What Is RSS?
History
How It Works
Benefits
Real-World & Tools
100

What does RSS stand for?

What is Really Simple Syndication?

100

What year was RSS first introduced?

What is 1999?

100

What tool reads RSS feeds for you?

What is an aggregator or feed reader?

100

RSS helps save this valuable thing.

What is time?

100

What app is known for aggregating RSS content?

What is Feedly?

200

RSS helps you keep up with this type of website content.

What is new content, like news, blogs, or podcasts?

200

Which early internet company created the first version of RSS?

What is Netscape?

200

What’s one thing a feed reader tracks for you?

What is what you have and haven’t read?

200

RSS is spam-free compared to this communication tool.

What is email?

200

What is Feedly great for researching?

What are topics and trends?

300

RSS uses what coding format to share data?

What is XML (Extensible Markup Language)?

300

What major newspaper helped popularize RSS in 2002?

What is The New York Times?

300

What does an RSS aggregator do automatically?

What is pull new content from websites?

300

RSS gives you more control over what you ___.

What is follow/read/see?

300

RSS helps increase this for websites, which helps SEO.

What are backlinks?

400

What is another name for an RSS feed?

What is a web feed, news feed, or RSS stream?

400

Which browser started supporting RSS in 2005? (Name one of three)

What is Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari?

400

RSS helps you avoid doing this every day.

What is visiting each site manually?

400

RSS lets you organize content using these.

What are categories or tags?

400

What is one downside of posting full content in RSS feeds?

What is decreased website traffic?

500

True or False: RSS delivers spam and unwanted ads.

What is False?

500

What was the “tipping point” that made RSS mainstream?

What is major news sites offering RSS feeds?

500

Name one RSS reader app mentioned in class.

What is Feedly?

500

RSS helps you stay current with these smaller sites.

What are niche blogs or websites?

500

True or False: Podcasts still rely on RSS today.

What is True?

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