

Newsblur received funding from Y Combinator during 2012. Newsblur is the work of a sole developer based in Brooklyn named Sam Clay and has been online since 2010 with a growing but still small user base. Plus, it has a ton of features for those who want them. It’s easy to use, dependable, fast, and gets the job done. I have been a user of the completely Web-based Newsblur since 2011 and have been nothing but impressed. So 2005.With the shutdown of Google Reader having just been announced, the Web is full of discussion about where those of us who utilize RSS should turn next. I’m happy to report there’s a solution I already use and love: Newsblur. It is so incredibly easy and so helpful, you will be addicted. Your site will automatically be added to your sidebar and you can begin keeping track of your sites. To add sites to your Google Reader, it is as simple as clicking “ADD SUBSCRIPTION” then typing in the URL of the sites rss feed. Setting up a Google Reader account is incredibly easy too – all you need to do is go to sign in with your Google Account, or if you dont have one, create one, and you can be using Google Reader in minutes. Plus, it’s got mobile versions so you can read on the go!Īnother great thing about Google Reader, is that it will analyze your current subscriptions and recommend new ones to you! Personally, this has proved to be helpful on numerous occasions as it introduces me to new websites that I would have not otherwise known about. There are plenty of RSS syndication services and applications out there, but we prefer Google Reader for its simplicity and ease of use. This way, when you want to check out whats new on all of your favourite websites, all you do is login to Google Reader and it’s all there, organized like folders in your email! Google Reader helps us to be productive and get the information we need quickly and easily. This is why we use Google Reader.įor those who don’t know what Google Reader is, it is an RSS syndication service which allows you to subscribe to all of your favourite websites’ RSS feeds. It’s also a pain to bookmark them all and go to each and every one of them to read current posts. If you have the arsenal of inspiration websites that we do, it’s hard to keep up with them all or remember all of the URLs.

Do you visit a lot of sites on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis? Yeah, so do we.
