Ron posted recently about the imminent demise of Google Reader, which takes place on lst July. It was something I had been thinking about so his blog post was timely.
I rarely used Google Reader, preferring a personal
blog roll (see side bar, headed My Blog List) which is a lot more efficient than
Reader ever was simply because it kept up with things a lot better.
In case you
don't know, although I am sure you do, the blog roll can be found in blog settings/layout/add
a gadget, providing (I think) a Blogger template is in place. The beauty of My Blog
List is that I don't necessarily have to 'follow' people to know when they post
their latest although there is an automatic facility if I do follow them.
I commented at the time that I heard
Bloglovin' was a better alternative but whilst on Ron’s blog I read the views of
his pals and that’s how I heard about Feedly. Naturally I went to have a look
and have now installed it. It sits there on my bookmark bar just waiting for me
to read a few blogs.
The downside with Bloglovin' was that notifications came by email ... on the PC, on the iPhone, and the iPad. Help! I felt so bombarded I couldn't wait to change the settings.
However, for your information, both the aforementioned feeders
update from Google Reader for you so there’s absolutely no hassle. The uploading needs to be arranged quickly though, otherwise time will run out. All in all it took just a minute to transfer from Reader - in both cases.
However, as I said to Ron, unless
Google decides to withdraw the blog roll facility, I shall stick with it.
I hope this gives some insight to
solving the problem of losing Reader.
