![]() The irony is that these content curators need tools like RSS readers to make their job easier (hence the fact we offer the ability to add RSS feeds to your suggestions and even a whole OPML file – the Google Reader format you can use to export all your RSS organization from there).īut let’s not confuse the means with the end. Twitter’s popularity played an indirect but crucial role in the demise of Google Reader. Still doesnt work even if power off, rebooting & closing other apps. Some serious technical issue on Android that they cant seem to fix and its happening again. We need perspectives from human curators who will not only aggregate but also filter and share their insights at the same time. It has been crashing & inaccessible intermittedly a few times for the last 2-3 months. We need curation which means more filtering but also more context and meaning. For a subset of the Internets population, Googles March announcement of its intention to shutter its dated, rusting RSS. ![]() But as I commented when Google announced the end of its reader, the world has changed fast since then. Diggs Reader is here, but its not a Google Reader replacement.yet. RSS readers have provided a content aggregation service that’s been extremely useful a few years ago. Not anymore.Yes, people at Feedly and other companies can do a great job filling the space – and as Sarah Perez rightly points out in this TechCrunch article, it’s not easy as Google Reader became a very sophisticated product.īut if Google decided to kill Google Reader, isn’t that a clear signal that this is not the way to discover content in the future? Google Reader was a central hub so you could use different RSS reading apps on different devices and yet your reading lists were always in sync. I also use apps like Reeder, Google Currents and Flipboard to follow RSS feeds on mobile devices but none of these apps offer a web based interface and therefore you cannot follow your subscriptions on the computer or on devices where these apps are not supported. The other web-based alternatives include Bloglines (yes, they are still around), Feedspot (the UI is very Reader-esque), Old Reader (minimalistic) and NewsBlur (open source). Here are the top 6 best ways to get your RSS Reader fix and come to terms with the loss of Google Reader, plus a readers digest on the best option and why. Enthusiasts re-created a work-alike replacement called The Old Reader. During beta, the Digg RSS reader is free. The service, which uses the same API as Reader, is planning a public beta starting on June 26th a 'friends and family' beta will open this Wednesday, the 19th, with limited access. It is available as a web app, just like Google Reader, but they also have apps for iOS and Android. Google Reader was an RSS/Atom feed aggregator operated by Google. Digg - yes, that Digg - has a replacement in the works for Google Reader, and it looks like it'll arrive just ahead of the final days of Google's RSS aggregation service. I have tried quite a few of them of them and my personal favorite is Feedly. A Better Alternative to Google ReaderĪs a consumer of RSS feeds, it is less of a concern as there are better alternatives to Google Reader. Some will take the pains and migrate their RSS subscriptions to other platforms but most would just let it go. Feeder is a great replacement for the now closed Google Reader. When Google Reader goes dark on July 1st, I will lose a bulk of these RSS subscribers forever. Google Reader is a now defunct RSS feed reader. This blog has 100,000 RSS subscribers, earned over a decade, and a majority of them are using Google Reader to subscribe to the RSS feed. Currently I am using Google Feed API which allow me to send text queries and receive all relevant RSS feeds from the web. I want the user to be able to search for RSS feeds on the web by keywords and subscribe to them. That said, as a blogger and small web publisher, I am saddened to hear about the demise of Google Reader as this will definitely affect business. I am in the process of writing a RSS reader. This makes perfect sense and the positive side of such announcements is that when the big fish leaves the pond, it makes room for the smaller ones to grow, innovate and thrive. Google is a “for profit” company and therefore they would like to avoid spending time and resources on projects that aren’t adding to the bottom line. If you're looking for a replacement for Google Reader, you've come to the right collection of free desktop software. These include Picnic (the image editor), Notebook (the clipping tool), Listen (the podcast client), Google Desktop (the offline search software), Google Apps (the free edition), Google SMS channels, iGoogle (personalized Google start page) and now Google Reader (the web-based RSS newsreader). Google has a history of shutting down products that aren’t earning them revenue.
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