What do you want out of a RSS subscriptions service? Here are 6 alternatives to Reader, sorted by need: It'll be turned off on July 1st - but don't wait till then to find something new, move on immediately and throw yourself into a new relationship! And it also shows that the service’s user base will grow (a lot) in the next months, and that’s a good indicator because Feedly’s valuation will grow up, and they will be able to get more funding or grow in revenues (I’m not sure if Feedly has a revenues source right now) so they will be able to develop new features, etc.Google Reader, like iGoogle and other stuff we find useful but which doesn't fulfill Google's own criteria for usefulness, is for the scrapheap. If most heavy users are chosing Feedly, it’s more likely we are making a good decision (or at least not bad). For me, that’s also a sign of confidence. In less than 48 hours, Feedly has picked up 500.000 users from Google Reader, so it seems that most Google Reader heavy users are moving to Feedly. Most Google Reader users are joining feedly But what I think about these integrations is that Feedly seems to be continuously working on improving their product, so gives me some confidence about not needing to change my RSS aggregator in a few months. In fact I’m used to send interesting news from Zite to Evernote, so being able to do the same when checking my RSS feeds is a nice feature for me. They are working on several nice integrationsĪs I said before, Feedly have stated they are working on some nice integrations with services like Evernote and Pinterest. I’m sure we can find a better iPhone/Android app, but for me it’s interesting to use the same application in several devices so I can continue using my workflow when reading blogs (check them by priorities, choose the best news, tweet some of them, mark some other for being read later, etc.) in any device I use, so I don’t have to check and recheck all the feeds when using different devices.
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They also offer an app for Android devices, and for Kindle Fire, so Feedly is probably the RSS aggregator compatible with most devices. It’s really easy to navigate through your feed categories, and also to list articles and read any post.
I have also installed Feedly for iOs on my iPhone, and I find it a really well designed RSS aggregator for smartphones. During the firsts minutes, you need to adapt to this new interface, but as you use Feedly, you get used to it and find nice features such as being able to share the content on Google Plus, Twitter or Buffer (and it seems they are integrating also other services such as Pinterest and Evernote), tag content or even save it for later. Feedly has a really nice (and up to date) interface, not only in their web version, but also in their apps for smartphones (I’ll write about it later). I loved Google Reader, but I have to admit that Google Reader’s interface was not their best asset. You connect with your Google account and in a few seconds you have your subscriptions imported and ready to be consumed. With Feedly, the transition is easy and really fast. I have dismissed The Old Reader as an option, not only for having to wait a lot of time for my subscriptions to be available, but because I can’t rely on a service that can’t scale up when several thousands of users want to try it. After a couple of days, I have almost 30K users ahead of me. This RSS aggregator seems nice but when importing my subscriptions, The Old Reader shows a queue of users waiting for their subscriptions to be imported. One of the first tools I have tested is The Old Reader, who states that preserves the essence of Google Reader. I was looking for a “typical” RSS aggregator on the web. So I was not looking for Zite, Flipboard, Pulse, or any Twitter tool. I have all my feeds ordered and I was looking for some tool similar to Google Reader that helped me continue processing those feeds as I’m used to. I already use Zite as a content discovery tool (and it rocks), but for an RSS aggregator, I don’t want this additional features of reordering or help me filter the content. In most listings containing Google Reader alternatives, almost half of alternatives are not pure RSS aggregators, but applications that add an additional layer that helps you choose the best contents (RSS + discovery).
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