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What is the takeaway message? Only a very small percentage of the Internet population is aware of the RSS format and its benefits, and that number is growing slowly over time.
By creating the RSS Awareness Day and celebrating it every year we should be able to get the general public exposed to this format, hopefully increasing the usage of RSS feeds and related applications among Internet users.
I honestly think the web would be a better place if more people were aware of and used RSS. People always are asking me how I read all the blogs and news sites that I do, and that is the answer. Sadly only a small percentage of web users have taken advantage of the format. I highly recommend that if you haven't to give Google Reader a try. If you're not sure how it all works, there are lots of tutorials out there. I wrote one nearly 5 (!) years ago. Just replace the reader I mentioned with one of the popular feed readers currently available. Viva RSS!
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