Feed Quick Start
Fight Spam!
One of the best things about feeds is that you don't have to give out your email address to use them, so you are decreasing your exposure to threats associated with email: spam, viruses, phishing attempts, and identify theft.
Stick it to those rotten spammers and start using feeds instead!
What are Feeds?
Feeds are an easy way for you to get up-to-date information from your favorite websites. All you have to do is subscribe to the website with a "feed reader" and the websites will send updates to you instead of you going to them.
Use Your Browser
There are a number of fantastic feed readers. In fact, you're probably using one right now since most modern web browsers, including Internet Explorer 7, Safari, Opera, and Firefox 2 have feed readers built-in to the web browser (configure your browser).
Try It Now!
It's easy to spot feeds on your favorite website. They usually have a little icon or a link that probably looks like one of the below.
Just click on a subscribe link and you're all set! Here are a few feeds for you to try out.
Cheap Stingy Bargins
The Daily Show Video Headlines
ESPN Top Headlines
National Public Radio Top Stories
Yahoo's Flickr Photo Blog
Feed Readers
And that's it! You're on your way to a better, safer, online experience. Of course, this is just the beginning. There are some stellar dedicated feed readers that offer a lot of great features beyond what a modern web browser offers. You might give one of these a try:
- Windows
- Commercial
- Free
- Macintosh
- Commercial
- Free
- Linux
- Web Based
Just for Webmasters
If you are a webmaster, see how FeedQuickStart.com can help your readers. In addition to educating your users on what feeds are and how to use them, we can even help them subscribe to your site's feed. Visit the webmaster page for details and a link builder!