saleBlack Friday see store specials

Google Reader

Google Reader is a Web-based Atom and RSS aggregator. It was released October 7, 2005 through Google Labs. It graduated from beta on Septeber 17, 2007. A mobile version optimized for smartphones is available as a web app or included with the Google app.

Google Reader
MSRP $0.00
Release date October, 2005
Brand --
love it
want it
have it
tag it
Pros & Cons11
Reviews6
Details
Buy It
Competitors
Comments
twitter

Pros & Cons

ProSCORE
6 reviews
92
negative
mixed
positive
6 positive
0 mixed
0 negative

[i] How is the ProSCORE calculated?

show me!

Pros:
Do you agree?
Free service
+6agreedisagree

Mobile version available
+6agreedisagree

Web-based so your feeds are accessible from anywhere
+5agreedisagree

Excellent user interface
+5agreedisagree

Sharing between friends
+4agreedisagree

Familiar "starring" interface
+3agreedisagree

Trends
+3agreedisagree

Recommendations generated by comparing your feeds with other users
+3agreedisagree

Can integrate with other services via Atom feeds.
+2agreedisagree

Cons:
Do you agree?
Cannot publish subscriptions dynamically via OPML
+1agreedisagree

Not used as much as twitter, so not enough sharing happening
0agreedisagree


6 people added to this review by submitting or voting on pros and cons. Add your say!

Details

Submit a link

This report was started December 13, 2007 at 8:41 pm by asatruer
with the last edit occurring October 28, 2009 at 8:16 pm by VesNL
This page has been viewed 146 times, with 51 edits by 8 contributors.
See the full report history »

Buy It

Competitors

There aren't any competitors listed here yet.

Suggest a new competitor to add to the list of competing products.
If the product hasn't yet been added to ProductWiki, submitting it here will also start the product report.

Comments

Some HTML is allowed. Your comments remain editable after you post..

Reviews

Sort by: Most helpful  •  Newest  •  Most positive

Erik

avatar
October 5, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
86
negative
mixed
positive
6 pros
1 con
love itlove it
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Free service
  • Mobile version available
  • Web-based so your feeds are accessible from anywhere
  • Excellent user interface
  • Sharing between friends
  • Familiar "starring" interface

Cons

  • Not used as much as twitter, so not enough sharing happening

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

salimfadhley

avatar
October 9, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
82
negative
mixed
positive
9 pros
2 cons
love itlove it
have ithave it

Pros

  • Free service
  • Mobile version available
  • Web-based so your feeds are accessible from anywhere
  • Excellent user interface
  • Sharing between friends
  • Familiar "starring" interface
  • Trends
  • Recommendations generated by comparing your feeds with other users
  • Can integrate with other services via Atom feeds.

Cons

  • Cannot publish subscriptions dynamically via OPML
  • Not used as much as twitter, so not enough sharing happening

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

fractalhorizon

avatar
October 19, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
9 pros
0 cons
have ithave it
love itlove it

Pros

  • Free service
  • Mobile version available
  • Web-based so your feeds are accessible from anywhere
  • Excellent user interface
  • Sharing between friends
  • Familiar "starring" interface
  • Trends
  • Recommendations generated by comparing your feeds with other users
  • Can integrate with other services via Atom feeds.

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

shadowtech

avatar
October 5, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
6 pros
0 cons

Pros

  • Free service
  • Mobile version available
  • Web-based so your feeds are accessible from anywhere
  • Excellent user interface
  • Trends
  • Recommendations generated by comparing your feeds with other users

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

thadrock

avatar
October 6, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
4 pros
0 cons

Pros

  • Free service
  • Mobile version available
  • Web-based so your feeds are accessible from anywhere
  • Excellent user interface

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

VesNL

avatar
October 28, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
0 cons

Pros

  • Free service
  • Mobile version available
  • Sharing between friends

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

Twitter

- join or start the conversation

... Loading for latest tweets from search.twitter.com..

tweetie

sponsored by:
Price comparison information by: