Comments on: Which Feed Reader is Best? – ProBlogger Readers Have their Say

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:47:00 +0000

I don’t get the rage over google reader. Their advertising of it describes it as managing web site reading the same way you manage email, but it simply doesn’t behave like email. If it did, it would have the obvious option to mark everything *un* read – which is only necessary because somehow it marks everything read – when I haven’t. If I can figure out that mystery, maybe I’d “get” it.

But I don’t. And I haven’t yet found a web-based reader that’s user and feature-friendly enough.

By: Yogesh Amberkar

Yogesh Amberkar — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:41:33 +0000

There are many Online RSS feed readers and selecting 1 according to your needs is a big task. This leads to the comparison of these feed readers.

I found a detailed comparison, including Pros & Cons, of some of the best Online RSS feed readers at – http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=971829

By: odysensupport

odysensupport — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:39:39 +0000

Another start page, feed reader site to consider is Odysen. Big differences being 1) free-formatting widgets to allow you to adjust the widget to whatever size you want, and 2) the news feed widget allows you to integrate as many feeds as you want.

By: Paul Barker

Paul Barker — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:46:48 +0000

Wow…I must be just dumb too.
Most of you on this site must not have tried Sage for FireFox..
Google Reader RSS sucks. I have tried to use it and I sure don’t understand why people would say Its better than Sage.

I wish I could take Sage off line to read, and Google does but has all these steps just to get one RSS feed.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:56:42 +0000

I began using Google Reader for several months now and have been very pleased with it. However, being the “try other things” junkie that I am, I’m going to be taking a look at Netvibes .

By: 60 in 3

60 in 3 — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:09:11 +0000

I use iGoogle (the Google home page). It’s very convenient. I can have multiple blog entries from separate blogs on the screen at the same time along with things like my gmail, gcalendar and such. However, I usually end up opening the blog itself in a new tab if I intend to read something in depth.

That’s one of the reasons I provide a full feed on my blog. I don’t mind if someone can read the whole things from their reader. I figure if I wrote something good and interesting, they’ll come to the site eventually.

Gal

By: Roman

Roman — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:54:08 +0000

I think the Netvibes offers me everything what I need in pretty and clear design. No problems with that :)…

By: ashok

ashok — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:21:23 +0000

Have a feed reader. Never use it. I always end up going to friends’ blogs and commenting there on older entries, usually.

Does any feed reader give, with a current entry, content from that blog and friends’ blogs pertinent to that entry? That would be really useful for putting together engaging blog posts that are directly relevant to people quickly.

By: elysa

elysa — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:12:31 +0000

I was in the process of deciding which reader to use when the vote went out and based on all the comments I could tell that Google was looking like the winner but I liked the look of Netvibes. I am using both and I like both of them for different purposes.

On my netvibes on my first tab I have all of my emails and 2 blogs (problogger being one of them of course) that I check every day. I have my friend’s personal blogs also and flickr feeds on a netvibes tab.

For everything else I have them in google reader. I do this so that I only open google reader when I know that I have time to read for a while. I do wish that Google would change the settings to show count higher than 100 I’m tired of seeing 100+ maybe one day I will catch up (or cut down) and not have that problem.

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:04:11 +0000

Elaine said: “I use bloglines but I’m interested in switching to an offline reader. I’d like to be able to collect the feeds and then read them later rather than always have to have an internet connection. Looking for a better reader…”

How about both, online and offline? Google has just launched Google Gears. Now you can read your feeds both online or offline via Google Reader in the same great web interface.

Try it: http://gears.google.com

By: billg

billg — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:11:09 +0000

It would be interesting to see a ranking correlated with the number of subscribed feeds. Do light users tend to opt one way and heavy users another?

By: jhay

jhay — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:07:13 +0000

The votes are in and it’s Google Reader! :D

Though I missed the chance to vote, nonetheless it’s obvious Google Reader really got a boost when FeedBurner started to include in your Feed readers count.

By: listikal

listikal — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:51:08 +0000

I just happen to spend most of my Wednesday trying to figure this out for myself…Here the ones I tested:

Bloglines
Outlook 2007 RSS Feeds
Google Sidebar Webclips(horrible)
Desktop Sidebar
Google Reader

Google Reader came away the winner. Why? Two big reasons…it integrates your current Google account and it’s far away the smoothest/fastest of all of them.

By: randy stewart

randy stewart — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:48:40 +0000

Wow… the thing I’m most shocked about is that NetNewsWire is the first offline reader listed. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a NetNewsWired user and I love the product, but it’s a Mac only product.

I’m curious, do RSS readers suck on the PC? Are Mac users missing something here?

Personally, I got a hell of a lot more interested in Google Reader now that I can take it offline, but not being a Gmail users, I think that Google Reader is a bit, um, clunky.

I’d be curious what the Mac/PC breakdown is for your blog….

Cheers,
Randy

By: PinoyTechie.com

PinoyTechie.com — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:35:43 +0000

Bloglines because of its ‘Playlists’ feature to categorize my feeds. I tried Google Reader once but I don’t believe it has an equivalent feature. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

:)Dino

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:34:40 +0000

I don’t use any feed; I visit blogs manually. I have a Google feed, but I don’t read it much; some of my favourite blogs don’t offer feeds yet, unfortunately.

By: Elaine Vigneault

Elaine Vigneault — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:21:29 +0000

I use bloglines but I’m interested in switching to an offline reader. I’d like to be able to collect the feeds and then read them later rather than always have to have an internet connection. Looking for a better reader…

By: Siddharth Thakkar

Siddharth Thakkar — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:00:04 +0000

Damn! I missed yet another voting opportunity.

I liked Google reader for some time, but I’ve switched back to Bloglines and feel like I am a Bloglines junkie. Although, I prefer reading a few blogs via email subscription (including ProBlogger) directly on my phone.

Cheers!

By: JuliaxXx

JuliaxXx — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:57:26 +0000

I use live bmarks and also google reader :) yesterday I added google reader on my website http://www.bontb.com and to tell you the truth i have seen 10 subscriptions more ! today !!! I was amazed !

By: engtech @ internet duct tape

engtech @ internet duct tape — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:05:07 +0000

Here’s where I asked my readers why they use the RSS readers they do:
http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/15/request-for-comments-which-rss-reader-and-why/

Here’s where I look at how the choice of feed reader changes how people interact with feeds:
http://internetducttape.com/2007/03/16/the-secret-behind-why-blog-readers-unsubscribe/