RSS Competitions Newsfeed

If you already know about RSS XML and newsfeeds then click here, or right click and copy the link location to grab our latest competitions newsfeed for your news reader or aggregator

All About Competitions Syndicated Newsfeed

Our exclusive 'Latest Competitions' newsfeed will be updated constantly with the latest competitions added to our website. If you have a newsreader, you can see them as soon as they enter our database. It's great! If you see a competition that takes your fancy - Voila! - one click and you have the details. Read on, if you want to know how. It's very easy.

What is it?

It's many things, but, primarily it's a way of monitoring news from many different sources at the same time. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a brilliantly simple idea. You have a news reader (or aggregator) programme on your desktop, you choose newsfeeds from whatever source interests you, and who syndicate (supply) their information as RSS.

There are free newsreaders all over the web. We have listed a few below. They come in all sorts of flavours. From ticker tape designs that scroll the news across your PC screen, to standalone programmes that you minimise to the bottom of your screen, to newsreaders integrated into your browser, and more new ideas every day.

How do you use it?

It's very simple. Once you have downloaded the software to view the newsfeeds, you may want to keep an eye on the news headlines. Go to the BBC and look for the word 'RSS' on the page or look for an orange symbol like the one above with the word XML or RSS on it. Click the link to the RSS feed that interests you - like Sport, UK News, World News - and so on. You are then presented with a page of what looks like gobbledygook. It doesn't matter - all you need is the url (web address) in your browser address bar. Another way is to right click on the symbol and save the link location. You then put that into the address field of your news reader, name it, and thats it - Really Simple Syndication. Immediately the reader shows you the top 15 or 20 headlines from the newsfeed source in your news reader. If you see one that particularly catches your eye, you click it and immediately go that story or item on the website.

So What?

OK, you say, so what, I could do that by going to the BBC and clicking through to the stories that interest me! But that is just the start. You see you don't need to get your news from one source. You can build up a very specific set of newsfeeds that absolutely suit you. So, now the serious stuff is out of the way, you want to keep an eye on the latest free to enter UK competitions and have them delivered to your newsreader, on your desktop, as soon as they are entered into the database. Brilliant, click the orange XML link above grab the url(web page address) in the address bar, add it to your newsreader. Bingo! You want to know what is happening in your industry, in my hobby field, sport results, friends blog - same thing. You can search the internet for appropriate newsfeeds. There are loads of search engines that specialise in listing RSS newsfeeds, or just enter 'RSS newsfeed' into your search engine and find one. Once you have it, it's into your newsreader and all of a sudden, you have your very own, personalised news service concentrating on things that only you are interested in.

News Readers

There really is no point in making a list of news readers when others have done it more comprehensively. Try here for a really good list.