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With RSS it is possible to distribute up-to-date web content from one web site to thousands of other web sites around the world.

RSS allows fast browsing for news and updates

RSS is used to share content between websites.

With RSS, you register your content with companies called aggregators.

So, to be a part of it: First, create an RSS document and save it with an .xml extension. Then, upload the file to your website.

The RSS channel Element:

The channel element describes the RSS feed, and has three required child elements:

Title defines the title of the channel (e.g. W3Schools Home Page). Link defines the hyperlink to the channel (e.g. http://www.w3schools.com). Description describes the channel (e.g. free web building tutorials)

The category Element:

The category child element is used to specify a category for your feed. The category element makes it possible for RSS aggregators to group sites based on category.

The image Element

The image child element allows an image to be displayed when aggregators present a feed. The image elements have three required child elements:

Url Defines the URL to the image. Title defines the text to display if the image could not be shown. Link defines the hyperlink to the website that offers the channel

The language Element:

The language child element is used to specify the language used to write your document. The language element makes it possible for RSS aggregators to group sites based on language.