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There are many interesting blogs that you want to keep track of, and most of them support RSS. So instead of bookmarking those blogs and remember to visit them everyday, a better alternative would be to use a RSS feed tool.

I would prefer a web based feeder for portability. I've tried Google Reader and found it great. Are there other alternatives that may provide better functionality than that?

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Duplicate of superuser.com/questions/6174/… ? – Sam Hasler Jul 17 at 11:16

TheTXI · Answer 1 · 2009-07-17 03:49:32Z

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Like you said, Google Reader. I would say that is still going to be you top bet.

For someone who is constantly browsing the web, I also find the iGoogle homepage very effective at keeping track of a number of RSS feeds (you can only view a limited amount at a time, so it is definitely for more active users).

I have also been a fan in the past of using Thunderbird for my RSS feeds, but that hasn't been the case for a long time.

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	Seconded. On Windows, I swore by FeedDemon, and so tried the Newsgator synchronisation services, but they pale into insignificance compared to Google Reader. All my feeds, on all my devices, all the time. Perfect. – moobaa Jul 17 at 3:52
	At first I was not a big fan of Google Reader (was a big fan of my iGoogle page), but once certain items started getting blocked by my work filter, I found Google Reader incredibly helpful in it's full display of the text of much of my RSS feeds (this isn't exactly a GR feature, but it was integral in me starting to use it more and more) – TheTXI Jul 17 at 3:54
	And you really can't beat the keyboard shortcuts once you get the hang of them. – bbrown Jul 18 at 0:00

jtbandes · Answer 2 · 2009-07-17 03:50:02Z

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For Mac OS X, I use NetNewsWire. It works well, lets me synchronize between two computers, has Growl support, and so on. It also has an iPhone version (which I personally don't use, but I'm sure others like it).

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	I think my revision of the title may have made this look a bit unfitting. I apologize for that. – TheTXI Jul 17 at 3:51
	Whoops, didn't see the "prefer web based" part of the description. Sorry. – jtbandes Jul 17 at 3:55
	I just left a recommendation for how to integrate Google Reader with the iPhone and Mac OS X in a very powerful way: superuser.com/questions/7615/… – bbrown Jul 17 at 23:59

Ant · Answer 3 · 2009-07-17 04:01:38Z

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I used Bloglines for years but the increasing amount of advertisement drove me to Google Reader.

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the advertisement isn't on the beta interface yet beta.bloglines.com – Sam Hasler Jul 17 at 11:17

Bruce McLeod · Answer 4 · 2009-07-17 03:51:33Z

I was a fan of desktop clients for years, however I found that Google reader is much better as I can assess my feeds from any PC or my iPhone.

The newsgator readers are very good, which includes Newsgator on the PC and Net News Wire on the mac.

EDIT: With the new title, I would say that Google reader will be hard to beat.

Charles Roper · Answer 5 · 2009-07-21 17:50:09Z

If you use Google Reader and Firefox, take a look at Feedly. It's a Firefox extension that seamlessly integrates with Google Reader and provides a really nice magazine-like interface among other UI niceties.

It's clean, fast and a really innovative new spin on the now quite tired RSS reader paradigm. Highly recommended.

John Topley · Answer 6 · 2009-07-21 19:54:39Z

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If you can install software on your own server then Shaun Inman's Fever may be for you. Think of it as a cross between a feed reader and a personalised Digg.

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Looking for web-based RSS management

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