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If you’re thristy, you could try drinking from a fire hose, but that usually involves a fireman who has other things on his mind. The hose, the volume of water and the direction are in his control. Good luck getting what you need. 

You could use a garden hose and then you get to hold the hose. You also control the volume of water and you decide where it goes. But, you still end up with a lot more water making puddles on the ground than quenching your thirst.

 You could use a glass and maybe even some ice to add further controls.  You decide what’s in the glass now and when and how you want to drink it. Even so, sometimes you  still end up dumping all the ice cubes down your front.

Use a straw and now you’re making all of the decisions and you can avoid the embarassing avalanche too.

So, now that you’re not thirsty any more, we can talk about the whole RSS thing. 

RSS means Really Simple Syndication. It also means you decide which glass you want to put your straw in and how much you want to drink and when. Those little orange things all over our site mean you can put your straw there and not have the avalanche of ice, the puddles, or your lips ripped off. You’re asking that part of our website to notify you when that part is updated.

If you want to know whenever we have a new company added, then you click on the orange button next to the “New Supplier Listings” and subscribe to that feed. Many of our service categories have RSS feeds too. You can subscribe to updates for only the services that you want. You decide what you want to read about.

So, look for the orange icons to help turn the internet firehose into an information stream that you control and enjoy!

This Google page has lots more detailed technical information about RSS and how to get set up. It’s not hard to do and it is worth it.