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To subscribe to Humboldt State Now, simply copy and paste one of the feed links into your favorite feed reader and automatically find out when new articles and events are posted.

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To only find out when specific categories of news and stories are posted, grab one (or more) of these feeds.

What's all this subscribing stuff?

RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is just that: a very quick and easy way to get updates from a wide range of web sites, news sites, blogs and more, simply by using a program, known as a feed reader.

You'll often see icons like these when a site is RSS enabled: blue RSS icon orange RSS icon XML icon

Several of these programs exist and they can be either a web-based program, like HSU's web mail, or a desktop based program, like Outlook or Entourage. Each method has it's own advantage, analogous to those of the mail programs. A web-based feed reader allows you to access your feeds from anywhere with an internet connection, while a desktop-based program stores your feeds so you can read them when you're not online.

Feed readers are also referred to as RSS readers, RSS clients or News Aggregators — all of these terms mean the same thing.

RSS technology isn't limited to any one form of content, either. Almost anything on the web can be broken down into a snippet that can be read by a feed reader using RSS. Academics can track the revision history of a book, for example, news junkies can use the feeds from the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN to stay current on the day's events and Amazon.com even has an RSS feed for updates on book releases, product recalls and more.

How is RSS better than email updates?

How about clutter? Many of us receive enough emails as it is, we don't need another web site filling up our inbox with updates. As an alternative, RSS allows you to keep this sort of information in one place instead of letting it mingle with important work or personal emails.

How do I subscribe?

First you need to decide whether you'll read your feeds online or from your desktop. The following are popular feed reading applications

Web-based:

Desktop-based:

Now you need to find something to read. While most feed readers come with a few popular sites already loaded, you can customize your list of feeds by browsing through various categories like news, automotive, lifestyle, personal development or whatever catches your eye.

When you're cruising the web and you find a site with one of those orange or blue icons, , you'll know you can subscribe to that site's feed. You'll be in the know when the site updates and it'll save you the time of having to browse from one site to the next.