Resources - Site review - Feeding the RSS appetite. The Feednation RSS reader is a simple service that allows users to keep informed by email, mobile phone or online. Mark Chillingworth takes a bite of its wares.

The landscape of the internet is covered with little orange boxes with the letters RSS written inside, and a plethora of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) reader technologies are arriving on the scene. Feednation is one of the latest, and, despite its design weaknesses, is a powerful information gathering tool that supports mobile phone access and is available for free.

Setting up a Feednation feed is simple and fast. Your email address is your username and confirmation of your account arrives within seconds. Sadly, the UK-based Feednation organisation doesn't provide enough guidance and information in setting up your account, which will deter new users from gaining the most benefit from an independent reader like this.

The Groups method of using Feednation is a very nice tool that enables a user to collate a wide range of information on everything from professional information to personal love affairs with cricket.

Once a group folder has been created, users can use a search system for discovering the feeds they want. A ...