9 Google Reader Alternatives to Manage Your Blog Subscriptions

1. 9 Google Reader Alternatives to Manage Your Blog Subscriptions Alternatives to Google Reader Feedly http://feedly.com Feedly already integrates with Google's API and state in their blog post that if you sign up with Feedly before July 1st then the transition will be painless. I hope it is! Feedly is available for Firefox and mobile both Android and iOS. Since a lot of my Twitter updates come from articles I have read in Reader, I will be using the Feedly feature to tweet what I read! Google Currents This is mobile only for Android and iOS. My Local Business Online blog and YouTube channel is available through Currents if mobile reading and watching is what floats your boat. Subscribe from your phone or tablet here. With Reader dying, no doubt this app will become more popular. Not every blog you read will be available though. If you want to publish your blog through Currents, you need to use Chrome and create an account at https://www.google.com/producer/home Newsblur http://www.newsblur.com/ Newsblur is a nifty looking RSS reader available on the web and mobile. There's a "Blur Blog" where you can share stories with other readers too. This does have a free option but with a limit of 64 sites and 10 stories at a time it's not for me. The premium upgrade is $1 per month, which made me think, "What's the point in that?" Obviously that is worth paying if this reader is your cup of tea. I can't see an easy way to share to Twitter and other social sites and it's slow to load - perhaps because of the mass exodus from Google Reader. 9 Google Reader Alternatives from My Local Business Online

2. Bloglines Reader http://www.bloglines.com/ Bloglines has been around forever (or so it seems!) and if you're in the States has a great "local" service too that brings you news from sites and blogs around your city. The standard Bloglines Reader will pick up the news feed from blogs anywhere. Feed Reader http://www.feedreader.com/ Read all your feeds and listen to podcasts too. Feed Reader has a web based version or you can download a Windows client. Free to use. Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/ A free reader with premium upgrade. The free version is quite restricted with not even a simple search, so not for me. Premium upgrade is out of my budget at $499 per month, but may be useful for some users with the analytics and curation features. Taptu https://www.taptu.com/ Taptu allows import of Google Reader feeds, but once Reader disappears they won't be available. As a reader it 's gone for the pretty picture look, personally I'd rather have a plain list. Adding feeds isn't as simple as typing in the URL and auto-detecting the feed, and as yet I haven't found how I can add custom streams not through Google Reader... One to watch though! The Old Reader http://theoldreader.com Currently in beta and looks lovely - by that I mean no pretty pictures. There's an option to import feeds, however the load at the moment meant I couldn't see how easy that was. Log in with Facebook or Google, free to use. Pulse http://www.pulse.me/ Another pretty picture style reader and really frustrating to add feeds individually. First , you need to search for the site then scroll until you find it in the results it produces. Not for me who has 100's of feeds! Export Google Reader Data You can also export your Google Reader data from http://www.dataliberation.org/google/reader Join the conversation Will you miss Google Reader? What alternative will you use? Leave your thoughts over on the blog post http://www.mylocalbusinessonline.co.uk/9-google-reader-alternatives/ 9 Google Reader Alternatives from My Local Business Online