RSS Tutorial

Finding RSS Feeds using Directories

After you have an RSS feed reader and know how to subscribe to RSS feeds, how do you find feeds?

You can find RSS feeds using RSS Directories

Directories are lists of RSS Feeds organized by category and subcategory.
Directories and Search engines can be used to find RSS Feeds but in different ways.
Some RSS Directories are general purpose. Some RSS Directories are specific to an industry or category.

Directories are organized lists of RSS Feeds.
Directories are usually created as publishers manually submit their RSS feeds.
There are thousands of directories on the internet.
Directories are organized by category and subcategory. Each directory defines its own categories.
Directories can be general purpose and include any and all RSS Feeds.
Directories can be specific purpose and include any RSS Feed in a specific category.
Some RSS Directories are combination directory and search sites.
There are also directories of websites and blogs.

Directory	Search
Like the Table of Contents of a book showing chapters and outline.	Like the Index of a book that shows specific pages where words are found.
Points to an RSS Feed.	Points to an RSS feed item.
Created manually by submitting RSS feeds.	Created programmatically by reading feeds and indexing.