RSS Feed: What is it?
RSS "Really Simple Syndication" is a web syndication format used by news web sites and blogs. RSS allows gathering and distributing content from a variety of sources. RSS aggregators or feed reader software can check RSS-enabled web sites and display any updated articles found. RSS will check for new content on favorite sites automatically.
If you see this: 
or this: 
on a web site, it probably has an RSS feed and you may subscribe to it.
Get a News Reader
There are many free news readers/aggregators available to download and use. Here are a few:
Subscribe to Our Feed
Now you can access the most frequently changing information from GoodLifeGifts.com via RSS and your news reader or aggregator. You can subscribe in a variety of ways, including:
- Right click over the orange RSS button and copy into your news reader.
- Drag the RSS button into your news reader.
- If you use Bloglines subscribe
- If you use My Yahoo!, you can pull GoodLifeGifts.com updates and news onto your My Yahoo! page. Click on the My Yahoo! button, log in to your account and the GoodLifeGifts.com feed will be added. Add to My Yahoo!
- If you use the Google start page, add to your Google page: Add to Google
- You can use Feedburner to read news: New to RSS?
To learn more about RSS and feed readers, visit:
What is a podcast?
Podcasting is the distribution of multimedia content from the Internet to a user's device of choice using syndicated content. Most podcasts are either audio or video and can be about a variety of topics. They can be listened to on any device that can play audio/video content and do not require an iPod.
Through the use of software such as iTunes, Juice or Transistr, users are able to subscribe to a podcast and have it downloaded to your computer when a new one is posted. A more formal definition can be found on Wikipedia if you are interested.
How to subscribe to a podcast?
On all GoodLifeGifts.com podcasts, there will be buttons (also known as chicklets) that will enable you with one click to add to any of the popular podcast receivers currently available.
If you are using any other software to do this, simply click on the orange feed icon and copy the URL that it points to and paste that into your subscription tool of choice. All podcasts on GoodLifeGifts.com should have 
this orange icon prominently displayed.
Do I need an iPod to listen?
Not at all. The majority of people listen to podcasts right on their computer. If you can listen to music or watch videos on your computer, then you can listen to podcasts. In most cases just click on the "listen" link and your computer will open up the appropriate program and begin playing it right away.
If you do have an MP3 player, you can transfer podcasts to
them and listen to the file anytime you want.
