The end of Google lectureris near. But your carefully curated RSS feeds don’t nominateto movewith it.
There are plenty of alternatives available, and more(prenominal)will likely dadaismup in the coming months. (Everybody’s making an RSS reader!) Here’s what you should do to hold the lineyour feeds, along with a look at some of our favoredwebsites and apps that jackpotprovide them with a new home. At to the lowest degreeuntil those companies decide they want to kill their readers, too.
First off, you’ll want to export allof your Google readerdata. Many of the RSS readers below willmechanicallyshiftall of your Googlereviewersubscriptions for you by tapping into your Google account. It’s always best, however, to take self-willof your data by exporting your existing subscriptions and saving a local copy of the file. And unslopedin case you don’t filmthe switch to another reader by Google Reader’s July 1 freeingdate, you’ll still have the data on hand.
You’ll can dumbfounda downloadable archive of your Google contributordata in Google Takeout. Image: Google
To export, go to Google Takeout. Click the tab that says “Choose services,” and from there, click the proofreadericon. Within a a few(prenominal)moments, Google take-awaywill calculate the size and deemof files it will export. Click “Create Archive” and it will automatically start creating a .zip file. From the “Downloads” tab, you can download your Reader data to your hard drive. Google Takeout will in additionkeep the .zip on hand in the Downloads section for unmatchableweek, in case you need to entrance feethe institutionaliseagain.
Once you unzip the file, you should elatea “Reader” folder. In there, you should see an .xml file containing your subscriptions. Now you in force(p)need to find the recompenseplace to take it.
Feedly is the most established of every last(predicate)the Google Reader alternatives. It’s been just aboutsince 2008, barelyit very recently stepped up with more features in order to be a really hugeRSS reader. It now has a standalone sackversion (you previously askto install an app or browser extension) and its own cloud syncing service, allowing you to adjustacross apps and devices.
Google Reader devotees will have an gentlemetretransitioning to Feedly. If you sign up before Google Reader shuts down, Feedly can automatically broadcastall of your feeds for you. It was a unsubdividedtransition for me, and I personally didn’t need to reorganize anything once my feeds loaded. You can alikemake Feedly look a volumelike Google Reader by switching to the title-only officeand the white-colored theme. But if you want a turningof a change, you canto a faultchoose betwixt15 other color themes and four differentexhibitmodes: title-only, magazine, cards, and full. And most importantly, in its current state, Feedly is the fastest at gratifyingfeeds. It’s on par with Google Reader and always has the latest stories.
Digg from Betaworks is aneof the newest RSS reader darlings. It just launched, barelythe app is rapidly opening up to allow new users. You will have to create a new Digg account (even if you had one in the old days) to pull inaccess. Like Feedly, Digg Reader can automatically import all of your Google Reader feeds if you sign up before July 1. For me, everything imported smoothlyand appeared just the way I had it organized in Google Reader. It’s a minimal, familiar black-and-white design with options for a title-only view and a full-story view. If you’re an avid Digg user, you’ll like the Digg icons on every story. You can also share stories to Twitter and Facebook, and see the most popular stories in your feed through the Popular tab.
Digg Reader with an expanded story. Image: Digg
Digg Reader is still going through a bunch of fixes and improvements, notwithstandingit the way it is now, it definitely a satisfactory Google Reader replacement. I found it slightly slower than Feedly at refreshing feeds, but it was much easier to do things like organize the feeds in my preferentorder. And with Digg, you have the added bonus of support for Instapaper, Pocket and Readability, so you can save a story for future reading with just one click. A warning: Reader is available inside Digg’s newest iPhone app update, but mobile support is otherwise very limited. Mobile options for humanoidand web browsers are coming in a few weeks, along with other enhancements.
AOL Reader features four customizable views. Image: AOL
Yep, AOL is still around and making new things. Its latest creation is the AOL Reader, a simple, Google Reader clone. AOL Reader won’t automatically tap into your Google Reader data, but it does have an easy one-click import of that .xml file you have saved. The reader itself looksclean and jerkand minimal, and offers four viewing modes for browsing feed content: a simple list view, a more visual Google+ or Flipboard-like “card” view, a “full view,” and a two-panel view that lists articles on the left and pulls up the intacttext on the right. It also offers tags, a handy organizationalfeature for categorizing stories that you want to search for later.
Plus, you can share articles to the master(prenominal)social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. It’s a simple, work-as-expected offering from an old Internet giant.
When Google Reader killed off its social features in 2011, The Old Reader launched to guaranteeyou could still have a community of RSS sharers. It borrows a lot from Google Reader, but adds a crookmore color with a bright red-and-green theme.
This Old Reader is minimalist with a bit of flair. Image: This Old Reader
The Old Reader was quick to import the .xml file of all my Google Reader feeds, and it organized my feeds and folders in alphabetical order. It also comes with Pocket support for reading things later, and it offers a full view so you can read articles directly in the reader. The one major downside: It’s pretty slow to refresh feeds. It was anywhere mingled withfive minutes and 35 minutes bottomGoogle Reader, flushwhile continuously refreshing. There’s a small team behind The Old Reader, and it’s constantly building enhancements into the web app.
Flipboard supports and saves Google RSS feeds. Image: Flipboad
It’s not a traditional RSS reader, but Flipboard is offering a quick and easy mechanism for transferring Google Reader data to its various mobile discussionreading apps. All you have to do is sign in and connect to Google Reader, go to the Accounts tab, and tap Google Reader to connect and transfer all of your feed data to Flipboard. The app maintains your folders, making it easy to consortbetween your various organized feeds. Of course, you’ll have to keep in mind that this isn’t a traditional RSS reader: Flipboard is a veryvisuallycompelling app, so is better for those who don’t mind a bit of embellishment and design in their news-reading experience. Unfortunately, there is no web version of Flipboard currently available, so you’ll only be adaptedto read your feeds on tablets and smartphones.
The readers listed above are just a sampling of what’s out there and what’s to come. There arealreadyseveral reports that Facebook is making its own reader app. It willsupposedlyfunction a lot like Flipboard, pulling in stories from your social network, RSS feeds, and various partner publications. And don’t count Google out just because it’s cutting Google Reader. RSS, or some other form of customized intelligence agencyreading, might appear in products like Google+, Google Now, or Google News.several(prenominal)smaller upstarts are also taking this opportunity to come onreaders, jumping in to fill the vacuum that Google Reader has left.
Lucky for us dedicated RSS fans, that vacuum won’t exist for long.
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