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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dave and All,<br>
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I really like <a href="http://www.netvibes.com/">http://www.netvibes.com/</a>
as a replacement for iGoogle. It does RSS feeds (from blogs and
elsewhere) and "widgets." And I believe it can do most things
that Google Reader did, except for feeds coming from Google
addresses, of course. Many of those have been discontinued.<br>
<br>
Debby<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Debby J.Stassek
Assistant Director -- <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dstassek@vbdl.org">dstassek@vbdl.org</a>
Van Buren District Library, 200 N. Phelps Street, Decatur, MI 49045
voice (269) 423-4771 * fax (269) 423-8373 * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://vbdl.org">http://vbdl.org</a></pre>
On 11/27/13 8:28 AM, Dave Ewick wrote:<br>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><b>To: </b></font></span><a
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<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:18:28 PM<span
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span><b>Subject:
</b>Blog Aggregators<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';
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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</font></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt"
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face="Calibri">I've been really happy with Feedly (</font></span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://feedly.com/"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">http://feedly.com</font></span></a><span
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">).
I use it mainly on my phone and iPad. </font></span><span
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">-
Matt Church, Director at Berkley Public Library</font></span></p>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font
face="Calibri">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.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>They have made improvements to make it more
like Google Reader. - Erin Schmandt<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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switched to Feedly. It is easy to use and I like it. - Judy
Hauser </font></span></p>
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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.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>- Kathryn
Ribant-Payne, Programming Specialist at Sterling Heights
Public Library<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt"
class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font
face="Calibri">I have substituted </font></span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://theoldreader.com/"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">theoldreader.com</font></span></a><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"> . I don't like
the name and it lacks the feature that allows you to just
e-mail things, but oh well....<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>- Gail Powers-Schaub, Library Director at
Baker College </font></span></p>
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face="Calibri">Great question!<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>I'm curious to hear any suggestions.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I started a Feedly
account when this unfortunate incident happened.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Feedly is adequate,
but not great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I've
run into a few glitches when trying to subscribe to some of
the same sites I subscribed to with Google.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In addition, there's
some inconsistencies with displaying some images. <span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>- Kimberly Schaaf,
Librarian at Springfield Twp. Library <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt"
class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><span style="FONT-SIZE:
12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Yes, I still miss Google
Reader, but I had over 250 journals I was keeping up with,
so just switched to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://feedly.com/"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">feedly.com</span></a></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"> 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.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>- Molly Mahony<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Calibri">Use feedly! I really enjoy it; it just takes
a little bit to get use to. -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Vicki Kouchnerkavich, Youth Services Supervisor at
Henika District Library (AW)<br
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font
face="Calibri">I just started using Blog Lovin', but haven't
used it enough yet to decide if I like it or not. – Syntha
Green</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Calibri">I have seen
positive reviews of </font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://theoldreader.com/%20%20%20"><font
face="Calibri">The Old Reader</font></a><font
face="Calibri">. Some other similar tools are Pulse, AOL
Reader, Digg Reader, and Flipboard.</font></span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font
face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Hope
that is helpful! - Ashley Rosener, Grand Valley State
University<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';
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New Roman'"><font face="Calibri">I tried a bunch and then
stuck with Feedly. I don’t like it as much as Google Reader,
but what can ya do? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>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<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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