Blogs and Blog Readers

Feed Readers

Hello, today I will be sharing some information to bring to you to make your browsing experience much better! 

Tired of constantly looking webpage after webpage then never having a place to save all those wonderful pages of your favorite blogs or streams? Well, Feed Readers solve that problem for you! Feed Readers organize your favorite streams in a single, user-friendly interface of choice. You can store websites, blogs, online magazines, news sites and more on to a Feed Reader without having to open a millon websites or endlessly searching for your favorite blogs. 

Endless Choices

*Before we go into my choice for a feed reader. Let me share some other choices available for you. Feel free to check them out, explore and pick the one you personally loved best.

1. GoodNews: Love the news, but not the endless amount of papers stacking up in your home? Want to check out other newspapers out there? GoodNews can do that for you. GoodNews organizes your favorite news sites in a variety of choices to access topics of your interest from sources you trust. Visit: https://goodnews.click/
2. NewsBlur: Another similar site where you can have all your personal favorite news sites in one place. NewsBlur also keeps the original style of the sites you like and you can organize sites through categories and tags. What great features. It's accessible through web, iPad, iPhone, and Android. Visit: https://newsblur.com/
3. Feedly: An extremely popular feed reader that organizes your favorite blogs all in one place. Includes an AI research assistant named Leo that reads and analyzes information that keeps feeds clutter free plus has an amazing Power Search feature. Accessible through web, iOS, and Android. Visit: https://feedly.com/i/welcome
4. FeedReader: A feed reader with plenty of features to explore. Includes an interface that has advanced filtering for finding the exact type of content that you want. Also has different viewing modes that group headlines by source, date or tag. How amazing is that? Enjoy a simple user interface today. Visit: https://feedreader.com/
5. Feeder: Want a more sleek, more modern feed reader? Feeder is the one for you! It tracks your online sources and groups them all for you. Includes advanced filters, notifications so you don't miss out on new information, and fast updates to stay up to date while being customizable for your needs. Accessible through Google Play, App store, Chome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Visit: https://feeder.co/

Inoreader

There are plenty of choices out there when it comes to Feed Reader. I'm going to explain a little bit about my personal choice for one called Inoreader. It's described to be a good blend for beginner and advanced users. You can use Inoreader on the web, IOS or Andriod! You can even create offline folders to access content whenever you want to. Vist: https://www.inoreader.com/

Pictures of the Site

Pros

• Visually appealing
• Includes an auto dark theme as well as: light, aqua, and sepia themes 
• Layout appearance includes: listed view, expanded view, column view, card view or magazine view to look at feeds in many ways
• Check out various data for a feed such as: number of followers, number of posts in the week, last post, update intervals, and number of articles read under Feed Properties
• Manage feeds by deleting feeds, search within feeds, activite status, rename feeds, look at engagement percents, and more
• Create rules for feeds to filter content 
• Add to a bundle with similar topics
• Assign feeds to folders
• Add gadgets to Dashboard layout according to needs
• On the right-hand sidebar includes recommended sources based on followed or liked feeds

Cons

• Does not have a lot of theme options
• Layouts can look a bit busy for some users
• If user wants more features then they would need to subscribe to a plan
• The Dashboard does not include all feeds you collect
• There does not seem to be a way to edit the appearance of feeds that show up on the Dashboard
• Takes a bit of a learning curve to use the site depending on the user
• The text-to-speech feature for feeds/articles is only available for Pro users- paid subscription
• If you want to read the feeds then you would need to click on the link and it will open a new tab on your browser which will make the tab bar look busy if you open a lot of articles
• User needs to adjust the layouts and add gadgets according to needs which can take some time 
• Depending of the feed, there might be a lot of content that the user might have a hard time keeping up with 

My Experience

*Overall, I find the site of my choice to be really great. As a very visual person, I enjoyed how appealing it is to me as a user. The layout appearance options available to me were incredible and I like that I can change them according to my needs or how I want my Dashboard to look. I enjoyed the filter options within each feed I want to look at. I think my favorite feature is when I go into the individual articles themselves and I have so many sharing options based on what I need such as: copy the URL, share on Twitter, share on Facebook, email, add it to Blogger, add it to Google Drive, add it to my Pocket, print the article, save it as a PDF file, or even add additional sites I want to share with such as my Tumblr account or a school website. It's such an amazing feature to have for when I want to have ready made articles just to use or share with others. I chose this one over the others because of the visual appeal it had plus all the available features made it so worthwhile as a choice of Feed Reader. I really believe Inoreader is an excellent choice for a feed reader because it has an amazing layout that you can customize, organize feeds into bundles or folders, create rules for specific content, and add highlighters of key phrases or words you want to have highlighted in articles with a color of choice. Try Inoreader today, I highly recommend it. 

Blogs: A look into my favorite blogs

• looking for a book: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/lookingforabook. Contains lots of reblog about books, book nook ideas, how to save a wet book and book related content. Shares book display ideas: a favorite of mine is the Valentine vs. Anti-Valentine display. other display ideas are shared and book nook displays are reblogged
• my90schildhoodnostalgia: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/my90schildhoodnostalgia. Loved the 90s and wish it was brought back? Get ready for a time travel back to the 90s era including: music, games, TV shows, and toys. If you want to sort of travel to the 90s, check them out
• teenservicesunderground: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/teenservicesunderground. Posts generally related for teens. Content includes YA booklists, helping teens with coping stuff, anticipated reads, reading programs, and book releases. Does not have a huge following but still has good information
• gametheoriesabound: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/gametheoriesabound. Love video games? Love game theories. Check this blog on game theories on a variety of video games out there and users can also share their own personal theories on video games too. Has not been updated in a long time, but still has cool content
• video-game-quotes: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/video-game-quotes. Do you love quotes from video games? Some quotes are hilarious, inspiring, memorable and emotional. This blog contains various video game quotes of different types with the game they came from to share with others

My Blog

*Want to check out content that I post myself? Please visit my blog where I post book quotes, pictures with thoughts, reblogs of posts I liked, and other types of content. Visit: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/inkwell-forest

 

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