What is Twitter?

Twitter is the subject to much debate about what it really is. Some would say it's the best thing since sliced bread, some would say it's a waste of peoples time and should be buried in a deep pit and never be seen again.

No matter what your opinion is, the fact is that it's hugely popular and you can't escape the fact that everywhere you go these days it's "Twitter this and Twitter that".

To put it in simple terms, Twitter is a website that allows you to tell the world what you're doing right now. Not like a blog where you would write endless paragraphs. Twitter is fast and efficient. You get 140 characters which is enough for one sentence.

How do we use it?

We use twitter as a means of letting people know about news in the world of sports, changes to our products and our latest offers. With Twitter we have another way of communicating our news to you other than through Newsletters and RSS Feeds.

How do you get it?

If you haven't got twitter already, it couldn't be easier to get it. Simply go to Twitters homepage http://www.twitter.com and sign up for a free account. It's fast and easy to do and once signed up you can follow as many other Tweeters as you want. Apart from Barrington Sports you can find celebrities like Jonathan Ross, Stephen Fry, Philip Schofield, Chris Moyles and many more, all tweeting about what they are doing during the day.

To follow Barrington Sports on Twitter, simply click here.

What are News Feeds?

News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get the latest headlines and video in one place, as soon as its published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from.

Feeds are also known as RSS. There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but most people plump for 'Really Simple Syndication'. In essence, the feeds themselves are just web pages, designed to be read by computers rather than people.

How do I start using feeds?

In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks the feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications.

Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable applications let you store them on your main computer, in the same way that you either download your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based service like Hotmail.

Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want it to receive.

For example, if you want to subscribe to Barrington Sports Cricket News, simply click the Orange Logo on the left hand side of this page where it says "Barrington Sports Cricket News". When you click on the RSS button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader. Most sites that offer feeds use a similar orange button, but some may just have a normal web link.

Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check for feeds for you when you visit a website, and display an icon when they find one. This can make subscribing to feeds much easier. For more details on these, please check their websites.

How do I get a news reader?

There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.

Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.

Using Barrington Sports News feeds on your site

If you run your own website, you can display the latest headlines from other websites on your own site using RSS.

We encourage the use of Barrington Sports News feeds as part of a website, however, we do require that the proper format and attribution is used when Barrington Sports News content appears. The attribution text should read "Barrington Sports News" or "http://www.barringtonsports.com/news" as appropriate.

We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of Barrington Sports News content and Barrington Sports (and/or Northgame Ltd.) does not accept any liability for its feeds.