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Figure 1-8.
The start of a blog's RSS feed, showing new entries
For example, Figure 1-9 is the beginning of the RSS feed for my personal blog. Each
element contains a variety of data that isn't very pretty to look at but provides all the
information one might want to view my blog in a special piece of software called an RSS
reader. While certain applications, like Microsoft Outlook, have built-in RSS readers,
many prefer to use a dedicated reader client. One popular RSS reader is Google Reader,
which can take the link to my RSS feed and produce a nice view of my blog so that the
Google Reader user can quickly see` what articles I've posted recently.
Figure 1-9.
My personal blog, displayed within Google Reader
