Google Reader Alternatives (Hosted, Self-Hosted, Desktop & Browser Extensions) Many web users are fans of feeds (RSS, Atom, etc.) as there is no other better way of following multiple sources of web content.
Google has announced that they are closing Google Reader by 1st of July 2013 and, if you are a user of it, you’ll be hunting for an alternative before that date. It is great that Google Reader has an export feature for getting the subscription list. In short: Click “Settings” icon in Google Reader and then the “Reader Settings”.Choose “Import/Export” and click “Download your data through Takeout” and Google Takeout will guide you with the rest. You may choose to keep following feeds with a web-based (hosted or self-hosted), desktop or a browser-integrated solution and here are all the good ones.
Self-Hosted Alternatives to Google Reader (and how to export your RSS feeds) - DarrenWasHere. Wow, I was really not expecting Google to shut down Google Reader.
Time to get over it and move to a self-hosted RSS reader solution. Here are a few options you might want to consider. ReplaceReader.