RSS Feeds - Informational

[LA_MERC_Onji]

Have you ever wondered what RSS feeds are? Watch this little video. I use them everyday, and its truly addicting:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

[LA_MERC_Onji]

if you start using google reader and start getting into RSS feeds (which you really should) here is a link to the RSS feed for the merc forums :)

http://www.lamerc.com/vbulletin/external.php?type=rss2

[LA_MERC_Nutria]

ok.. I am giving it a try...
will it update with every new post or thread?

[LA_MERC_Onji]

i primarily use it for other sites i visit, but the merc one i just got going today. it only does the top post for now. trying to see if it can do updates.

[LA_MERC_DocSparky]

RSS Feeds absolutely rule! I use them to aggregate about 30 personal blogs as well as 20 or 20 other sites. With Google Reader, I don't have to revisit the blogs of friends that post one a year. It also auto-marks my topics as read so that when I go home and hit reader again, I only get the new stuff. Good stuff. I'm going to add the Merc feed and see how it works.

[LA_MERC_DocSparky]

Another thing that you can do with Google Reader is mark articles as 'shared'. You can then expose those as an RSS feed and put it on a personal blog or whatever will grab RSS feeds (like iGoogle).