So, you’ve probably heard that the GFC Followers is going away in March for non-Blogger blogs. And, quite possibly, it will go away for everyone in time. Google is trying to consolidate their services (which will be nice to not have 30 different accounts anymore…) and promote Google+. However, that means everything associated with GFC will disappear. Frustrating, I know. All those blogs that have thousands of followers… yep, all non-Blogger blogs will lose all those followers.
I do use Blogger so there won’t be a ton of change for While He Was Napping come March. BUT, I know a lot of my fave blogs are not Blogger-hosted. Do you follow any non-Blogger blogs (I’m sure every one of us does)? But, I’m working on transferring all my GFC content to my Google Reader so I don’t lose or miss out on anything. So, how do you make sure that you don’t lose all those blogs you’ve worked so hard to find in your reading list?
My preferred method is with an RSS Feed. I use Google Reader because I have the reader app on my phone. And, right now, it’s fairly easy to go back and forth between GFC and Reader to transfer my subscriptions. It’s great and I love that it’s easily accessible on my phone, tablet and on the web. When I’m bored (like waiting for the doctor – which I do A LOT of these days) I can just pull up my reader and catch up on all my favorite blogs. It’s great because it’s got everything all in one spot. {I just wish there was a “Pin This” option in the reader.} Anyway, there are several options as far as RSS readers go: Yahoo!, Google, Bloglines, Windows Live, and more. To sign up and follow While He Was Napping in an RSS Feed, click HERE. You’ll be taken to feedburner, where you can choose which reader you’d like your content sent to. Just keep adding more blogs to the same reader and, in no time, you’ll be all set up.
I also have added the option for you to follow with Bloglovin’, Networked Blogs and Linky Followers. There are follow widgets in the left side bar to make it easy. Just click on the “Follow” button. Bloglovin’ also has apps in the App Store and Android Market. The Android app is free. Networked Blogs links to Facebook. And Linky Followers is a new option, run by Brent Riggs (you may know him as the guy that runs Linky Tools, a popular link party service). It’s a free service as well. It’ll keep all your blogs in one place. I’ve only started playing with it, so I don’t know a whole lot about it yet, but it seems pretty easy to use.
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I know that’s a lot of info I just threw at you. If you have questions, let me know. I’ll do my best to answer them. Good luck getting everything transferred.
