When I first started this thing, I didn't know what an RSS was watched the YouTube video RSS in Plain English. I signed up for Google Reader even though it said it would be disabled on July 1, 2013 because I read that it would be copied into Feedly. As I started subscribing to feeds, I was playing around the with explore functions and wanted to see recommended items. What interested me most was that you could "sort by magic". As I researched I found this just means that it will find and sort what is most popular and interesting. Once you start "liking" things, the program will be able to generate lists in an order that is more relevant to you. It's going to be able read my mind...interesting and scary!
I enjoy cooking and often use recipes from The Pioneer Woman so I subscribed to her cooking feed. This was much easier to use then her actual website because it is not busy with advertisements and unnecessary pictures or recommendations. The Pioneer Woman blogs about homeschooling, home decor and a bunch of other stuff I don't care about. I really just like her recipes so it very nice that this feed will only relate to cooking.
As I continue to look at more sites, I will look for the RSS icon. I've seen the icon or subscribe button many times before but didn't realize that's what is was. Now I can add it to my Google Reader! We are always looking for something more convenient and RSS Feeds definitely do this.
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