How to Subscribe to a RSS Feed using Google Reader

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Google Reader is a web-based RSS reader where you can subscribe to RSS feeds so that you get the latest posts from your favorite blogs.  But you will need a Google Account to use it.

 

Written Tutorial

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to subscribe to LearnWebTutorials.com RSS feed in Google Reader.

1.  Click on the RSS feed icon on the site …

2. If you are using Firefox, you get the feed page where you can select “Google” in the droplist and then click “Subscribe Now” button.  (Later you will see how to add feeds if you are not using Firefox.)

3.  After clicking the subscribe button, you get to a Google page where you can add the feed to the Google Reader.

4. Google will ask you to log into your Google account.  After logging in, you will see your feed in your Google Reader …

5.  If you are not using Firefox, you can still add RSS feeds to Google Reader.  Go to http://reader.google.com and log into your Google account.

6.  Click the “Add a Subscription” button.

Alternatively, you can find the subscriptions panel in lower-left.  Click arrow and select “Add a subscription”.

7.  It will now prompt you to enter the feed URL.  Paste in the feed URL and click add …

The feed URL is the web address of the feed page that you come to after clicking the orange RSS icon on the site …

Often the RSS Feed URL is the domain name of the site followed by “/feed”.

8. Now you see the feed appear in Google Reader …

Your list of feed subscriptions are in the lower left panel.  Clicking on a feed subscription will display the latest posts for that site.  You get a preview by clicking on the headline.  You can view the full post on the site by clicking on the double-arrow icons.  You can also adjust the Google Reader settings using the menu if you like.

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