RSS Feeds

RSS: what is it?

Really Simple Syndication - RSS - is a way that you can receive constantly updated links to your chosen websites. Upon setting up a connection to a website you will be sent a list of all the stories currently shown on a site's particular page or section.

How does it work?

There are various ways of receiving RSS feeds, but the technology is advancing and adapting with speed. The feeds are usually received by downloading a program called News Reader. You can then set up this program to receive RSS information from any websites that offer it, as wel as to browse headlines and story summaries that link through to the full story on the site.

See here for a list of free News Reader programs that are available for all platforms.

As another option, some newly-designed web browsers offer a built-in functionality which will detect whether an RSS feed is offered by the website you are viewing, and will then let you create a list of links in your Bookmarks menu that are constantly updated.

The browsers that allow you to do this include the Firefox browser (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux) which will alert you to an RSS-enabled page by displaying an icon in the bottom-right corner of the window (). Apple's Safari browser (Mac OSX only) is soon to offer an even fuller service, and it is likely that other browsers will follow.

There are also some websites that allow you to customise a list of RSS feeds.

What RSS feeds does QCK.com offer?

QCK.com provides an RSS feed for personal finance news. The url is:

http://www.qck.com/fileadmin/qck-site/rss/qcknews.xml. 

You can also access the RSS url by clicking on any of the  images around the site.