RSS, Really Simple Syndication, is a very simple but powerful tool used on websites. Mostly used on blogs this tool allows the readers to subscribe to the website and stay updated with the recent updates. Aside from having good content for your users to subscribe, sometimes Rss design and placement also comes in handy to increase your subscriber count.

In this post I will be sharing tons of free icons sets for rss as well as examples of best feed placement. Note: These icons does not belong to Balkhis therefore before abusing using it make sure you read the guidelines provided by the designer.

Let me put the general guidelines for the use of these icons:

Do not take the credit away from the designers.
Do not sell these icons
Stick with personal use unless commercial use is allowed by the designers

Ultimate goal of bloggers

The ultimate goal of bloggers is to have a large loyal reader base which they keep track by using RSS Feeds through feedburner and track the count of their subscribers. Many things decide whether your user would subscribe to your website or not. One of the things are the right placement for the RSS Buttons, and how well you embed it on the website.

Best Placement and Practices of RSS Designs

Best Placement of RSS Designs are mostly toward the very top. Making your reader scroll to find the RSS is one of the mistakes many bloggers make. The more creative the RSS Button looks, the more it will impress the users and will lead them to subscribe.

Below are some of the best / creative examples of RSS

You can see this icon at the top of this page. This style embeds with the design and looks natural.

This was one of the most unique rss symbols I have seen. Very nicely done, and It is animated.

This is another example of how simple an RSS Design can look yet blend in and still look good.

Very cool background for the rss. Unique !!!

Smashing magazine has always put up great resources on the web for web designers. There icon is one of the coolest.

Now that you have seen some of the unique and good looking RSS Buttons, let me present to you the bunch of free collection of icon sets. Please note that the Icons I am about to present has been featured on Smashing Magazine on multiple posts, and I am just putting it all together for myself and my readers.

Browsing Dock Icons

RSS Icons with shadows

Web 2.0 Buttons

Social Bookmark Icon set

Fresh Icons Pack

RSS Flat Icon

RSS Glassy Icons

Simple RSS Icons

RSS Orb Icons

RSS Circular Icons

Feed Icons for Guitarists

Italicized Feed Icons

Web 2.0 style Bookmark icons

Icon set for Bloggers

Zeus Icons

Here are bunch of rss feed icons that you can just copy from the image below

Now time for the best ones that were released by Fast Icons on Smashing Magazine

Thats all of the freebies that I really liked on Smashing Magazine. I hope you guys use these services wisely and not abuse it.

Remember to put your feed icons toward the top of your site/blog to increase the subscriber count.