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How to migrate my all google data to another acount? [migrated]

I'm using gmail, google reader, calendar, picasaweb and other services. I've decide to change my google id. And I am moving gmail data first(via POP3). But it is very hard job. I'm afraid to move ...
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Add RSS feeds to google reader from iPad [migrated]

When using iPad, with Safari or some other application, once I find an interesting blog with its RSS feed, how can I add it to my google reader feeds?
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How can I Import Google Reader JSON archives into WordPress [closed]

When Google deleted Google Reader Social shares (links and annotations) they provided users with a JSON archive. I'd like to turn that archive into a WordPress repository. Jeff Battis has done some ...
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Downloading Old RSS Contents

I need to have the news of some sites like CNN, BBC, and Reuters for my research. I want to know how I can download RSS contents of these sites from almost 10 years ago. I used GoogleReaderAPI but it ...
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2-way sync of google reader starred items to kindle?

Is there a way to sync starred items to my kindle 3 device such that when I read them on my kindle, they get marked as read in google reader?
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What's the best way to read mailing lists in 2011?

I used to use Emacs/GNUS for reading mailing lists, but that feels very 1990. Plus, it doesn't sync my scoring across PCs. GMail is wonderful, but it kind of sucks for mailing lists. The essential ...
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Subscribe to Google Reader RSS without opening reader?

Every time I try to add an RSS feed in Fox to Google Reader, it opens the damn Google Reader subscribe window. Any way around this?
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Recommend firefox extension for Google Reader? [closed]

Could you recommend some good firefox extensions/Greasemonkey script/Stylish template for Google Reader that improving the productivity/user experience? For example, PostRank could score, filter and ...
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Display problem with Firefox 4.0b6 and Google Reader

I just updated to the Firefox 4 beta, and noticed these odd little marks (presumably the top pixel of another line of text) beneath some entries in Google Reader. In the image below, they are under ...
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How do I stop Firefox opening XML docs with Google Reader?

I am trying to analyse the XML response from using the Youtube API as follows http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=dogs When I try this the browser gets taken to Google Reader, where a feed ...
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Bayesian Filter for RSS Feeds

I have a couple of hundred RSS feeds that I subscribe too. Are there any readers or solutions that let me train what articles I do and don't like, kind of like a Bayesian spam filter? For example ...
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Bypass adding feed to Reader/iGoogle, always add to Reader

What's the best way to bypass the annoying choice of adding a feed to either Google Reader or iGoogle? What I'm after; pressing RSS-link -> added feed to Google Reader.
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Is there a way to prevent RSS readers from storing archives of my blog?

I have the meta tag name="robots" content="noarchive stuff in the blog HTML code which prevents search engines from storing the page, they only index it. Is there a way to do something similar in case ...
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Feeds imported into Google Reader via OPML do not appear under Manage Subscriptions [closed]

When I use Google reader to import an OMPL file that lists about 200 feeds, they appear in the left panel, but cannot be seen in the list of feeds to manage when I click "Manage Subscriptions". ...
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Most-Used Feed Aggregator

I'm trying to pick a aggregator for RSS and Atom feeds. There are aspects of Google Reader and Bloglines that are incompatible with the project I'm working on. What else is out that that has a nice, ...
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How to make Google reader feed public [closed]

I am setting up my Google reader so the rss feed posts to my Ping.fm account via the ping.fm superfeeder module. I cant work out how to make my Google reader feed public. please help
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Unread mail/feed count badges for Gmail/Reader tabs in Google Chrome?

As per the title, is there an extension that does this?
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Feed reader that can be used in the command line

I use Google Reader to keep track of several feeds. But Google Reader cannot be used in text-mode browsers such as lynx or links2. Can anyone suggest a text-mode feed reader that can import Google's ...
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IE8 rss feeds import from OPML format

is it possible to import OPML format files from Google reader into IE8?
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Trimming article length in Google Reader

I'm considering switching to Google Reader from Safari's RSS reader. One feature that I would absolutely miss from Safari is its Article Length slider it gives you for each feed, so you can choose to ...
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Opera 10.5 RAM usage and Google Reader?

Today I upgraded to Opera 10.5 from Google Chrome and I have two really important questions about it. 1) Is it normal for it to use SO MUCH RAM!!!!? Closing tabs doesn't help, but opening new ones ...
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How to change language setting of google reader on mobile device? [closed]

any idea? I looked everywhere didn't find it.
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migrating from email lists to google reader [closed]

i get daily emails to my inbox from MSN Health and Fitness for example. Is there any way to have these go into my google reader like a blog feed instead of my email inbox.
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Create a bookmarklet for Google Reader Lite

I'd like to create a bookmarklet that prepends http://www.google.com/reader/lite/feed/ to any RSS url. Bonus points if it will instead pull the RSS feed of the page you are looking at. I want to do ...
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Google Reader doesn't update my feed [closed]

I have two sites with RSS feeds. In each site, I gather the data and then pass it off to a simple formatter I wrote that does the work of creating the RSS format, so each site is essentially using the ...
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RSS reader/platform that is suitable for market watch? (collaboration-wise)

I need to find a RSS reader or platform where I can share an element to a particular teammate. I also need that everyone's sources on the team are made public to the team (to avoid sources being ...
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How to receive feed updates by e-mail?

