Add a blog to your Google Reader

  1. Visit the blog page

    We'll be adding a blog's RSS feed to our google reader account. These instructions were written using the Google Chrome browser.

    We'll be using Dan Norris' inform.ly in this example.

    http://inform.ly/blog/


  2. Look for the RSS icon

    Look around for the RSS Icon or a link to the RSS feed.

    RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication- It's like a channel that you can tune into be delivered the blog posts.

    if you can't find the icon - step 3 is for you.

  3. If you can't find the RSS Icon

    A good guess is to use the url /feed/

    Try typing

    http://inform.ly/blog/feed/ into your browser

    You'll get a page that doesn't look like an ordinary web page coming back. This file is the blog's RSS feed.

  4. Copy the RSS Link

    You can copy the RSS feed link you found.

    1. Right Click and copy the URL to the RSS feed button you found; or
    2. Copy the feed url you typed in step 3

    Now head to your google reader account

    http://www.google.com/reader/

  5. Subscribe

    Click the Subscribe button

    and paste the URL of the RSS Feed you copied earlier:

    http://inform.ly/blog/feed/

    Then Add this feed.

  6. Success

    You'll see a message telling you that you've subscribed to the informly blog.

    Now start building your own collections of blogs to follow!