![]() ![]() ![]() Most websites, including blogs and major journals, will have an RSS icon. Search for RSS Feeds in the ‘Add a Subscription’ box.Now, adding RSS Feeds from your favorite websites, blogs, and journals is very easy. Once added, the RSS feed delivers new content from the website directly to your Google Reader: Your Internet Inbox! (FYI > click on any of the images in the post and bigger version will appear in a new window) The ‘ Add a Subscription‘ box of of Google Reader is where you paste RSS feed urls. Once you are logged into your google account find the link to “Reader.” This link lives either on the top menu or under the “More” drop down menu. If you have a gmail e-mail address or use any of the other products from the google suite including calendar or documents then you already have a google account. Watch the video below for a an explanation and visual demonstration of Google Reader:īefore you can use Google Reader, you must have a google account. In this post I will go over how to set up and utilize Google Reader, a specific RSS reader. (But, really, we found the chemistry with Labs just wasn't there anymore.In the last post, I introduced the basics regarding RSS and Web2.0. There's even a version of Reader for the Nintendo Wii. Reader now has offline access using Google Gears, a new search tool, it's available in 10 languages, and will show you trends about your reading and subscribing habits. So why has Reader graduated from Google Labs? There have been a bunch of feature updates in recent months. For further explanation about why feed readers are so great, watch RSS in Plain English: ![]() You'll find similar links on most blogs, and many news sites too. To see how it works, try subscribing to this blog by clicking on the "Site Feed" link in the on the right-hand side. You can read all the updates in one place - there's no need to visit 20 different sites to get all this stuff. Think of it as your inbox for the web: just subscribe to the news sites, blogs, or videos you want to follow. If you're not familiar with Reader, it's Google's feed aggregator. You may have noticed that Google Reader recently parted ways with Google Labs. Posted by Nick Baum, Associate Product Manager ![]()
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