Google Reader Will Be Dead

Webpostline.com - Google returns notify a surprise announcement. This time, Google announced it would close the Google Reader service. The dreaded day by users Google Reader finally came. Quoted from Cnet, Thursday (March 14, 2013), Google will close this service as of July 1, 2013.

Google Reader itself launched Google in 2005 ago to facilitate internet users to find information and monitor their favorite websites. Although many loyal users who use this service, but according to Google its use has declined in recent years. For those users who still want to use those services, Google urged to immediately export the data Reader RSS feed into other services.

Fortunately, Google provides a service called "Google Takeout" to allow users who want to move their data. Therefore, the user will be able to download the data reader through this service. Google Reader allows Internet users to subscribe and read feeds from all sorts of websites, with a format that resembles an e-mail. The service is popular among addicts information. Service that has been aged almost eight years had become one of the most popular services for information tracking from news sites, blogs and other websites.

In addition to stopping Google Reader, as reported by TechCrunch, Google will also close some of other services, include:

• GUI Builder Maker and 5 UiApp Widgets for AppsScript (September 16, 2013)

• CalDAV API for non-whitelisted developers (September 16, 2013)

• Google Building Maker (June 1, 2013)

• Google Cloud Connect (April 30, 2013)

• Google Voice App for Blackberry (next week)

• Search API for Shopping (September 16, 2013)

• Snapseed Desktop for Macintosh and Windows (March, 2013)

Google often does strategies such as this. Google as the internet search engine giant was always shut down the service and products that they deem ineffective and burdening the company. Since 2011 ago, Google recorded was closing 70 of their services.