Blog Aggregator question with answers

From: Dave Ewick dewick@southfieldlibrary.org                               To: michlib-l@mail.mcls.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:18:28 PM                                  Subject: Blog Aggregators

When Google Reader died I shed a tear or two.  I never found another blog aggregator I really liked.   Google Reader was so simple to set up and then let run - I just read the items I liked and skipped the rest.  Now I find I'm missing out on things I used to keep up with easily and want to start following several blogs again.  So, for those of you who read many blogs, what are you using?  Any & all suggestions are welcomed. - Dave

I've been really happy with Feedly (http://feedly.com).  I use it mainly on my phone and iPad.  - Matt Church, Director at Berkley Public Library

I too was an avid Google Reader fan. I have been using Feedly. I use it on my phone and iPad, as well as my browser on my desktop at work.  They have made improvements to make it more like Google Reader. - Erin Schmandt

I switched to Feedly. It is easy to use and I like it. - Judy Hauser

My favorite is Feedly. I used to use Google Reader as well and it was an easy transition when I had to move the feeds over.  - Kathryn Ribant-Payne, Programming Specialist at Sterling Heights Public Library

I have substituted theoldreader.com . I don't like the name and it lacks the feature that allows you to just e-mail things, but oh well....   - Gail Powers-Schaub, Library Director at Baker College

Great question!  I'm curious to hear any suggestions.  I started a Feedly account when this unfortunate incident happened.  Feedly is adequate, but not great.  I've run into a few glitches when trying to subscribe to some of the same sites I subscribed to with Google.  In addition, there's some inconsistencies with displaying some images.   - Kimberly Schaaf, Librarian at Springfield Twp. Library

Yes, I still miss Google Reader, but I had over 250 journals I was keeping up with, so just switched to feedly.com as suggested by Google. I still don't like it as much as reader, but they have fixed some of the more annoying glitches that they had when first started.  - Molly Mahony

Use feedly! I really enjoy it; it just takes a little bit to get use to. -  Vicki Kouchnerkavich, Youth Services Supervisor at Henika District Library (AW)

I just started using Blog Lovin', but haven't used it enough yet to decide if I like it or not. – Syntha Green

I have seen positive reviews of The Old Reader. Some other similar tools are Pulse, AOL Reader, Digg Reader, and Flipboard.  Hope that is helpful! - Ashley Rosener, Grand Valley State University

I tried a bunch and then stuck with Feedly. I don’t like it as much as Google Reader, but what can ya do?  I find Twitter is increasingly my go-to site for tracking most social media and blogging activity. Most blogs tweet new posts, and those that don’t should. - Kevin Driedger, Librarian for Conservation and Digitization at Library of Michigan