I’m quite fond of the Really Simple Syndication (RSS), but it hasn’t always been this way. Over the last year or so, while i slowly built a list of RSS feeds for the BBC Web site, I continually scratched my head and wondered, “What’s the point?”

RSS technology is a result of the growth of XML and its ease of use. It allows Webmasters to produce XML news feeds for their sites easily. Those who run reader software can subscribe to and read the feeds. I understood how RSS worked. What I didn’t get was who would see the feeds, why they would read them, and what they would do with the links. Read more…