article thumbnail

Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

I liked that it had the ability to search through feeds to find specific content. Today, we are hearing reports that Facebook is going to launch a reader application, and my first thought was, I hope this won’t change Facebook’s current update feeds. Goodbye, Google Reader: 5 Alternatives to Get Your RSS Feed Fix.

Features 271
article thumbnail

Apps of the Week: Customizing Your News

The Social Media Incubator

Flipboard is described as a “personal magazine” for users to catch up on the news they care about. Flipboard allows you to choose a topic or search for one yourself to make into a “board” that has all the top stories related to the topic. So how can you choose the right one for you?

News 134
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How Companies Like Bored Panda, REI, and Vox Are Growing Their Organic Reach on Social Media

Buffer Social

For example, in the first half of 2018 alone, Facebook reported five major changes to the News Feed (and there are probably many more small tweaks that were not reported). The Facebook algorithm consists of four key components that organize the content people see on their News Feed: inventory, signals, predictions, and relevancy score.

article thumbnail

Content Curation Tools: A Curated List of Content Curation Tools

Razor Social

You can set up your streams based on relevant keywords and use filters to get the latest content from specific sources, including websites, twitter influencers, or RSS feeds. Feedly – Create categorized content feeds. Feedly is an excellent tool for aggregating RSS feeds. Flipboard – Get your personal magazine.

Curation 111
article thumbnail

Miss My Google Reader Updates? Here Are 4 Ways You Can Still Get Relevant Tech News

Stay N' Alive

One of my favorite News reading apps for the iPad is Flipboard. I like it because I can plug in just about any feed to Flipboard and immediately it turns it into news I can read, right on the Flipboard. To get my shares on your Flipboard is easy. Want these on Flipboard?

article thumbnail

Pros and Cons of Facebook’s Paper App

The Social Media Incubator

It is not like a Flipboard app where you can customize your news and pick the stories you want to see. Con: If you’re one who prefers to keep up with the most recent activity on your Facebook News Feed, you’re out of luck. Con: No personalization. The Paper app decides that for you.

Flipboard 140
article thumbnail

One Super-Easy Way To Convert Traffic And Avoid 404 Errors

SocMed Sean

Before we get to the tactic, I want to make sure you understand the value of an RSS feed. They can subscribe to your RSS feed and receive updates of new articles via email, via mobile apps like FlipBoard or via popular RSS readers like NewsBlur. For these folks, you need to give them an easy way to find the URL of your RSS feed.

RSS 100