Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the CONTENTIOUS blog. It is republished with permission. Several readers have asked me by email and via blog comments, "Amy, what is this RSS ...

We all have our favorite websites, news topics and eBay items that we like to check out every day. Some of us have 10 to 15 websites bookmarked and others have 50, 100, 200 or more. If it takes an ...