The first version of RSS, which was then known as RDF, was released in March of 1999. Although there were several attempts made to syndicate news during previous years, this early version of RSS was the first successful form of web news syndication. Later that year, it was renamed as RSS, which stands for Rich Site Summary. Over the years, various updated versions of RSS were released in much the same way that Microsoft releases newer versions of windows every couple years. Despite the many technological advances that have been made since 1999, many web users remain committed to news RSS feed lists.
As we all know, digital technology is in a state of perpetual change, which means that things that are wildly popular one day are regularly replaced with cooler, sleeker, sexier, and more efficient technologies the next. But more than 14 years after its original release, RSS news feeds for websites have carved enough of a niche that they are still used by millions of internet users. When y