What is syndication?

Syndication is simply a fancy word for publishing your blog in a form known as a "feed" that other software can read, typically RSS, Atom, RDF, or XML format. Usually the publication is done automatically by your blog hosting software, but you may have to add your own link or "orange" button to let people know where to find your "syndicated blog feed." Actually, most blog readers don't need to have the precise feed file name, but merely the URL of your blog itself and then the software can automatically find the feed file.

Note: The act of publishing your blog does two discrete operations: 1) create the syndicated blog feed file, and 2) create the normal HTML web page that you can directly read using only your browser.

-- Jack Krupansky