No Google Reader? No Problem.

As someone who not only writes a blog but loves reading my share of blogs, too, I worried what would happen once Google announced they’re shutting the door on Google Reader on July 1st. I follow websites through Facebook and Twitter but the majority of blog reading I do comes through RSS feeds. I tweeted out for suggestions and other bloggers gave some great recommendations for a seamless transition.

(Psst, you can click any of these images to be taken directly to that website.)

Follow:

Two simple, pre-existing options to follow this blog are to subscribe to the email subscription or like the page on Facebook where I post all of the recipes from this website. The change in Google Reader and RSS subscriptions won’t affect these at all. 

I’ve also started a brand new Google+ page where I’ll post pictures and links to blog post; it’s not very active now since I made it this week but if Google+ ever becomes big it’ll be a nice thing to have. If you use a gmail email account you already have a Google+ account.

Feed Readers:

If you’re like me and prefer reading blogs through an RSS reader, there’s still hope. The RSS reader I’ll likely switch to is Feedly. It was incredibly easy to set up and transfer all of my blog subscriptions in just a few minutes with only a few clicks of the mouse. I’ve tested it out by using it for the past few mornings and it seems easy enough to manage and get used to.

If you prefer the look and feel of Google Reader, The Old Reader or Comma Feed seem more traditional in their layout and style. Their only downside is that it takes a few more steps to import your subscriptions from Google Reader than Feedly.

Here’s another great post that gives even more options from Healthy Living Blogs.