Note To Google Reader Subscribers

June 27th, 2013 by Zachary Shahan

If you don’t know what and RSS feed is or don’t know what Google Reader is, feel free to move along and skip this article. However, if you are one of our 15,000+ RSS subscribers and you use Google Reader (more likely than not), then you’ve probably seen by now that Google is shutting down Google Reader — July 1. If you haven’t seen that, take note! And in either case, if you’re looking for a new way to keep up with CleanTechnica, I’ve got a few suggestions.

When the announcement Google Reader was going to be shutting down initially came out over 3 months ago, I went ahead and made the switch early in order to find something I liked. I’ve been using Feedly since then — it’s better than Google Reader in some ways and worse in some ways, but is basically the best I’ve found. And, to be honest, I might actually like it more than Reader. The sweetest thing is that it offers a very simply, one-click migration from Google Reader.

Aside from that option, you could of course check in via our homepage daily (everything goes there) or via our Twitter feed (within moments of publishing, links to our newest articles should show there). And, of course, there’s the awesome, stupendous, daily e-newsletter option. Just stick your email address in that box on the top right (see the screenshot I just stuck right next to this paragraph) and hit “Do It!” (… and then confirm that you really want to do it by hitting one or two confirmation links — we offer this option the safe way).

I guess it all depends on your internet surfing preferences. As a CleanTechnica reader myself (naturally), I check in several times a day via the home page, via Feedly, and via the e-newsletter — I love them all, but I think my favorite is simply coming to the home page.

By the way, feel free to let us know in the comments below if you have any other favorite ways of keeping up with your favorite cleantech news site.

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http://cuberules.com Scot Herrick

I moved to Feedly early on and have been very happy with the service. They continually update the service and have put in a big hardware push to keep the service fast and active. And the one-click import from Google Reader is awesome.
- http://zacharyshahan.com/ Zachary Shahan
  
  My only two issues with it are:
  – I can no longer highlight & copy the titles from within Feedly.
  – it seems to overwhelm my browser much faster than Reader did.
  – there’s no search function(!)
  – it does seem to semi break from time to time (but i have to say that i’m actually quite impressed with how well it has done in the midst of the massive Google Reader migration).
  
  And Reader had issues of its own. Overall, I was happy enough with it to switch a few months early.