My blog reading tools replacing Google Reader.

I miss the Google Reader; I miss it very much. It was the best aggregator of my favorite websites and blogs. Here are some of the blog reading tools that I am trying now before I settle on the best.

Google Reader was a wonderful feed aggregator; I wonder why it was shut down by Google.

Feed readers are great blog content resources for bloggers, web content authors and professional web content researchers and curators. I belonged to the first category when the Google reader closed the doors. Now I will put myself under the last category.

After the demise of Google Reader, I have been trying several news reading tools but I am yet to finalize the one that best serves my purpose.

Here are the best resources to read the latest RSS Feeds of your favorite websites and blogs.

AOL Reader (http://reader.aol.com/)

AOL reads America Online when expanded. Do you remember the famous ‘Netscape Navigator’ web browser? It was owned by the AOL.

AOL Reader is a useful and a respected feed aggregator. I have been toying with it for some time now.

In all the feed readers, you either add the feed URLs of your favorite websites or you follow the ones suggested the feed aggregators. In addition, you can also search and find a website that you would stay updated with.

Feed reading tools always update the websites that you have opted to read their feeds.

Feedly (https://feedly.com/i/welcome)

Feedly is the favorite of thousands of professional web researchers. Once you read something that you want to use it at a later stage, you can store to retrieve whenever you want.With Feedly, you can also share any data with your social media profile.

 Pocket (https://feedly.com/i/welcome)

When you find something worth to read, using the ‘bookmarklet’ button, you put that into your ‘pocket’ for a leisurely reading.

If you are a serious blogger, you must be using any one of the above blog reading tools.

I thank all for their comments.

My blog post on FeedBurner has received a few comments and I thank everyone who has read and commented. I also thank all who have read and left without commenting.

I regret that I have not written well. I should have given more details about the many uses of FeedBurner especially about the in depth traffic analysis it provides. Probably, another person may have written a detailed blog post on the subject.

Here is a testimonial about FeedBurner that might interest my readers.
"We recently integrated FeedBurner into The Creative Connector blog and it has become a tremendous help in bettering our understanding of who is visiting the blog, where they are coming from, and which visitors are subscribing to the RSS feed. With all of the FeedBurner tools, we can now focus on providing even better content for entrepreneurs and marketers. Thank you FeedBurner!" -
The Creative Connector 11/16/07

A very useful feed tool for bloggers.

I am yet to come in to the grip of RSS feed tools though, I have subscribed to several feeds. Also, I am yet to use a feed reader apart from Google and Yahoo.

I find it difficult sometimes to manage all those feeds because I need to weed out a few extra that come in. If only there is a way to filter....

Yes, here it is Blast Feed. It combines several feeds into a single feed or channel by applying a keyword filter. For instance, if you wish to receive only the news items that contain a keyword, say ‘blog tools’, this service could come in handy.

"Blastfeed will only collect items that match your criteria in each feed. The results will be amalgamated into a single file and sent to you by email, Instant Messaging or as a new RSS feed, when and where you want it."-Blast Feed

I can receive the feeds through my email or even IM.

This is a web based service and hence there is nothing for us to download. As usual, we can type the feed url if we know or just browse and select the feeds and add them in Blast Feed.

Inspired by: The Hindu

Just Anothr Feed Reader.

No, I did not make a spelling mistake-this feed reader is really Anothr.

Though I am not very particular about RSS reader, I like to review these feed readers. I read feeds through my email only.

Features of Anothr:

• Subscribe your favorite blogs, news, sports, stocks, entertainment…
  and much more to your Skype/Gtalk/MSN simply
• Just-in-time notification on your Skype/Gtalk/MSN
• Web-based management and sharing
• No software installation and registration, just add the bot as your
  contact

The features may be the usual ones that you find in every reader but I like their user interface. It is simple and uncluttered.

Above all, it is free!