RSS allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time in two ways. First, by not needing to visit each site individually. Second, because a new entry in your RSS reader will show up only when there is a change in content. So, you no longer need to visit a site and look around for new content. If new content exists, you will know through your RSS reader, because you have a new entry.

There are two primary places to add RSS feeds: 1) Your browser, and 2) Outlook (Office 2007) or a similar email client. Normally, when you click on the RSS feed of a given page, you have the opportunity to add that feed to your browser. In Internet Explorer 7+, the Star has meant your "Favorites", like bookmarks. In IE 7, when you click on the star, you get a column on the left that includes Favorites, RSS Feeds and History. There you will find all of the RSS Feeds you have signed up for. In Firefox, there is a toolbar with icons for Most Visited, Getting Started, Latest Headline, and Customize Links. The Latest Headlines is a collection of your RSS feeds.

WARNING: There are other avenues through which a website may try to keep in touch with you. At Proving Innocence, noting changes in the site through RSS feeds is only one way, and if you rely on it, you may miss some things. Proving Innocence also has a well developed system of email notifications. We have broken the types of communictions into several different kinds so that you can control which types of communication you wish to receive. They include: newletters (quarterly), upcoming events you might be interested in, calls to action (perhaps a crucial time to call your congressman about pending legislation, etc.)  Please sign up for our newsletters by clicking here.