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Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by duncan_bayne »

conesus wrote: post #13

This has been a long time coming. Four years ago I began work on my own feed reader, NewsBlur, and it's now a full-fledged Google Reader competitor. It's also a paid app and has been paying for itself nearly since the beginning. http://www.newsblur.com I hope HN finds NewsBlur useful, especially since it's got native mobile apps on iOS (iPhone+iPad), Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia MeeGo. Native story sharing was l…

Well, I'm now a paid-up Newsblur subscriber ... couldn't find an easy way of giving feedback on the site so thought I'd use HN.

The layout feels visually ... cluttered? ... but the functionality is excellent so I'm happy. Also the Google Reader import failed the first time, but succeeded the second.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by r4ps »

I bought SimpleRSS.com a little while ago with the intention of building an alternative and open-source RSS reader. If anyone's interested in acquiring the domain, message me! ;)

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Post by Tyrannosaurs »

tomjen3 wrote: post #651
Tyrannosaurs wrote: post #538

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I thought their copy of Facebook is pretty good, or at least better than the original.

It fails on a crucial point. My friends are not posting on it.

Indeed, though increasingly I see user disengagement is an area where Facebook seems to be moving in the direction of G+.

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Post by jobigoud »

Could someone underline the advantages of Google Reader and the features that will be missed ? What had it that other free products don't ?

(I use a desktop reader for news (FeedDemon) and an Android app for podcasts, I don't really know what I'm missing by not using something like reader.)

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by przemoc »

vacipr wrote: post #4

What the fuck. Later edit: Like many other will most likely do in their replies I'm also going to suggest an alternative that I've tried in the past. http://theoldreader.com/ Later edit 2: They even added a nice pop-up now. https://s3.amazonaws.com/i.imm.io/Zg6A.png

https://www.google.com/takeout/#custom:reader

http://theoldreader.com/feeds/import

"Thank you for uploading your OPML file. We will soon start importing your subscriptions, which might take up to several hours depending on the amount of feeds you have.

There are 22325 users in the import queue ahead of you."

It may take some time indeed... I have 114 subscriptions and some of them can be dead now, as I haven't used GR for quite some time.

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Post by genwin »

fakeer wrote: post #690
genwin wrote: post #508

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For an alternative check out niflet.com. It adapts to your interests. It's written in Go, such that it can handle a ton of traffic on a cheap box.

Where shall I keep my feeds there? I mean my list of blogs that I want to follow. Their feed I mean. There is thousands of sources where I can explore, be social(though I hate the term) and read stories which learns from my choices (like Prismatic which certainly doesn't learn - just shows stories filtered using keywords). So, no dear this doesn't cut it.

Yes, it won't cut it for those who want control over the feeds.

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Post by poweribo »

crucialfelix wrote: post #373

bastards. they never seem to realize how much they damage our trust with these actions. it effects all of their future products. I don't trust them anymore. anyway feedly has a replacement coming soon: http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/ > We have been working on a project called Normandy which is a feedly clone of the Google Reader API – running on Google App Engine. When Google Reader shuts down, feedl…

+1 on feedly. my transition from GR to Feedly was painless and they have a great interface to boot. Ive tried others like rssminer, theoldreader and newsblur, and didnt like it. I prefer getting summaries/pictures for me to make a decision to click a link or not and not just a plain itemized list.

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Post by kbenson »

kmfrk wrote: post #180
klausa wrote: post #2

That's the first Google service shutdown that I'm affected by. Sad to see it go. What do you guys recommend for replacement? I know about NewsBlur [1], but I never liked it that much. I think I'm just looking for something that would emulate Reader's full-screen view as close as possible. [1] http://newsblur.com edit: Here's what I consider an absolute must-have in RSS app: - complete navigation with keyboard (j/k pr…

I just Fever ( http://www.feedafever.com/ ). You host it yourself, and it does the job perfectly.

Quicktime required for the demo video? Seriously? Sorry, I don't have quicktime installed on this computer, and the days of me installing local applications/plugins to watch video online are over.

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Post by sroerick »

patrickk wrote: post #608
boyter wrote: post #464

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Yes I certainly do. I have been working on it, but Koders and Ohloh are pretty established so its a long climb. I think the .de domain might be hurting a little bit too. Happy to listen to any actionable items that can address this though.

Check out the periodic table of SEO: http://searchengineland.com/seotable Kalzmeus on SEO (click around his blog for more, guy's a genius): http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/01/24/startup-seo/ Also some quick, simple advice: 1. Blog 2/3 times per week minimum. Target a single, relevant keyword per blog post (relevant to your domain). The post title, H1s, H2s etc, image tags should all contain your primary keyword. Blog p…

This is excellent, thanks so much!
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