Word of the Day by RSS feed

You can now receive the OED's Word of the Day and other occasional news about OED Online by RSS web feed.

If you use a feed reader, the address of our feed is http://www.oed.com/rss.xml. You'll need to add this address to your feed reader.

Our feed is in RSS (Really Simple Syndication) format, and contains headword and first quotation only, with links back to our web site.

If you have a personalized home page (for example with BT Yahoo, or Google), you can add this feed as content on that page.

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If you're new to the world of web feeds, you might have some questions ...

What is a feed?

• A web feed is a way for a web site to send you fresh content: the headlines from the site, delivered to your desktop. If the headline looks interesting, click on it to read the whole article.

What does it cost?

• It's free. You don't even need to register, or hand over your email address.

Why are feeds exciting?

• Web feeds are springing up all over the internet. Instead of clicking around all your favourite sites to check for anything new, or interesting, subscribe to their web feeds. Feeds bring you your own, personalized, highlights of the internet.

How do I subscribe to the feed?

• You can read the feed either through your browser, via a web site, or with some special feed reader software (some of which is free). Run a web search for 'Feed readers' to find out some options, or explore some of these avenues (but please note that OED Online can neither recommend software nor give assistance in installation or use).
  
  Through your browser: some browsers can read feeds: Firefox and Safari (Macs only), and, shortly, Internet Explorer 7. Subscribing is as simple as bookmarking a page.
  
  Through a personalized home page: several companies are now offering personalized home pages (Google and My Yahoo are two examples; Microsoft's Windows Live is in beta). You may need to register, but once you have a personalized start page, you can add different feeds to it to make it truly your own.
  
  Through a special web site: some web sites are dedicated to tracking feeds for you. Bloglines is a popular option; Google also has a reader. They are free, but you'll need to register.
  
  With a feed reader program: you can download a program (some are free) to manage all your feeds. Popular readers for PCs include Newz Crawler and Feedreader (free), and for Macs, NetNewsWire (free version available).

• Once you have your reader, navigate to our feed at http://www.oed.com/rss.xml and use your reader's subscribe feature.

I still don't get it ...

• We'd recommend that you have a look at the BBC web site, which has
  • a friendly introduction, the Feed Factory, and
  • a useful help page.

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