogs update on different days, and at different times of the day. You do not want to miss any of the updates, not do you want to check on every blog every single day. Instead, what you can do is add each website to your RSS health feed. Then, all you have to do is go to this RSS feed in order to see all the latest updates that have occurred in every blog, displayed all together in a unified text format.

What you might not realize is that many websites use RSS feeds to display the latest content available. RSS news feeds are popular not only for news sites, but other sites as well, such as, for example, social media websites that thrive on delivering subscribers the most up to date information on a variety of topics, news items, or people.

The most popular RSS news feed lists are usually those run by well known News channels and sites, though there are exceptions. Financial news RSS feeds are quite popular, as are health news RSS feeds. RSS news feeds allow people to view the most up to date information on any topic or by any news source available. RSS news feeds save sites from devoting time and energy to curate this information.