What is a RSS feed?

Never heard of a RSS feed? I've been also seeing orange RSS or XML buttons more and more, not knowing what they were. So I asked around.

Wow! It's "the next big thing" - you can use it to get newsfeeds from CNN or BBC, as well as just about anything else, including news on upcoming movies, DVD releases, your favorite band's tour updates, etc. Once you get started, it's like having your favorite parts of the Web come to you. No need to go out and check for updates all the time.

No more bookmarks for me anymore!

"RSS" means "Really Simple Syndication." But that is just a fancy way of saying that you can keep up with all the updates to "Best German Gifts" without having to check the site every week to see "what's new." Whenever I put up a new page or update an old one I release it through RSS. And...

I also include our "FAVES" from time to time. These are the extra-special italian gifts tip we have discovered over the months. As a result...

There are so many terrific things we've done here. People love "stumbling" upon those pages. They later write to tell me that they "did it, too!" Now, no need to "stumble" upon them...

I can share them with you from time to time through RSS. This gives you our "secret/best tips for "best german gifts" without you having to spend hours on the site. Yes, RSS is amazing. If you can't tell, I'm completely addicted to it. No e-mail. No spam. It's so easy to subscribe and unsubscribe. If you get tired of us, you just have to delete the feed. It's awesome!

And once you start, you'll soon be tracking all your other favorite interests and news in the world.

How do you get started

Easy (now that I know, that is! ha! ha!)

Download free RSS Reader first (skip to bottom if you do not want to download software). This is special software that reads the "RSS feeds" from the largest news organizations right down to me...

Windows -- RssReader
http://www.rssreader.com/

Mac -- NetNewsWire
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/

Once you're set up, here's all you have to do...

Right-click (control-click for Mac users) on any orange RSS button on a site, blog or news source that interests you. Start by right-clicking on the orange button below. Then...

copy and paste Select Copy Shortcut ("Copy Link to Clipboard" for Mac, "Copy Link Location" for Firefox browsers), and paste that URL into your RSS Reader.

And that's it! You're subscribed.

Right-click and get started.

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