Comments on: Dumping Bloglines

By: davidrothman.net » Blog Archive » How To: Move your feeds from Bloglines to Google Reader

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:58:10 +0000

[...] I’ve mentioned before that I switched from Bloglines as my feed aggregator to Google Reader, but it occurred to me recently that I should’ve provided instructions on how others can do this quickly and easily. Try using the instructions below to import your feeds into Google Reader in just a couple of minutes and take Google Reader for a test drive. [...]

By: Jennifer Macaulay

Jennifer Macaulay — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:13:33 +0000

Interestingly, since this past weekend when Bloglines was down repeatedly, all of my posts have shown up within an hour. I have started looking at other readers, since it is very difficult to always determine if there is some serious lag time and just because. Fred, thanks for the BlogBridge recommendation. It has a pretty clean look and feel to it!!! I just can’t get used to Google Reader – but I really want something that allows me to share my feeds on several computers.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:30:59 +0000

Bloglines was down this morning for maintenance. Wonder if they were fixing up this problem?

By: Fred Zelders

Fred Zelders — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:07:58 +0000

Oops.
My advice: Try it out at home and I am sure you will have a try the next day to convice the guys from the IT department they MUST make an exception. …

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:56:43 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Fred!

Marjolein Hoekstra has spoken well of BlogBridge, too. I’ll definitely be checking it out.

Later Edit: Can’t use it. I’m not able to install software on computers at MPOW.

By: Fred Zelders

Fred Zelders — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:52:39 +0000

David, I REALLY recommend BlogBridge: http://www.blogbridge.com/
It is a (cross platform: Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) feed reader running on your Personal computer BUT …VERY suitable for use on several computers.
Take a look at the Visual Tour (http://www.blogbridge.com/products-services/blogbridge/visual-tour/) or the screencasts.
It comes with a free web service that allows you to keep your subscriptions safely protected on our server.
You can import/export your feed collection via OPML.
It supports Reading Lists (OPML) too.
It is GREAT!
As extra an enormous Feed Library is available (http://www.blogbridge.com/downloads/feed-library/)

P.S. I am not connected to BlogBridge at all I just like it!

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:44:02 +0000

Hey Michael. I’d love to use a browser-based aggregator, but I use at least three computers every day.

By: Michael Stephens

Michael Stephens — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:38:08 +0000

I use Safari’s RSS reader for all of my feeds, but still keep my Bloglines account. Safari works well.