In an earlier article, we discussed one way to tell if a web page has a corresponding newsfeed. Namely, look for a RSS/atom/XML icon to appear on the web page.
If Firefox is your browser, then there is an additional way. A lightning icon will appear in the status bar at the lower right corner if the web page has a RSS or atom feed. 
Clicking the icon will automatically add this web page to the news aggregator that comes with Firefox. Incidentally, I do not use the Firefox news aggregator(but from what I gather from others' comments, it is a good, basic tool). So, I don't click the lightning icon. What I do is copy the URL of the web page, and paste it into the aggregator that I do use: bottomfeeder. Bottomfeeder is smart enough to automagically discover the URL of any news feeds associated with the page.
If you want to try out the default Firefox news aggregator, see this article for some tips and instructions.
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