Friday, March 15, 2013

Whaaat?? No More Google Reader?

I opened Google Reader this week to see a pop-up notification that Google Reader will no longer be available as of July 1, 2013.  Ugh!!  I use Google Reader to follow well over a hundred blogs.  I have them organized by those I check most often, people I’ve met and also by topics.   I’m going to miss this program that I use almost on a daily basis.

If you don’t use Google Reader, what do you use to track blogs and their updates?  Are you happy with it?  I’m on the search for a new tool to use and will begin to move my blogs over.

Buh bye Google Reader.  You’ll be missed.  Sad smile

14 comments:

  1. I hate it when they move our cheese. I just have everyone on my sidebar, and it updates when they do. But I don't read a hundred blogs! You are a people person!

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  2. I use my google blogger dashboard. When one of the blogs I follow posts it shows up on my blogger dashboard. That way I'm not wasting my time checking in on blogs that haven't posted.

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  3. I'm looking into feedly check out this post. http://m.lifehacker.com/5990456/google-reader-is-getting-shut-down-here-are-the-best-alternatives

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  4. I use a great program called Bloglovin! www.bloglovin.com

    You set it up with the blogs you read and it will capture them when they have been updated.

    I've used for about 6 months now and love it!

    Sandy/California

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  5. Just happen the same to me. Use Feedly is free and it takes by himself all the information of the google reader and is very similar.

    Regards

    Isabel

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  6. I used Feedly and FeeddlerRSS(app) and I really like them so far.

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  7. Just sent you the same link Lisa did.

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  8. I got this message too. Ugh. I only moved to Google Reader when Bloglines closed down. I think they reopened later but I didn't want to move back at that point.

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  9. I tried Bloglovin....not loving it! SLLLLLOOOOWWWW to update site feeds. Image heavy...can not compress view to words only. Sl;ows down computer. Ugh!!

    Keep smilin!

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  10. I use a program called Sage which works with Firefox. I have no complaints!!! You do have to click on the update button and it goes and shows which blogs have updated that day.

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  11. I use Bloglines. It's worked well for me.

    Pam

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  12. For your reading:

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkantrowitz/2013/03/14/five-great-rss-reader-alternatives-to-google-reader/

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  13. I am so sad. Google Reader had been the best one that I had ever seen. Not looking forward to interviewing a new service.

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