RSS Feeds are a good way to sustain with recent updates on blogs or websites. However, there is always a chance that you may come across a site or webpage which does not provide you with RSS Feeds. However, those pages may be updated frequently.
In such cases, users usually have to go back to the site regularly to check for updates. However, if you are a Google Reader user, here is some good news which will help you keep up with the updates through RSS for sites which do not provide them.
Google has introduced a new feature called "Custom feed" will permit users to track changes on pages that don’t have their own feed. For instance, if you want to track the updates on http://www.google.org/products.html just copy the URL and then click the "Add a subscription" button to add it as a feed.
To add a site without RSS feeds, use the "Create a feed" option and enter the URL of the site. Once the feed has been created, Google Reader will periodically visit the site and check for any updates on it.
Google Reader will just display short snippets of the actual changes to assist you decide if the page is worth revisiting. This feature will surely come in handy for people who are looking to get updates from sites without feeds the easier way. However, in addition to allowing users to make RSS feeds for sites which don’t support them, Google also has an alternative for site owners to opt-out of the feature.
In such cases, users usually have to go back to the site regularly to check for updates. However, if you are a Google Reader user, here is some good news which will help you keep up with the updates through RSS for sites which do not provide them.
Google has introduced a new feature called "Custom feed" will permit users to track changes on pages that don’t have their own feed. For instance, if you want to track the updates on http://www.google.org/products.html just copy the URL and then click the "Add a subscription" button to add it as a feed.
To add a site without RSS feeds, use the "Create a feed" option and enter the URL of the site. Once the feed has been created, Google Reader will periodically visit the site and check for any updates on it.
Google Reader will just display short snippets of the actual changes to assist you decide if the page is worth revisiting. This feature will surely come in handy for people who are looking to get updates from sites without feeds the easier way. However, in addition to allowing users to make RSS feeds for sites which don’t support them, Google also has an alternative for site owners to opt-out of the feature.
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