For neophytes, the

on the right represents a link to a syndicated version of this page. A newsreader programme, which now includes
Firefox and
Thunderbird, or the
Google Personalised Page, can then read this page in a standardised way, presumably along with other pages. Other types of syndication are

and

. The formats vary, but basic newsreaders treat them all the same way. Part 2 will elucidate the powerful simplification that syndication allows.
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