{"id":17879,"date":"2013-03-14T03:39:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T01:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=17879"},"modified":"2013-03-14T03:39:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T01:39:28","slug":"google-reader-is-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/14\/google-reader-is-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Reader is retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These are sad, sad news… Google is retiring<\/a> their awesome Google Reader product.<\/p>\n

We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader. Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, I know, it’s not now, and I can get all my subscription data, but it’s still sad. \u00a0I guess it’s time to give BazQux Reader<\/a> a little bit more attention. \u00a0Any other worthy alternatives?<\/p>\n

P.S.: Slashdot<\/a> discussion provides some …<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

These are sad, sad news… Google is retiring their awesome Google Reader product. We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, … Continue reading Google Reader is retiring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[1265,2068,2069,2350],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-17879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-feeds","tag-google","tag-google-reader","tag-rss"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18423,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/30\/goodbye-google-reader\/","url_meta":{"origin":17879,"position":0},"title":"Goodbye Google Reader","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, June 30th, is the last day of Google Reader availability. \u00a0If you completely ignored all the noise around the matter, run quickly, export and backup your feeds. \u00a0Tomorrow Google Reader will be no more. \u00a0 Of course, I've been on a quest for the Google Reader alternative. \u00a0Of course,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Google Reader","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Google-Reader-500x229.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22114,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/03\/a-year-without-google-reader\/","url_meta":{"origin":17879,"position":1},"title":"A year without Google Reader","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Mashable reminds us that it's been a year since Google Reader has been decommissioned. \u00a0They are also doing a survey to find out if people use more of RSS feeds now or less, what they've substituted it with and which tools people are using now to follow their favorite feeds.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17891,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/17\/google-reader-alternative-quest\/","url_meta":{"origin":17879,"position":2},"title":"Google Reader alternative quest","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"After the news of Google Reader demise broke out, I, like many others, started looking for an alternative. \u00a0There are many RSS readers out there, both free and commercial, but none of them is quite like Google Reader. \u00a0 So, I thought, I'd share my adventures in hopes of more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13383,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/14\/the-end-of-bloglines\/","url_meta":{"origin":17879,"position":3},"title":"The end of Bloglines","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Via this post to Google Reader blog I've learned the Bloglines news. \u00a0The service will be closed on October 1st. 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