A few months ago, Google announced that they would be retiring Google Reader on 1 July 2013. Google Reader is a very popular web-based RSS reader, and despite a large outcry by loyal Google Reader users, Google haven't changed their mind, so you only have until the end of June 2013 to move your feeds elsewhere.

If you are still using Google Reader, you don't have a lot of time. Google provide functionality to allow you to download your Google Reader data in a format that some other RSS readers support, and some alternative RSS readers are providing functionality to directly migrate your feeds from your Google Reader account.

For many of the people who subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog using Google Reader, you will need to use something else in the very near future!



If you want a web-based RSS reader to replace Google Reader, Feedly appears to be a very popular choice, and they have developed a one-click migration tool to allow users to migrate feeds, categories and tags from Google Reader into the Feedly cloud. Millions of Google Reader users have already migrated to Feedly.

After using Google Reader for about six years, I migrated my feeds to Feedly, and have been using it for several weeks. I am finding it to be a worthy replacement for Google Reader, although it is not as fully featured as Google Reader. Mobile Feedly applications are also available if you prefer not to use the web interface on mobile devices.

Another alternative is The Old Reader - designed to look and feel like the old Google Reader. It also supports direct migration of your feeds from Google Reader, or via OPML import.

There are many other alternatives available, but many of them are rich-client applications that need to be installed, and I prefer to have access to my feeds via a web browser from any computer or any mobile device.



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