By: BEVERLY BUTULA//March 15, 2013//
Google has announced it will retire Google Reader in July.
Google Reader is an excellent tool for monitoring and organizing your RSS feeds. The recent announcement has actually resulted in a petition being circulated by avid users in hopes of keeping it alive.
If, like me, you are in search of an alternative reader, Gary Price at InfoDocket suggests a service called NewsBlur. Another option is Feedly, which I have used in the past.
Google indicated that it has closed or discontinued more than 70 features and services since 2011.
Another service ending this year is iGoogle, a service where researchers can customize their homepage. iGoogle will sunset in November.
I use both of these services daily and will be looking for quality alternatives.