Previously when you wanted to follow a site or blog, you had to bookmark the page and check back to read new content (or find that no new content has been posted). Now with RSS feeds, this technology provides everyone with the ability to "subscribe" to content and have it show up in a reader.
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and can be sent to you via a Reader (aggregator) or if you don't want to download, then they feed will go to your email for example.
Once you subscribe to an RSS feed, in your reader - the topics will appear as soon as new posts are available. Then, you can read them at your own convenience. The aggregator or "reader" takes all your content from different sites, blogs, etc. and places it into one location.
However, there are some limitations to the RSS in that you cannot easily remove items from your feed or edit the items currently there. There are also some connections that block RSS feeds from their servers. If that's the case, you won't be able to get update about the particular content on our feed. Have more than one feed and want to combine them? Well, thats not so simple either. For all these reasons, that is why man people continue to send their RSS feeds via email rather than install a reader that will limit their options.
I personally have my RSS feeds going straight into my Outlook into an "RSS Feeds" folder. Until I read the feed, the content stays bolded and in its own folder so that it doesn't fill up my inbox.
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