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How many websites do you visit every day? A lot of people visit over ten websites every day, because those websites publish new articles on a daily base and they don’t want to miss anything.

You’ll probably agree with me when I say that it can become very annoying if you have to visit all those websites day after day to make sure you don’t miss anything, right?

At first, staying up to date with your favorite websites was to subscribe to the newsletter. A lot of people still use email subscriptions for staying up to date, but there also were (and are) a lot of people who found such subscriptions unclear or were annoyed because those emails end up in the SPAM folder a lot. To satisfy the ones who didn’t like email subscription, RSS is by far the best alternative.

What is a RSS feed?

Really Simple Syndication, abbreviated RSS, is a simple way for websites to make new content available in the form of a list: a RSS feed. RSS feeds are built using XML which isn’t really user-friendly to use. To make RSS feeds user-friendly to use, you need to use an RSS feed reader, also known as a news aggregator.

What is a RSS reader or aggregator?

A RSS reader/aggregator is a type of tool which allows the user to import multiple RSS feeds from all their favorite websites. Depending on the tool, this can be done through desktop software, a web service, a mobile app or a browser extension. The RSS reader/aggregator displays new content from your favorite websites in an organized and clear way. You won’t have to visit all those websites anymore, and still see all new articles as soon as you refresh your RSS feed reader.

How to find and use RSS feeds in a RSS reader

Nowadays most websites with changing contents offer a RSS feed. This usually is an orange icon containing the text ‘RSS’ or ‘XML’, or just via an normal text link linking to the RSS feed. Import the RSS feed URL in your RSS feed reader/aggregator. Once you’ve imported the RSS feeds of your choice in your RSS reader, all you have to do is open the RSS feed reader and all new articles will be displayed.

The best RSS reader-aggregator

There are many ways on how you can read RSS feeds, and everyone has his own motivation for using a particular aggregator. This results in a wide range of RSS feed readers and news aggregators. To find out what the best RSS reader/aggregator is, and why it is the best, we’ve asked 108 experts the following question:



Which tool(s) do you use to read RSS feeds from your favorite blogs?