Sunday, December 17, 2006

Google Reader: An easy way to stay updated

Ok, I know most of you know this but still I was one of the latest to find out the use of Google Reader (and RSS feeds in general).

The story goes like this:

Imagine you like and visit a number of blogs/ newsfeeds every day. This means that you have bookmarked the web adresses and you pay a visit every now and then to get informed on updates. Some of them were updated some were not.

Instead of doing this, you could just subscribe to google (if not already) and direct to Google Reader page. Read the intro (see the little introductory clip as well) and take a breath.

Now, just for the first time you will log to your favourite blog, click on the RSS button next to the webaddress. Your browser (try Firefox 2.0 or equivalent for better results) will ask how you want to read this feed, so you'll choose Google Reader.

Once you do this for all your favourite blogs, then you just have to log in to Google Reader and it will instantly inform you on updates since your last visit on these blogs.

Just like that, enjoy!