Look for the an "RSS" link on your favorite website. It may be a text hyperlink that reads something like "RSS," "RSS feed" or "Web Feed." Sometimes it is also referred to be another technical name, "XML." It may also be a small rectangular image - often orange, which looks something like this:

Once you find this link, click on it. The first thing you notice is a bunch of text, which you probably can't understand. Don't worry. You're computer can.

What you're interested in is the RSS feed address at the top of your browser. It will look something like this: http://www.tbt.com/feeds/tbt_news.xml. You'll paste this address into an RSS reader/aggregator.

If you do not already have a reader/aggregator, there are a number of low-cost or free options. Newsfire, for example, is available for download at http://www.newsfirerss.com and is a popular program, which costs $19. RSS Reader is a popular free program, which is available for download at http://www.rssreader.com. There are also web-based RSS readers/aggregators, which don't require you to download any software and can be used from any computer with an Internet connection by logging in to a website, like you would an email account. These web-based aggregators do require you to register and select a username and password.

Once you download and install these programs like you would any other software, start the program (or log onto a web-based RSS aggregator), and you should be able to easily find either a short-cut button or option under the file menus at the top of the program for "subscribing to" or "adding" an RSS feed. Select this option, and you will be presented with a field for the RSS address. Paste the RSS feed address that you copied earlier, into this space. Then hit the "subscribe," "add," "submit" or similar button.

Congratulations, you have subscribed to an RSS feed. You can follow this process to add as many feeds as you would like. As you add them, you should see the headlines and summaries of articles from your favorite websites within the main window of your RSS reader/aggregator program.

If you're computer doesn't display the entire article from the website, you can often click on the headline of that article, which is hyperlinked to the full-text of the article on the original website.