WFMW - Google Reader
Do you use a feed reader for blogs? I never did, but then I started cutting down on internet time and I needed to streamline my blog-reading process. There are a handful of blogs that I love to keep on top of because they always keep me in the know.
I tried a couple of different feed readers, but I love - LOVE - Google Reader.
I find the layout really easy on the eyes. Plus, I can organize my feeds into folders because I follow political blogs, frugality/finance blogs, and homeschool blogs, and I am not always in the mood to read all of them at the same time.
In Google Reader, the title of the post is a clickable link to that post on the blog itself. And the title of the blog is a clickable link to the blog’s main page, if you need to go there.
There is also a great feature, which I just discovered. You can “share” the feeds you liked and then create a blog post from your shared links.
I just did one as an example with some posts from my blog. Let’s see how it looks:
You can customize the color, title, and a couple other things, too.
Blog reading made better!
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1SAHMmy Says
wrote on 12 September 2007 at 16:13
Thanks for explaining this, and for showing the example! I’m new to blogging and I’ve been confused about what people are talking about when they say “it’s in my reader.” This clears it up!
2Deb - Mom of 3 Girls
wrote on 12 September 2007 at 17:22
I use Google Reader too and love it - thanks for explaining what the ’sharing’ is all about, I never knew that before!
3Kara
wrote on 12 September 2007 at 17:23
I use Google Reader too and it has helped me cut down on blogging time and read through posts faster.
4Karen@FamilyBries
wrote on 12 September 2007 at 18:32
I’ve just started tinkering with the Google Reader - thanks for the additional info on it. Glad to know it works to streamline your internet time
5Lana G!
wrote on 12 September 2007 at 20:18
L-O-V-E Google Reader!
6ankur
wrote on 13 September 2007 at 7:36
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7Zen Master
wrote on 16 September 2007 at 4:21
I use Bloglines but only because it was around before Google Reader. They sound like they are very similar. If I ever have problems with Bloglines I know where to go now.
Thanks for sharing.