A blog feed is an XML-based file in which the blog hosting software for a blog site places a machine-readable version of the blog so that it may be "syndicated" for further distribution on the web. Formats such as RSS and Atom are used to structure the XML file. A blogsite (one word) is a website with a web application that integrates content from multiple sources, such as weblogs, syndicated blog feeds, discussion forums, FAQs, etc. ... The first use of the term weblog. ... RSS, pronounced arr-ess-ess, is a web syndication protocol primarily used by news websites and weblogs. ... Atom is an XML-based document format for the syndication of web content such as weblogs and news headlines, and an HTTP-based protocol for editing weblogs based on the format. ...
Blogs (or weblogs) were one of the first types of sites to offer feeds, and since that's what we do at Six Apart, we're glad they're so popular.
Most feeds are offered for free, to encourage you to read the site that publishes them, or so you'll click on the links in the feed.
Feed readers that support podcasting will automatically download the media files in a podcast feed and then copy them to a portable device or to your computer for you to listen to whenever you want.
One of the reader comments on the post at the Social Software Blog is from Jim at Feedpass who says that if there are feed publishers who don't want people to be able to create a Feedpass for their blog or site they can contact Feedpass with the name and URL of the feed.
Blog popularity continues to grow and vnunet.com reported on the survey's finding that the top 50 blogs grew by over 30% since January, 2005.
There is a feed search on start.com and you can add your favorite feeds by pressing the down arrow on the preview button in the top left-hand corner and then selecting "my feeds" and then "add feed." Yahoo has allowed users to add their own feeds at my.yahoo.com for a while now.
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