Gah! Did anyone else have a minor panic attack yesterday when that little message popped up on Google Reader saying that the service is officially closing down on July 1? I have been using Google Reader to follow way too many blogs for years and years. So this came as a total surprise and a bit of a bummer, as I have overall really loved using Reader.
But coincidentally, I had just recently begun exploring Bloglovin’, and had really begun to fall in love with many of their features and layout. Granted, there are many differences between Bloglovin’ and Google Reader, and some of the features I most love on Reader have yet to appear on Bloglovin’. But overall, it’s a great reader, and it is an especially great resource for finding new blogs that are similar to those you already love. So I’m curious to give it a real try at least for awhile!
The good news is that Bloglovin’ offers a really simple feature for importing the list of blogs you currently follow on Reader into your profile with Bloglovin’. So thought I would post a really quick how-to. I might make a more detailed tutorial this weekend with actual visuals (would that be helpful?). But for now, here is the basic idea.
Also, for those of you who do decide to make the switch to Bloglovin’, would love for you to find me and come say hi! My profile is at /gimmesomeoven, where you can click “follow” for my blogs Gimme Some Oven and Gimme Some Life. Happy blog loving at Bloglovin’!
**I also posted a tutorial for those interested in switching to Feedly. You can view that here!***
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just kidding :) it worked. the error message is just faulty! haha xoxoxo
woohoo! thank you for this!! i have been trying though & it keeps saying my subscriptions.xml file looks empty but it’s not :( so it won’t upload for me. boo!
Good to know… I love google reader so much though. Merci for the tip Ali !
xx Le Grumeau
Thank you, thank you! I did panic a little when I saw this, and I really didn’t know what else I’d use. I’m definitely going to give bloglovin a try now. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting. I live for my blogs and being able to get the recent posting in one place is very convenient. Thanks so much.
Oh man! I wish I had known this two weeks ago when I sat and re-subscribed to all the blogs I read! I do really like the layout of bloglovin’ now that I’m using it though and I noticed that if a blog you like doesn’t have an RSS feed set up you can still subscribe which is a plus. Great time-saving tutorial! Thanks for sharing :)
THANK YOU for posting that.
I wasn’t sure where to go, or what to do.
I did the Google Reader download thing, but I cannot for the life of me find the zip file. WHERE on earth do you find it?
Thanks!!!! =+)
~Stephanie
You’re a genius! Thank you SO much for this! :D
I just saw that notice on google reader today! What is that about?!! So glad you have this tutorial though. I need to make the transfer soon!
I’m so glad you posted this! I did have a minor freak out when I got that message. This seems pretty easy to do!