Sometimes its hard to keep track of the websites that you frequently check up on. Google now provides a free and easy way to track your favorite blogs. Google Reader will keep a list of blogs you follow and alert you to when there are new posts or comments. The following is a tutorial on how to create an account to track your blogs with Google Reader.
- Go to www.igoogle.com
- In the middle of the iGoogle homepage, you should see a box that says “Create your Own Page in Under 30 Seconds” – here you can choose special interests, a theme to decorate your iGoogle page, and set your location. Click the button that say “See Your Page.”
- Click on “sign up” or “sign in” on the top right corner of the page
- Google will take you to a new page where you can sign in with an existing Google account, or create a new account. You can use any e-mail address to create an iGoogle account
- Near the top of the page, on the right hand side, you will see a link titled “Add Stuff.” When you click that, you can search through Google’s available “gadgets” to personalize your page. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will add Google Reader.
- You can find Google Reader by searching using the search bar on the gadgets page, and when you see a gadget you like, simply click “Add it Now.”
- Click on “Go Back to iGoogle Home” to return to your home page. Google Reader will now be listed on the left side in a drop-down list. You can return to the Gadget shop at any time to add more gadgets.
- The best way to view Google Reader, in my opinion, is in its own window. In the picture below, you will see a red oval indicating where to click on your Google Reader box to open a new window.
- Once you have opened up Google Reader in its own window, you will see a button called “Add Subscription.” Here you can type or copy and paste the URL’s for your favorite blogs. They will show up in your list when there are new posts available to read. You can click on the new post to read it in Google Reader or click on the blog name to be directed straight to the blog. For example, you can click “Add Subscription” and type in www.thinkbigmuch.wordpress.com to follow this blog on Google Reader.
Here is a tutorial for setting up an iGoogle account.
This link is a tutorial on You Tube that may also help you to set up an Google Reader with categories to organize the blogs you follow.
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