RSS Glossary

Blog:

A blog (short for web log) is a public journal, usually posted with the most recent content first. Often these posts are also archived and searchable. Most of the larger blogs include RSS feeds.

Feeds:

Feeds are documents that list the latest changes to a website, often with brief descriptions and links to the full article. Sometimes called a channel.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication):

A format for displaying the latest changes to Web sites and blogs so they can be accessed by an RSS reader.

RSS Reader:

A program that monitors a site's RSS feeds and delivers an alert when the site content changes.See more about it.

Subscribe:

Subscribing to a feed adds it to the list of feeds that Pluck monitors for you. You subscribe in one of three ways:

• by dragging the subscriptions button into the Pluck pane of your browser (IE or Firefox edition)
• by clicking on the PluckIt! Bookmarklet or subscribe button (see below)
• by manually entering the URL of the RSS file

Subscribe button or link

The subscribe button or link can come in a variety of flavors:

• The classic RSS button:
• The XML button:
• A simple list of links: RSS, Atom, MyYahoo, Bloglines, etc.
• Your selected RSS Reader's button:

       

XML:

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the markup language used for RSS feeds.