Hello blog friends,
As you have no doubt heard by now, Google has announced that they will be shutting down Google Reader on July 1 ..and I am seriously bummed. (And quite honestly, pissed)
I use my Reader daily to keep up with all of my favorite blogs, as I am sure many of you do. The internet is buzzing with public outcry, and I am hoping that the Google team pays attention and changes their mind, but I am not holding my breath. I am seriously considering finding replacements for all of my Google products (what if they decide to nix Blogger next?!)
I have been searching for a replacement feed reader, but I am confused by the options out there, and I want something with similar features as Google's reader (show only new feed posts, mark read items, flag favorites, tags and folders, and ability to see entire post not just the title)
So, I am asking for input from my fellow blog readers...
What feed reader do you use? Likes, dislikes?
If you are also a Google Reader user, what have you found to replace it with? Pros, cons?
I would love to hear your thoughts!
Lorrinda
EDIT: Thank you for the comments and suggestions! I decided to try out Bloglovin' and Feedly, and while they were both very easy to set up and transfer my Reader data, I need to try them out for a while before I decide.
Bloglovin' is easy but I wish it had the ability to scan through the entire post, not just a snippet (although it does force followers to open/pageview blogs). It is just a PITA to click open each blog when you sometimes have 100 or more new posts to scan. Also, no ap for my iPad, but it does work in the Safari browser just as it does in Windows on my laptop. There is an iPhone Ap, just not iPad...so maybe this is in development. Of course I have a stupid Blackberry so the phone Ap is moot...sometimes I hate technology.
Feedly has an awesome iPad ap, very user friendly, but alas...it doesn't work at all on my laptop running Windows 9. Also, there were a few uncategorized blogs that I should have organized into folders in Reader, and now I have no way to edit them on the ipad.
So far, my feeling is I like Bloglovin' on my laptop, but prefer Feedly on my iPad. I will try them out for a week to see which gets used more often... initial feeling is Bloglovin' simply because it is useable on both of my devices.
