As we announced a few weeks ago, Google included in the "spring cleaning" (or rather the summer cleaning) and the popular one Google Reader, which caused a huge wave of criticism towards the IT giant and gave birth to several petition (but without any results) aimed at getting at least a postponement of the decision to close RSS service on the date of July 1.
How the days Google Reader the users of this are already counted RSS service who have not yet turned to other similar services do not have to think about it anymore export data from personal accounts (RSS subscriptions), then find a replacement for it.
How can we export RSS subscriptions from Google Reader account?
- go to the page Google Takeout and click on the button Create Archive; this action will create a file which will contain everything RSS subscriptions, the list of users you follow updates, The items marked as important (starred) etc.
- after creating the archive, click on the button Download to download it to your computer
- inside the archive, in the folder Reader, you will discover the file subscriptions.xml, which contains all RSS subscriptions from Google Reader. Extract the file and save it in a safe location, because you will need it later import the data in RSS service which you will decide to use instead of Google Reader
After you saved data from your Google Reader account, look for one RSS replacement for this one. Some of the the best alternatives are the following:
1. Feedly – the choice of the most users who have migrated from Google Reader, Feedly are o interface what can it be Customs depending on the preferences and needs of the users. The service also offers a few feature-uri interesting, such as that of timing with applications like Reeder or gReader, shortcut-uri for the keyboard and recommendation, Web application (does not require any installation browser extensions) etc. In addition, Feedly is available for both web, as well as as mobile application, for Android and iOS.
2. The Old Reader – RSS service that focuses on socialization (actually it was created when Google Reader gave up social media features), ideal for those who want a reader service for sharing. Interfata The Old Reader it is very similar to that of the old Google Reader (before the new Google+ Reader) and is very easy to understand and use. Available for web, Android and iOS.
3. Digg Reader - users interested in what others are reading, we recommend them to try RSS service Dig Reader, which will be available soon (currently it is still in the stage of test) according to the words the Digg site. The interface will be similar to a Google Reader and will have some added new features such as Instapaper sharing, integration for Digg and one filter what it will display popular articles. The service will be available (initially) for web and Android.
4. Pulse – probably among the most popular RSS services that it does not copy the Google Reader interface, it even has a completely different one, this one placing more emphasis on visual elements (items are displayed as images, these being sorted according to popularity and preferences users). Pulse is available for both web as well as for iOS and Android.
5. Flipboard – only available as mobile application for Android and iOS, Flipboard is still a RSS service which manages to successfully fill the void left by the closure Google Reader. Just like Pulse, it emphasizes on visual elements presenting RSS articles in the form of online magazine.
Other RSS services that might interest you (until you decide on a specific one, you will definitely want to test a few) are NewsBlur, NetVibes, AOL or Tiny Tiny RSS.
Note: Importing data from Google Reader will no longer be possible after closing the RSS service.
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