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RSS Feeds

What is RSS?

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." Web publishers use RSS to easily create and distribute news feeds that include links, headlines, and summaries. The Christian Science Monitor, CNN, and Yahoo! News are among the many sites that now deliver updated online content via RSS.

How can I use RSS?

News Aggregators (also called news readers) will download and display RSS feeds for you. A number of free and commercial News Aggregators are available. Many aggregators are separate, "stand-alone" programs (such as FeedReader and FeedDemon); other services will let you add RSS feeds to a Web page (such as My Yahoo! and Bloglines). Common Craft has a terrific video explaining RSS and how to use it.

Redistributing our feeds via Web sites

If you run your own website, you can use RSS feeds to display the latest headlines from other websites on your site. Please note the following terms of use:

The feeds are provided free of charge for use by individuals and non-profit organizations for personal, non-commercial uses. We ask that you provide attribution to Girl Scouts, Patriots' Trail Council in connection with your use of the feeds. If you provide this attribution in text, please use: "Girl Scouts, Patriots' Trail" If you provide this attribution with a graphic, please use the Girl Scout logo included in the feed. Girl Scouts of the USA and Girl Scouts, Patriots' Trail Council reserve all rights to the Girl Scouts logo, and your right to use the logo is limited to providing attribution in connection with these RSS feeds.

Girl Scouts, Patriots' Trail Council also reserves the right to require you to cease distributing these feeds at any time for any reason.

For more information about RSS, visit Fagan Finder's All About RSS page.

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