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TECHNOLOGY => Computing and Internet => Topic started by: techieguy on Feb 28, 2012, 11:05 AM

Title: Your Google+ Is In My RSS Feed! No, Your RSS Feed Is In My Google+
Post by: techieguy on Feb 28, 2012, 11:05 AM
If there's one thing wrong with Google+ it's a lack of a real non-browser interface. There are workarounds and widgets, but there's never been a real way to pull your G+ feed into a more comfortable format. While many would complain that RSS isn't even close to a comfortable format, it's bettern' nuffin'.

That said, a new free service called GPlusRSS (http://gplusrss.com/) allows you to create a public RSS feed of your G+ account. You can potentially share this feed with others (here's mine (http://gplusrss.com/rss/feed/b7f08893feb8eb039a586f447f91f8b64f4bf80e389dd)) or you can keep it for yourself. The feed consists only of public pronouncements so private messages won't show up.

The service is also useful for propagating your G+ info to other services using systems like dlvr.it (http://dlvr.it/) or something like WPRSSPoster (http://www.wprssposter.com/) to bring your G+ content to WordPress.

It may not be much but it's definitely a way to get your goods out of Google's walled G+ garden. Maybe (just maybe?) I'll start using G+ a bit more because of this?



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