Blog Housekeeping: How to read Effortless Style Blog
Last week blog readers throughout the globe got hit with some bad news. Google Reader is being shut down come July. I don’t personally use Google Reader. I mean I have an account and it’s set up with all of my favorite blogs, but when it comes to my daily readers I always go to my bookmarks or my old blogroll.I know I need to get with the times and use a reader.
Since they are a good amount of my readers that use Google Reader I figured it was best to do a little post updating everyone on the news and giving you some different options for how you can still your daily dose of Effortless Style.
BlogLovin: Seems to be the most popular option that many blog readers already use and enjoy. People like that it gives you a quick blurb on the post and image and then when you click to read more it actually sends you to the blog so you can see the bloggers pretty header, side bars, etc. It also gives the blog editor a click/pageview, which helps them out when it comes to advertising opportunities. You can also like/favorite posts so they are bookmarked and saved for future reference.
The Old Reader:It’s suppose to be just like the old Google Reader, but better. It makes the transfer from Google Reader easy, but they have no mobile apps if you like reading off your phone.
Feedly:Suppose to be the easiest reader to transport everything from Google Reader.
Nuffnangx: Makes it easy for you to import from Google Reader, it makes it easy for you to read your favorite blogs on your cell phone and it makes it easy for you to comment on blogs and get responses from the blog editor.
There are a bunch more options, but in all of my research these seem to be the most liked options out there. A new reader on the horizon is Spright.ly,which is still in beta testing so it’s only be invitation only. I signed up to be put on the list, but I’m still waiting. Anyone using it yet?
You also get your daily dose via your inbox. If you don’t follow a ton of blogs this is a good option. I know it’s how a lot of my family members get their daily dose.
Use this link to do so: Subscribe to Effortless Style Blog by Email
Make sure you transfer over to a new reader if you have a second. July 1st will be here before we know it! I sure wish it would hurry up and get it. I’ve been dealing with snow all week and I’m very over it.
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There’s also instruction on how to import. I love Bloglovin and follow too many blogs to do it just from my blog roll. Bloglovin lets me see the blog (unlike pure RSS), and they have a frame around the site where I can share, favorite, or click ‘next’ and see the next post in my feed. It’s great!
Thanks so much for this ! It’s been on my mind for a while and I did not even know where to start ! July is right around the corner. I’m going to switch over today.
Thanks again.
thank u so much for this, i didnt even know where to begin with how to transfer all my google reader stuff, u rock!