What is RSS ?
RSS is Really Simple Syndication ... RSS is Rich Site Summary ... RSS is an acronym which could be an abbreviation of either of these two things; it depends who you talk to. The important thing is that RSS is fast becoming the new standard for distributing news and information via the Internet. In the coming years, you can forget about email newsletters. Everyone will be reading their news via an RSS news aggregator such as CastleNews.

RSS is a simple, lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content. For publishers (web sites etc), RSS is a great way to present structured information such as news, headlines, updates. For end users, RSS is a simple and convenient, yet very powerful tool for getting content where, when and how they want it.

RSS is great for publishers because it allows them to publish the latest headlines related to their site. End users, or other web sites can make use of the RSS feed to view or display the headlines from the publishers site. When another web site publishes the contents of an RSS feed, this process is called syndication. Syndication of a publishers RSS feed can greatly increase the number of visitors who see the headlines and subsequently visit the publishers site.

RSS is great for users because it is a simple method of obtaining the latest news that is of interest. With a news aggregator such as CastleNews, the user can organize and track all of their RSS feeds in one convenient place.

What is a News Feed ?
A news feed is a list of topics about a central theme, which is made available from a web site, usually in a standard format such as RSS. To read the feed, the user installs a newsreader or aggregator such as CastleNews and enters the URL for the news feed in question. News feeds usually provide their topics in reverse chronological order so that the most recent topic is first in the list.

RSS news feeds are commonly marked as or .