Top 10 RSS Feed Readers

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Who doesn’t love a good RSS feed? The only question is… Which are the best RSS feed readers?

RSS feeds offer a free and efficient means of staying current and reading up-to-the-minute news and information from websites and blogs of your choosing. To use RSS feeds and to get the most out of your favorite feeds, you must use a good feed reader. A great feed reader will allow you to customize, organize, search and categorize articles and websites to make accessing and viewing content as easy as possible. There are a wide selection of feed readers out there, each with their own set of advantages. There are web-based and desktop clients, however, most people prefer to use a web-based reader so they can access their favorite feeds from anywhere. Here I have listed the top 10 rss feed readers on the net.

1.) MyYahoo

My Yahoo! combines your favorite parts of Yahoo! and the Web into one place. Like a Yahoo! ID, it’s free. You can choose what you want to see and hear: email, news, weather, photos, blogs, stock prices, sports scores, TV schedules, movie listings, and more. All this content is updated frequently.

2.) iGoogle

In addition to simple RSS feeds, iGoogle also supports the use of specially developed “gadgets” to display content on a user’s page. The gadgets interact with the user and utilize the Google Gadgets API. Some gadgets developed for Google Desktop can also be used within iGoogle.

3.) Bloglines

Bloglines is a FREE online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content. With Bloglines, there is no software to download or install — simply register as a new user and you can instantly begin accessing your account any time, from any computer or mobile device.

4.) NewsGator Online

Get your news the way you like it with NewsGator Online. Use this free, web-based RSS reader from any computer to keep up with your interests. Videos, news, sports, music, blogs, business updates, podcasts, funny stories, and technology information will all come to you automatically – no more searching and checking web sites to see what has changed!

5.) Netvibes

Netvibes pioneered the personalized homepage as alternative to traditional web portals. Netvibes lets individuals assemble their favorite widgets, websites, blogs, email accounts, social networks, search engines, instant messengers, photos, videos, podcasts, and everything else they enjoy on the web - all in one place.

6.) Pageflakes

Pageflakes, the social personalized homepage, is revolutionizing how we how we start with and use the Internet. At www.Pageflakes.com, you can easily customize the Internet and make it yours using ‘”Flakes” – small, movable versions of all of your web favorites that you can arrange on your personal homepage. You can also participate in the Pageflakes community, sharing your page as a “Pagecast” with a private group or with the world, and connecting with other users across the globe.

7.) FeedShow

FeedShow is a free online new reader that is very fast and easy to use, providing all the features that will let you browse news or blogs in a very efficient manner: import/export feed lists (OPML), folder categories, save items locally, convert to PDF, convert to print view. Items come from sources you choose from the thousands available around the web, such as news websites and blogs.

8.) News Alloy

News Alloy lets you view information from a wide variety of news sources, special interest publications and blogs via RSS and Atom in an easy to use and manageable way via Web Based AJAX Driven GUI and Mobile/PDA enabled service.

9.) fwicki

Fwicki is RSS management, RSS mashup, RSS social media, social syndication, RSS widgets and gadgets, rivers of news, and more! Mashup the perfect blend of feeds and create customizable social media portals.

10.) Gritwire

Gritwire is a set of useful tools for people who use the Web daily. Use their reader to organize feeds into folders, read and save content, or rate feeds and feed items. And, if you have an OPML file handy, you can upload all the feeds from there as well. You can also play Podcasts or Videocasts from their media player.