Goodbye Google Reader, Goodbye My Love.

Finally, Google Reader shut down, permanently.

Here is the page displayed when we visit Google Reader:

Here is something between Google Reader and me:

1           It was created in early 2005 by Google engineer Chris Wetherell and launched on October 7, 2005, through Google Labs.[1]

2           I started use Google Reader at the end of 2006.[2] And formally introduce Google Reader in my Blog on 2007-01-07.[3]

3           I enjoy a lot of benefits from Google Reader:

   3.1          No ads, customized content.

   3.2          Customized search within the content you subscribed.

   3.3          Good support to mobile reading in many mobile OS.

   3.4          Most of the time, GFW cannot block the content in it.

4           Most of Google Reader alternatives cannot play as well as Google Reader.

   4.1          Most of alternatives more focus on UI, like feedly.

   4.2          None of alternatives could replace the function of 3.2 above.

5           Finally, don’t forget a important developers of RSS, Aaron Swartz[4], hanged himself on 2013-01-11.

The song below is delicate to Google Reader.

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[1] Wetherell, Chris. "Google Reader: Two weeks". googlereader.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2005-10-21.

[2] Brian Qin “稍稍改变一点我们的生活习惯”. brianqin.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2007-01-04.

[3] Brian Qin “步入Google Reader”. brianqin.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2007-01-12.

[4] Wikipedia “Aaron Swartz”. Retrieved 2013-07-02.