Bye-Bye Bloglines
Ok, it seems odd that only about 2 weeks ago I committed to using Bloglines to aggregate my feeds, and now I’m already moving on. Yes, Google (of course) has caught my fancy with this slick (and very Web 2.0) news reader/aggregator. Since I use my Google account for gmail, personalized search, and the ig personalized homepage service there was really no setup to do besides importing my OPML export from Bloglines.
Once again… good job, Google.
October 8th, 2005 at 11:31 am
Wow, I’m kinda surprised someone is making the switch so soon. I do plan to move over, but have had several problems. Its been slow as heck, hasn’t updated the few feeds I’ve already added. And worst of all, it refuses to import my bloglines feeds.
Question, were you feeds arranged in folders at bloglines? I’m wondering if maybe that has something to do with mine not being imported.
October 8th, 2005 at 11:53 am
Wesley, actually my feeds were NOT organized into folders. That might be the key. Try flattening your OPML file and try importing again.
October 8th, 2005 at 10:12 pm
Yeah, actually, it looks like folders are needlessly redundant in Google Reader. It uses tags, just like Gmail or del.icio.us.
October 19th, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I’m very surprised you are switching. I’ve been using bloglines for about 8 months now, and absolutely love it. I find Google Reader far more cumbersome and unintuitive to use, and the web 2.0ness of it just tends to get in my way.
I’m a HUGE fan of Gmail, but I just can’t buy into Google Reader.
Good luck with your switch.