From the Official Google Blog : We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader. Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months. I was testing feedly recently, and I hate it, and I just realized it syncs with Google Reader anyway so I’m SOL. And I’m not the only one. MORE >>

Deirdre Reid has another great 101 post about Google Reader. As it happens, I LOVE Google Reader and  I have TONS of Reader tips for ya! Tip 1 – Feed GR Shares to any website. Here’s my first tip – you can create any folder, put specific blog feeds into it, and under “settings&# , make that folder public and then grab the feed to place on your website or wherever. Tags work just like folders, but you can use them for organizing individual posts rather than feeds (which you would organize with folders). MORE >>

A note about this group, most (almost all) of these feeds were recommended by the Mobilisms blog. Leave a link to your reader bundle in the comments! Related posts: How To Set Up The Ultimate Listening Station Using Google Reader. Tags: Featured General blogging blogs friends google reader list rss Recently, I was asked by a friend to create a bundle of the Internet Marketing blogs I subscribe to. Internet Marketing is exactly what it sounds like, a list of the Internet Marketing blogs that I read. View my Internet Marketing bundle here. Photo Credit. MORE >>

Colin Alsheimer Digital & New Media Strategist About Lifestream Contact How to Pitch Me Guest Post Guidelines Disclosures RSS Feed Twitter Facebook How To Set Up The Ultimate Listening Station Using Google Reader By Colin – 01/19/2010 Posted in: Featured , Social Media , Tools , internet marketing Share People are using the Internet to talk about your brand and your products - are you listening? In this guide, Ill show you how to set up the ultimate listening station using Google Reader, a free tool. Set up Google Alerts for relevant keywords.  MORE >>

Well, the RSS apocolypse is upon us thanks to Google’s planned sunsetting of Reader. Now that my Reader has been scheduled for termination , expect a pivot. Of course the sunsetting of Reader disrupts my and many other bloggers’ daily link sharing on Twitter and Google Plus, which causes change. Since xPotomac and SxSW have passed creating more time, I plan on starting anew , and rebuilding on Feedly and Flipboard with new voices on a wider range of topics. What do you think of the Google Reader sunset announcement? Onward. MORE >>