General Steel Holdings, Inc.

RSS (an acronym for "Rich Site Summary" and later coined "Really Simple Syndication") is an XML format for distributing and syndicating web content like news headlines. But it's not just for news: anything that can be broken down into independent items can be syndicated via RSS (e.g. frequently updated titles, event lists, and even product catalogs). Once information of an item is in RSS format, an RSS-aware program can check, update and display the feed for you. An RSS service consists of a list of items, each of which contains a headline, summary, and a hyperlink to a web page. A lot of web portals and corporate websites provide an RSS service, like Yahoo!, CNet, CNN and IBM.

* Directory of Available RSS Feeds

For General Steel's RSS service, the full content, such as complete articles or webcasts, can be accessed through the RSS feed URL.

An RSS feed can be viewed like bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, browsed like email in Thunderbird, or viewed like headlines in news readers including Pluck, Awasu, FeedDemon and RssReader. It enables you to view the service you select all together on the same interface by automatically retrieving updates and staying current with new content as soon as it is published.

* List of News Reader

Whenever you see the , or button on a webpage, it should link to an RSS feed URL that you can subscribe to via your news reader or web browser.

The basic procedure is as follows:

1. Copy the RSS feed URL you wish to subscribe to.
2. Paste it into the channel list or address bar of your news reader. As for Mozilla Firefox, select "New Live Bookmark" and then add the URL.
3. Choose to refresh, continue or stop subscribing the feed.

Another way to use RSS feeds is to incorporate the content into your web logs (blogs). A blog is an easy-to-use website comprised of short articles, frequently updated items, pictures and hyperlinks, where you can quickly post topics, messages, journals, and interact with people. Blogging is a publishing tool for journalists, writers, and individuals who want to share thoughts with other people on the Internet. Popular blog service providers include Blogger, Blog.com, LiveJournal, TypePad and Bloglines.