Google Reader

If you aren’t sure what RSS is, there’s a quick primer available on this site. If you already know about RSS and are itching to try it out, I think Google Reader is the best one out there.

Not only is it a nice reader, but it also ties in with your Google account along with GMail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, etc., so it integrates nicely. If you are a fan of Gmail, you will love Google Reader’s interface. It allows you to arrange your feeds by subject and shows new updates from your feeds in bold, indicating they are “unread”.

If you are logged into your Google account, most feeds will give you the option of adding them straight to Google Reader. If you aren’t presented with that option, no worries. Just get the URL of the feed and add it to your Reader list manually.