Your Google Account (which you use to access Google Docs) also gives you access to a variety of other tools, such as an RSS reader called Google Reader. An RSS reader allows you to subscribe to the RSS feeds on web sites like blogs and news sites. See the videos below for more information.
(1) Log into Google Reader (using your Google Account or Gmail account info).
(2) Click on the Add a subscription link near the upper left corner.
(3) Paste in URL of the blog or site you want to follow. If the site has an RSS feed, Google Reader will find it and subscribe you to it.
(4) Your new subscription will appear in the left sidebar. You can click on it to read recent entries. To see an entry on the original site (which allows you to comment on the entry, if the blog is open to comments), click the title of the entry.
(5) To put subscriptions into folders, click the down arrow to the right of the subscription title and drag down to New Folder. Give the folder a name and the subscription will be moved into it. You can move other subscriptions into the folder by dragging them into it.
(6) To delete a subscription, click the down arrow to the right of the subscription title and drag to Unsubscribe. You can also rename the subscription if the default name is unhelpful (like “blog”).
This video explains the concept of RSS Readers:
This video gives an overview of Google Reader:
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