About RSS Feeds & Feed Readers

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• What is RSS?

  RSS — most commonly translated as "Really Simple Syndication" — is a format for publishing frequently updated web content such as blog entries and news headlines in a standardized way to a web browser or feed reader. RSS is a great way to have relevant information come to you rather than having to go to a website to check what's new for yourself.

• What is an RSS reader?

  In order for you to view RSS feeds, you need a "reader" or "aggregator." When you subscribe to an RSS feed, your feed reader finds updates and automatically shows you what's new. Your feed reader can display as many RSS feeds as you like.

• What can I do with RSS?

  You can keep up-to-date with the latest news, information, and analysis on your topics of interests from Elsevier Business Intelligence via an RSS feed reader on your computer or smart phone. You can also publish RSS feeds to your website or intranet. See "How do I use RSS to display your feeds on my website or intranet" below.

• How do I use RSS on my computer?

  Some Web browsers such as Firefox and Opera and email clients such as Outlook offer built-in support for RSS feeds. If you use Internet Explorer, Dogpile.com offers a free toolbar that has an RSS reader built-in. Regardless of the reader you choose, whether built into your browser, email client, or standalone, you simply have to provide it with URLs for your feeds of choice.

• How do I use RSS on my phone?

  Getting RSS feeds on your phone is very similar to getting them on your computer. Just download and install a mobile feed reader (see some suggested mobile readers at right) and subscribe to your feeds of choice.

• Why subscribe to your RSS feeds?

  A feed is updated whenever new content is published to the Elsevier Business Intelligence website. By subscribing to feeds, you will receive headlines and summaries of new content in your feed reader without having to check the website yourself. If a story interests you, just click the link back to the website to read more.

• When and how often are your feeds updated?

  We update our RSS Feeds whenever new content is published to our website. Some feeds may be updated several times a week, and others, weekly or monthly depending on the publishing cycle for the source publications or databases.

• What's so great about your custom feeds?

  Our custom feed creator lets you combine criteria so you can get all of the content you want and none that you don't. You can make your feeds as broad or as specific as you like. You can also save custom RSS feeds from search results.

• Do you have any suggested custom feeds?

  Try our topical RSS feeds.

• How do I use RSS to display your feeds on my website or intranet?

  JavaScript is the easiest way to display RSS feeds on a website. Some sites let you generate JavaScript that you use in your website code. This JavaScript auto-updates when the feed is updated so the latest headlines will always display. You can generally customize this code so that the look & feel of the feed complement your website. Note that when JavaScript is used to display RSS feeds, search engines don't recognize the feed content, so it will not be indexed for searchers. Feedroll is a free service for syndicating RSS and ATOM (an alternative format to RSS) news feeds on your website. Simply select a feed, customize the design, then copy and paste the code provided onto your page.

• Whom should I contact with questions or problems with your RSS Feeds?

  Feel free to direct all comments and questions to custcare@elsevier.com or call (800) 332-2181 or +1 (908) 547-2159.