I want to receive all my Google Reader subscriptions updates in my GMail inbox. There is any way to do that?
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Adding a single page of interest to Google Reader [closed]

Does anyone know of a way to add a single page of interest to google reader? I'd like to use it to make a note of stuff I want to come back and read later. However the only way I can see at present is ...
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Setting Google Reader as default RSS reader on Safari

Is it possible to set Google Reader as the default feed reader on Safari and/or Mac OS X so that when I open an RSS in Safari I'm redirected to Google Reader like it does in Firefox when you set it ...
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Why does Google Reader use up so much memory?

I'm running the dev version of Chrome and just found out I could see the memory usage of every tab (press shift + ESC to find out yourself). Turns out the Shockwave Flash plugin uses 240 MB of memory ...
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Is there a way to view all inactive subscriptions in Google Reader?

The "Trends" page in Google Reader has a section for subscription trends, where it will show the 40 least-recently-updated subscriptions. Is there a way to see the full list of inactive subscriptions, ...
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Google Reader malfunctioning; possibly router?

I can open Google Reader without difficulty. As soon as I move onto the second item, I get the message: "Oops...and error occurred. Please try again in a few seconds." This occurs on both Google ...
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How to manipulate an RSS feed?

I have a personal RSS feed provided by GoogleReader and displaying all my shared items together with the notes I've added. I would like to massage this feed a little to do things like: * Splice it ...
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Google Reader - How do I increase the size of the text in the reading pane? [closed]

This may be either something obvious I have missed not not possible. I'd rather not have to adjust the size of the text in my browser. Any way to do this? Something to size the text as I can do ...
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Looking at google reader from the bash prompt

have a handy bash script that lets me download my gmail Inbox for processing - I'm looking for any similar script/command that lets me count (by some means) the total number of unread ideas in my ...
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Is there anyway to download all of my Google Reader to my local PC

I am going on a long plane ride. I have tagged about 100 blog post with "To Read" and if possible, I would like to somehow download them locally so I can read then all on the plane. Is there anyway ...
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How to backup my blog from Google Reader's data?

My blog is down and as a result I cannot backup my old posts. But I subscribe the RSS in my Google Reader, and I can access my old posts through Google Reader still. Is there any software or solution ...
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Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader in one application for Windows

Is there an app for Windows like EventBox (OSX only) that allows me to manage Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader from one place?
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Is it possible to sync my RSS feeds in Thunderbird with Google Reader?

Is it possible to sync my RSS feeds in Thunderbird with Google Reader? If not, is there an email client that can?
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Google Reader - tags versus folder subscriptions

It looks like Google Reader always tags every post if it's in a folder. So is a folder always a tag and all the functionality like a regular tag?
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How to set Newsstand to read rss directly from Google Reader

Since I don't have direct access to some blogs I subscribed, I have to read the latest articles through Google Reader. But it seems Newsstand always check websites' rsses directly instead of using ...
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Open Google Reader links in background Safari tab?

When you press the v keyboard shortcut in Google Reader, it opens a new tab. Regardless of the setting "When a new tab or window is opened, make it active" setting (Under Preferences > Tabs), it ...
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Google Reader rename folders and tags

I use Google Reader to read my RSS feeds and I've created a couple of folders to group certain feeds. However, I made a typo when I created one of the folder names. The problem is that I can't seem to ...
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Advantages of feed demon over Google Reader [closed]

Are there any good reasons why I should use feed demon?
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Helvetireader for Safari (Windows)

Has anyone successfully installed HelvetiReader css style on Safari 4 for Windows? On Mac OS it's possible to do using a GreaseKit, which is not available for Windows.
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Google Reader next bookmark

I'm using Google Reader's "next bookmark" which takes me to the next unread item, and also marks it as read. Unfortunately it seems to me, it provides the latest unread item. Is there a way to ...
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Add a folder on Google reader

I've done this before, but I can't find it anymore... sigh
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Should I subscribe to RSS or Atom feeds?

With a lot of blogs I can either subsribe to an RSS 2.0 or an Atom 1.0 feed. What is the difference between these two and which one should I chose to subscribe to a blog (I'm using google reader if ...
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RSS reader with offline storing

RSS is my main way of following blogs around the net, and for that I use GReader. Often I find a post that covers some subject that interests me, or has interested me, but don't have time to read it ...
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How to keep Google Reader items forever?

If I tag a specific entry, does Google keep that forever (until I delete it), or should I 'star' it as well?

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