Stuff on Sundays: Google down the gurgler…

 

If you haven’t yet heard the news, Google is closing their Reader service from June 1st. I was horrified to learn of its imminent demise. I’ve written before on how I use the RSS service to keep up with the multiple book blogs I follow (see Stuff on Sundays: It’s simple – feed me!) . Browsing through the days posts from my feed is an important part of my  routine that I actually look forward to and with close to 1000 blogs on that list, I usually have around 500 to scroll through each day.

So, not wanting to get caught out, I started looking around for an alternative to Google Reader.  Though I experimented briefly with Feedly and Netvibes I have settled on BlogLovin’  as my reader of choice. Firstly I liked how simple it was to transfer my feeds from Google to Blog Lovin’. All I had to do was click Import and enter my Google  ID. Since I use the feed exclusively on my iPhone it was important to me that the service offered a compatible app, which Blog Lovin’ does.  I wanted an interface that was clear and simple to use which would still let me email individual posts back to my desktop for following up on and so far I find I am not missing any features.

I have been using Blog Lovin’ for about a week now and I am finding it a good alternative to Google Reader.  If you are looking for a new RSS Reader, you might want to give Blog Lovin a try.

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