![]() If you click on the button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways dragging the URL of the RSS feed into your news reader, or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader. Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want to receive in your news reader, by choosing the relevant RSS feeds below. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. This is a piece of software that checks RSS feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added to them. In order to access the RSS feeds, you need a news reader. When reading stories that may be of interest to other people in my team I will use this function to email them a note and a link to the story.RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to see when Triangle has added new content. On the footer of each story are a number of options. My preference is the List view so I can select which story I would like to read. The expanded view will require more load time when loading Google Reader as it is required to load each story. Expanded view will expand the stories showing you the entire story. List view will display an introduction of each story. Google Reader will provide the stories (data provided via the RSS feed) in two ways: expanded or list view. This can be done by ticking the check box next to each subscription then choosing the drop down menu at the top of the screen. Once completed, the relevant subscription will be moved to that folder. To change the folder, or make a new folder, click on the drop down menu to the right of the subscription.įrom the drop down menu select an existing folder or if you would like to create a new folder select New Folder. Click on “Manage Subscription” which is the link at the lower left corner of Google Reader. The best way to handle this is by creating folders. Once you add a few subscriptions to Google Reader you will most likely need to organise these subscriptions into groups. You should see a list of blog posts appear in the main body of the Google Reader application. If the URL has been copied correctly you would now be subscribed to the eTourism Corporate and Product Blog. Then in your Google Reader select “Add a Subscription” and enter the copied RSS Feed by right clicking and selecting “Paste”. Right click on this icon and select “Copy the Link”. Visit At the top of the screen, there is an orange RSS icon with a feed link. ![]() Lets trial this by adding the eTourism Corporate and Product Blog feed. To do this simply enter the URL of an RSS feed. Under the Google Reader icon at the top of the screen you will find a link to “Add a Subscription”. To follow is an example of my Google Reader account. Once you are logged in you should be directed to the Google Reader application, if you aren’t, you may need to select Google reader from the top menu. Once you have created your account, or if you have an existing Google Account, login by entering your Email address and Password. To use Google Reader you will need a Google Account if you don’t have a Google Account you will need to create one by selecting Create an account. Let’s get startedįirst let’s create a Google Reader account by visiting. Google Reader also includes an RSS directory in case you forget the name of the website. This removes the need to go searching the page yourself however, some of the most recently updated browsers actually display the RSS icon in the address bar if the page you are visiting includes an RSS feed. A cool feature of Google Reader is its ability to take any website URL and search for available RSS feeds. These feeds are usually displayed by the RSS icon (a small orange box with two white waves). These days most websites have an RSS feed. We have provided some helpful information on using Google Reader below. We believe Google Reader is one of the best as it’s easy to use, quick and free. There are many free RSS Readers available all with similar functionality. The real benefit of subscribing to an RSS feed from a site is that you no longer need to visit the site itself to stay up-to-date on what's being discussed. Aggregation tools, such as Google Reader, display summaries of these subscriptions, which update automatically when new information is available. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) lets online users subscribe to content sources across the web.
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