In a world staggering under the weight of billions of web pages and cluttered e-mail inboxes, keeping up to date with the latest commercial real estate news you want can be hard.

Wouldn't it be better to have the latest information delivered directly to you, rather than clicking from site to site or fighting through unwanted pages of e-mail? Well now you can, thanks to a very clever service, RSS.

There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but the majority go for 'Really Simple Syndication'. Put plainly, it allows you to identify the content you like and have it delivered directly to you.

It takes the hassle out of staying up to date, by giving you the very latest information in a format you want, when you want it.

Why use it?

• It's 100% opt-in, meaning you only receive the content you want and you can easily remove any feed when you don't want it anymore
• It requires no e-mail address and is not delivered to your inbox
• You get content exactly at the time it's added to the content feed
• Content actually gets through and cannot be blocked by various filters
• It is virus, trojan and other dangerous content free

How do I start using RSS feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a newsreader. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. All allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want.

Once you have chosen a newsreader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want. For example, if you would like today's top news stories, simply visit the GlobeSt.com Homepage and you will notice an orange RSS icon under the top stories.

If you click on the button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the RSS feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader.

Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, have functionality which automatically picks up RSS feeds for you. For more details on these, please check their websites.

How do I get a newsreader?
There is a range of different newsreaders available and new versions are appearing all the time.

Different newsreaders work on different operating systems, so you will need to take this into account when you make your choice.

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