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RSS reader is a great tool for bloggers and internet marketers to curate content.  Google Reader used to be the best choice before 2013,  since then I’ve done extensive research looking for Google Reader alternatives,  I came across Feedly (Feedly.com), which is the best Google Reader replacement in my opinion.

 

Feedly has been building its RSS product for years.  It reached 12 million users in June.

According to Techcrunch,

Google Reader users will love Feedly because it comes closest to mirroring the Google Reader experience, and it offers a number of settings that can be tweaked to your liking. The service’s “Titles Only” view (which can be set globally in Preferences) offers the same sort of compact view, perfect for headline-scanning action, that Google Reader once provided. It also supports a number of Google Reader’s features, including support for many of the same keyboard shortcuts, tagging, favorites (“Saved for Later”), and “Mark as Read” functionality to quickly plow through categories.

Feedly’s user interface is more elegant than Google Reader.  I like the Feedly’s magazine view of RSS feeds very much.  Furthermore, you can easily import your Google Reader data into your Feedly account.  No wonder Feedly added more than 8 million users since Google Reader’s shutdown announced.

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If you want to move to Feedly from Google Reader, follow these step-by-step instructions to import your Google Reader data to Feedly.

  1. Go to Google Takeout to download your existing Google Reader data including subscriptions.  You first click on “Choose services”, then click on “Create Archive”.  Download the takeout zip file to your computer.

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  2. Open the takeout zip file to find “subscriptions.xml” file.
  3. Log in to your Feedly account. Click on “Import OPML” on the left dropdown menu.
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  4. Select subscriptions.xml from your computer and import it to your Feedly account.Feedly-import-opml1

The whole process just takes a minute or two.  Congratulations!  Now you have all your Google Reader data moved to Feedly.

Besides Feedly, there are several other good Google Reader alternatives you can try.  For example, Digg Reader, Pulse.me, AOL Reader and even the old Yahoo Reader.

Which one do you like?  Please share your preferred Google Reader replacement in the comment area.

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