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3 Does the World Wide Web seem too overwhelming? Do I have enough time to go look for the latest news updates? Would it help to have the latest news and events delivered, like a newspaper subscription?

4 If the answer is “YES” to even one of those three questions, you now have a powerful yet simple tool called RSS Gadget that will bring updates from your favorite sites, right on your Google home page.

5 Most of you who browse the internet regularly, have seen websites that have a little orange icon at any part of the webpage such as this one below. This is called the Real Simple Syndication or RSS.

6 The website that contains this orange icon or RSS, offers its contents as an RSS stream. This means you can subscribe to the information like podcasts, articles, news, sports updates. All of these will be available on your home page whenever there is something new. Here is an example of RSS feed from BBC.co.uk

7 What does an RSS do for you ? Click on the right answer It is a new browser It lets you subscribe to new information It saves you a lot of money

8 What does an RSS do for you ? Click on the right answer It is a new browser It lets you subscribe to new information It saves you a lot of money Wrong! Wrong! Wrong

9 What does an RSS do for you ? Click on the right answer It is a new browser It lets you subscribe to new information It saves you a lot of money You’ve got it!

10 What does an RSS do for you ? Click on the right answer It is a new browser It lets you subscribe to new information It saves you a lot of moneyTry again.

11 Feed from my Facebook Feed from BBC.co.uk Updates from my Gmail Latest from Reader’s Digest

12 Step 1 Open your favorite browser and go to a website that provides RSS service Example: http://reviews.cnet.com/macfixit/ Step 2 Right Click on the orange icon and choose “Copy Link Location”.

13 Step 3 Sign in to iGoogle home page at http://www.google.com/ig with your Google Accounthttp://www.google.com/ig

14 Step 4 On the top right corner of your Google home page, click “Add stuff >>”

15 Step 5 On the “Add Stuff” screen, click ”Add feed or gadget” from the bottom of the left navigation bar. Step 6 Paste the URL (from Step 2) in the box and click “Add”

16 You now have your RSS feed from “MacFixIt”

17 Which one of these is an RSS icon? Click on the right answer.

18 Which one of these is an RSS icon? Click on the right answer. Oops! Try again

19 Which one of these is an RSS icon? Click on the right answer. Oops! Not quite. Try again.

20 Which one of these is an RSS icon? Click on the right answer. Correct!

21 Which one of these accounts do you need to have, to apply the RSS Gadget on an iGoogle homepage? Click on the right answer.

22 Which one of these accounts do you need to have, to apply the RSS Gadget on an iGoogle homepage? Click on the right answer. Oops! Try again

23 Which one of these accounts do you need to have, to apply the RSS Gadget on an iGoogle homepage? Click on the right answer. Correct!

24 Which one of these accounts do you need to have, to apply the RSS Gadget on an iGoogle homepage? Click on the right answer. Oops! Not quite. Try again.

25 Which one of these will be used to add an RSS Gadget ? Click on the right answer.

26 Which one of these will be used to add an RSS Gadget ? Click on the right answer. Oops! Try again

27 Which one of these will be used to add an RSS Gadget ? Click on the right answer. Oops! Not quite. Try again.

28 Which one of these will be used to add an RSS Gadget ? Click on the right answer. Correct!

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