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News readers allow you to keep updated with
feeds that you are subscribed to. There are several to choose from - some involve downloading some software, some involve visiting a web site, some are free, and some require a small investment.
Once you have chosen a particular news reader, you simply take that address that you have copied, and, following
instructions provided with
news reader to subscribe to, or add a new feed, simply paste it in -
reader will take care of
rest, and keep you updated with your new feed. Once you have done it once, you will see just how simple it really is.
Here are 15 different news readers you can choose from, in approximate order of recommendation under each category:
Browser-Based: BlogLines (http://www.bloglines.com) AmphetaDesk (http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/) NewsIsFree (http://www.newsisfree.com/)
Software For Windows: NewsGator (http://www.newsgator.com/) - integrates into Microsoft Outlook FeedDemon (http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/) Awasu (http://www.awasu.com/) SharpReader (http://www.sharpreader.net/) FeedReader (http://www.feedreader.com/) NewsWatcher (http://www.newswatcher.com/) NewsRanker (http://egofile.com/newsranker/) - claims to learn from your news reading to prioritize
feed items you receive Novobot (http://www.proggle.com/novobot/) - extracts headlines from feeds, and also web sites that you are interested in Radio Userland (http://radio.userland.com/) - blogging tool with an integrated news aggregator
Software For Mac: NetNewsWire (http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/)
Software For Linux: Straw (http://www.nongnu.org/straw/) for GNOME RSS2email (http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/rss2email/) - Python script that sends you new messages from your feeds via email
It's useful to spend a few minutes researching some appropriate choices - once you've decided on one that you believe to be suitable, you can start picking up new feeds straight away. It's Really So Simple, you won't look back.

Steve Shaw creates software and systems for effective e-marketing at http://takanomi.com. Sign up to his RSS feed, and receive important information on using RSS effectively for e-marketing - just click the following link to sign up: http://takanomi.prorss.com/r/sp/21