{"id":3231,"date":"2013-03-22T05:06:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T10:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2013-03-16T10:15:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T15:15:10","slug":"looking-for-an-alternative-to-google-reader-or-igoogle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2013\/03\/22\/looking-for-an-alternative-to-google-reader-or-igoogle\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for an Alternative to Google Reader or iGoogle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve used and loved iGoogle or Google Reader<\/a>, be aware that Google is retiring this service on July 1, 2013. Not to worry though, you’ll want to check out MyMSN as your need feed reader platform and guess what I know that you’ll like it better!<\/p>\n

I’ve been using www.My.MSN.com<\/a> preferentially as my RSS\/XML feed aggregator for years. This simple and easy to use interface is fully customizable. I watch 30 news feeds in my control panel and even have feeds for stocks and weather. It is easy to add a new feed when you find it by clicking Add Content on the top right and then you paste in your feed URL or you can select from preset MSN news modules.<\/p>\n

I like My.MSN.com much better than the Yahoo version as I have mine set up to show three columns per page, have very little advertising and I have lots of customization options.<\/p>\n

So if you are bemoaning the fact that iGoogle or Google Reader is going away, switch now and check out My.MSN.com. I personally think that you will like it better and will drop iGoogle before July 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve used and loved iGoogle or Google Reader, be aware that Google is retiring this service on July 1, 2013. Not to worry though, you’ll want to check out MyMSN as your need feed reader platform and guess what I know that you’ll like it better! I’ve been using www.My.MSN.com preferentially as my RSS\/XML feed aggregator for years. This simple and easy to use interface is fully customizable. I watch 30 news feeds in my control panel and even have feeds for stocks and weather. It is easy to add a new feed when you find it by clicking Add Content on the top right and then you paste in your feed URL or you can select from preset MSN news modules. I like My.MSN.com much better than the Yahoo version as I have mine set up to show three columns per page, have very little advertising and I have lots of customization options. So if you are bemoaning the fact that iGoogle or Google Reader is going away, switch now and check out My.MSN.com. I personally think that you will like it better and will drop iGoogle before July 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[438],"class_list":["post-3231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google","tag-google"],"yoast_head":"\nLooking for an Alternative to Google Reader or iGoogle? | The Web Authority<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2013\/03\/22\/looking-for-an-alternative-to-google-reader-or-igoogle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking for an Alternative to Google Reader or iGoogle? | The Web Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you’ve used and loved iGoogle or Google Reader, be aware that Google is retiring this service on July 1, 2013. 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