Google Reader to be Retired

For those of you who read the Appraiser Workshops blog on Google Reader please be aware Google Reader will be retired effective July 1.  Many Google Reader users are now switching over to a reader called Feedly.

Feedly has an easy transfer of content from Google Reader, so all of your feeds can be easily transferred from Google Reader to Feedly.  I just did it and it works seamlessly.

If you are reading the AW Blog on Google Reader, I would recommend you head over to Feedly or another reader prior to July 1, or like hundreds of other AW Blog readers, just sign up for the AW Blog  email distribution delivered daily in the form below.

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The Verge reports on Feedly and other Reader options

Feedly appears to be the heir apparent to Google Reader’s throne, a modern take on RSS that blends some of the niceties of Flipboard (like a “magazine view”) with useful Reader features like keyboard shortcuts and tags. But its biggest advantage may be that it’s the only RSS application that also has excellent and free companion mobile apps. In a world without the ubiquitous Google Reader API, building your own mobile apps is the only way to make sure you can pick up where you left off — in this way, Feedly is the only real Google Reader alternative.

Feedly lets you divide up your feeds into folders, and even pick a preferred view for each folder — "headlines," "mosaic," "timeline," and more — which helps separate your news feeds from your photography feeds. Feedly is also generally the best-looking reader I tested, but if you aren’t happy with its white / gray / green color scheme, you can change the app’s theme to a variety of other colors. Feedly provides sharing options outside the usual gambit of social networks, like the ability to send articles to Evernote, Instapaper, and Pocket, plus an internal “Saved” folder. Feedly’s well ahead of the game in the mobile department, boasting very respectable apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android — which sync read status with Feedly on the web.

Feedly is the complete package. It’s not the minimalistic, omnipresent glory that is Google Reader, but it’s close, and in some ways exceeds Reader’s capabilities. Feedly pulls in your Reader subscriptions remarkably fast, and if the company’s upcoming Normandy API (a Google Reader API clone) can come through, we might even be in for cool new ways to interact with RSS. While it’s worrisome that Feedly is free — since we’ve all been screwed by a free app before — a Pro version is apparently on the way.

Source: The Verge