LeeAnn Prescott of Hitwise ranks Bloglines on the top in the web based feed readers. A lot of web site analyst tools also use Bloglines as an indicator of the subscriber base.
I was a Bloglines user earlier, but started with Google Reader recently. I had switched from Bloglines to the desktop reader Akregator, which had excellent keyboard shortcuts and allowed the river of news reading. However, I had to fall back on a web based reader in case I had to use a different machine. Google Reader was the best choice because it did everything that Akregator did. I find myself reading much faster because of easier navigation. Bloglines needs to polish itself in these areas. However, I miss ability to search within my subscriptions with Google Reader. I have seen/read that quite a lot of people switched, so I think that Google Reader has more market share than perceived. Michael Arrington wonders if it is because Feedburner does not track it.
January 20th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Google Reader all the way! I’m totally converted and will never use any other reader again (until the next best things comes out, of course).
January 20th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
I too like Google Reader, but I will jump back to Akregator once there is guaranteed connectivity for my laptop and I do not have to use other machines.
January 20th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I can’t leave bloglines. I exported my subscriptions to OPML and imported them into GoogleReader, but I did’nt like it one bit.
January 20th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I think even I jumped to Google Reader because I had used Akregator earlier. And unless you are comfortable with keyboard navigation, Google Reader might not be any better than Bloglines. In fact, if the shortcuts are not being used Bloglines is better.
January 21st, 2007 at 7:57 am
GoogleReader has shortcuts ?
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:21 am
Google does indeed submit subscriber data, they started a week ago or so.
Anyhow, you should try Newshutch. It is the best feed reader ever! It is really fast, up to date, good interface, and it works in most Web browsers.
PS: Could you email me your OpenID WordPress plug-in? Email address available in your comment moderation.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:22 am
Daniel, I liked NewsHutch, but I have got too comfortable with the River of News view
You can yourself download the wpopenid fork by Will Norris for incorporating OpenID.