[Michlib-l] Replies to Blog Aggregator question

[Debby Stassek]

Dave and All,

I really like http://www.netvibes.com/ as a replacement for iGoogle.  It 
does RSS feeds (from blogs and elsewhere) and "widgets."  And I believe 
it can do most things that Google Reader did, except for feeds coming 
from Google addresses, of course.  Many of those have been discontinued.

Debby

Debby J.Stassek
Assistant Director -- dstassek at vbdl.org
Van Buren District Library, 200 N. Phelps Street, Decatur, MI 49045

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On 11/27/13 8:28 AM, Dave Ewick wrote:
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> *Blog Aggregator question with answers*
>
> *From: *Dave Ewick dewick at southfieldlibrary.org 
> <mailto:dewick at southfieldlibrary.org>*To: *michlib-l at mail.mcls.org 
> <mailto:michlib-l at mail.mcls.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:18:28 PM*Subject: *Blog Aggregators
>
> When Google Reader died I shed a tear or two.  I never found another 
> blog aggregator I really liked.   Google Reader was so simple to set 
> up and then let run - I just read the items I liked and skipped the 
> rest.  Now I find I'm missing out on things I used to keep up with 
> easily and want to start following several blogs again.  So, for those 
> of you who read many blogs, what are you using?  Any & all suggestions 
> are welcomed. - Dave
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> I've been really happy with Feedly (http://feedly.com 
> <http://feedly.com/>).  I use it mainly on my phone and iPad. - Matt 
> Church, Director at Berkley Public Library
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> I too was an avid Google Reader fan. I have been using Feedly. I use 
> it on my phone and iPad, as well as my browser on my desktop at 
> work.They have made improvements to make it more like Google Reader. - 
> Erin Schmandt
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> I switched to Feedly. It is easy to use and I like it. - Judy Hauser
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> My favorite is Feedly. I used to use Google Reader as well and it was 
> an easy transition when I had to move the feeds over.- Kathryn 
> Ribant-Payne, Programming Specialist at Sterling Heights Public Library
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> I have substituted theoldreader.com <http://theoldreader.com/>. I 
> don't like the name and it lacks the feature that allows you to just 
> e-mail things, but oh well....- Gail Powers-Schaub, Library Director 
> at Baker College
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> Great question!I'm curious to hear any suggestions.I started a Feedly 
> account when this unfortunate incident happened.Feedly is adequate, 
> but not great.I've run into a few glitches when trying to subscribe to 
> some of the same sites I subscribed to with Google.In addition, 
> there's some inconsistencies with displaying some images. - Kimberly 
> Schaaf, Librarian at Springfield Twp. Library
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> Yes, I still miss Google Reader, but I had over 250 journals I was 
> keeping up with, so just switched to feedly.com <http://feedly.com/>as 
> suggested by Google. I still don't like it as much as reader, but they 
> have fixed some of the more annoying glitches that they had when first 
> started.- Molly Mahony
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> Use feedly! I really enjoy it; it just takes a little bit to get use 
> to. -Vicki Kouchnerkavich, Youth Services Supervisor at Henika 
> District Library (AW)
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> I just started using Blog Lovin', but haven't used it enough yet to 
> decide if I like it or not. -- Syntha Green
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> I have seen positive reviews of The Old Reader 
> <http://theoldreader.com/%20%20%20>. Some other similar tools are 
> Pulse, AOL Reader, Digg Reader, and Flipboard.Hope that is helpful! - 
> Ashley Rosener, Grand Valley State University
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> I tried a bunch and then stuck with Feedly. I don't like it as much as 
> Google Reader, but what can ya do? I find Twitter is increasingly my 
> go-to site for tracking most social media and blogging activity. Most 
> blogs tweet new posts, and those that don't should. - Kevin Driedger, 
> Librarian for Conservation and Digitization at Library of Michigan
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