Social bookmarking and RSS

News stories on the WaterAid website now includes links to a range of social bookmarking and sharing websites. You can also send an update to your Twitter account using the TwitThis button. These links can be found in the "Bookmark, TwitThis or share the page" box at the foot of the news story:

Bookmark or share the page:

RSS News feed    Follow us on Twitter

Get WaterAid news updates by email

What are these?

Social bookmarks and sharing sites allow you to store, tag and share links across the internet. You can share these links with friends and people with similar interests. You can also access your links from any computer you happen to be using.

So, if you are interested in WaterAid's work and find a story that you find interesting, why not share it with others? Doing so helps spread the word about WaterAid. Simply click on one of the Share links. Or, if you come across a story and want to save for future reference, you can do so using these social bookmarks.

All of these sites are free to use but do require you to register first. Once you have registered you can begin bookmarking and sharing.  

Each of the sites works slightly differently - use the links below to find out more about each:

 RSS feeds

RSS feeds send you alerts when web pages have been updated, without you having to visit the website itself. 'RSS' stands for Really Simple Syndication.

To use these feeds, you need to use an RSS reader. These are programmes that automatically check selected websites for updated items. The latest web browsers, such as Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 2, come with built-in feed-reading software.

You can now subscribe to WaterAid News via the RSS link. You can also sign up to a feed of our Twitter updates. Subscribing takes just a couple of clicks and will mean you never need miss a story about WaterAid, as your feed will be automatically updated whenever we publish a new story or Tweet. Why not subscribe today?