What if you could tell a website to let you know every time that they update? In a sense, this is what RSS does for you. Want to know every time TDGA adds a new article, special report or classified ad listing? RSS provides you with a method of getting relevant and up to date information sent to you for you to read in your own time. It saves you time and helps you to get the information you want quickly after it was published.

RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’. Many people describe it as a ‘news feed’ that you subscribe to. I find the ’subscription’ description helpful. It’s like subscribing to a magazine that is delivered to you periodically but instead of it coming in your physical mail box each month when the magazine is published it is delivered to your ‘RSS Reader’ every time your favorite website updates.

How to Use RSS

Get an RSS Reader - The first thing you’ll want to do if you’re getting into reading sites via RSS is to hook yourself up with an RSS Feed Reader. Go to Google or other Search Browsers and type in RSS Readers. I went one step farther and entered Free RSS Readers. You’ll be amazed how many there are. While we don’t recommend one over another, we chose: www.jetbrains.com/omea/reader/ it was simple to download, install and use (and yes, it really was free.)

These feed readers work a little like email. As you subscribe to feeds you’ll see that unread entries from the sites you’re tracking will be marked as bold. As you click on them you’ll see the latest update and can read it right there in the feed reader. You are given the option to click through to the actual site or move onto the next unread item - marking the last one as ‘read’.
Two others you might want to use instead are Google Reader and Bloglines. Either one will do if you’re starting out. As I say there are many others to choose from but to get started these are fairly easy to use and will help you work out the basics of RSS. 

These feed readers work a little like email. As you subscribe to feeds you’ll see that unread entries from the sites you’re tracking will be marked as bold. As you click on them you’ll see the latest update and can read it right there in the feed reader. You are given the option to click through to the actual site or move onto the next unread item - marking the last one as ‘read’.

How to Add TDGA to your RSS application

Just go to our Home Page art www.tdga.org; or go to the bottom of this page and click on the RSS News Feed. It will take you to the page that allows you to select all, or any particular segment of our RSS services.