{"id":120558,"date":"2013-03-16T11:54:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T15:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.borndigital.com\/?p=120558"},"modified":"2023-02-27T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:28:52","slug":"spundge-google-reader","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/spundge-google-reader","title":{"rendered":"No Google Reader? No Problem: Canadian Startup Spundge Gains 10,000 new RSS Feeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s nothing like cleverly seizing an opportunity. For Craig Silverman \u201cit was one of the best days we\u2019ve ever had.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As widespread backlash and even a petition with 100,000 names continues to stir a whirlwind of discontent among Google Reader fans, one Montreal-based startup has soaked up 10,000 new RSS feeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google announced on Wednesday night that July 1st will be the day of apocalypse for its popular RSS feed service. By Friday night a step-by-step video<\/a> on its blog showing users how to switch over to its platform as an RSS alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In just 24 hours the \u201cGreat Reader Exodus\u201d (as Spundge\u2019s blog dubbed it) saw over 10,000 RSS feeds imported into the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReader hadn\u2019t had a lot of work put into it in recent years which is really disappointing, but the reality is that there are a lot of other options out there that are far more advanced and can offer more value,\u201d said Silverman, director of content and product strategy at Spundge. \u201cWe jumped on it really quickly and made sure that it was easy for people to bring their feeds into Spundge and to make them see that there was actually a lot more there than just reading RSS feeds and so far that\u2019s had some really good results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The angel-funded Spundge launched in 2011, providing a platform to help people collaboratively discover, curate and create content. Cofounded by Richard Szalwinski and Jaun Pablo Di Lelle, the site features \u201cnotebooks\u201d to organize different content sources into a single, real-time stream of relevant content. Everyone has an area of interest or expertise and Spundge enables them to easily invite other people to join and curate a topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former journalist, Silverman and the team treated the opportunity as a breaking story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was something that happened that was completely unexpected and that within the span of 24 hours had a really nice impact on our product and what we\u2019re doing in the company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those still mourning over the loss of Google Reader Silverman has also provided five reasons why people should switch over to Spundge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. It\u2019s a better way to organize your existing Reader feeds<\/strong>: the real value is that once your feeds are loaded into Spundge, you can sort them into Notebooks by subject matter, type etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. You can scan feeds and social networks<\/strong>: Spundge isn\u2019t just an RSS reader. It\u2019s also a place where you can scan Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Flickr, Instagram, Reddit, Slideshare, SoundCloud and Vimeo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. It\u2019s collaborative<\/strong>: You can add friends and colleagues to your and enable them to read and add content. Add Notes to saved items to share ideas and comments, or share them directly to a social network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. You can embed Spundge Notebooks anywhere to share the best of what you\u2019re reading<\/strong>: Save items into your Notebook and then grab an embed code and put a real-time stream of those items on any website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Your saved items can be used to write blog posts and email newsletters<\/strong>: Spundge Pro<\/a> enables you to access all your Notebook\u2019s saved items and to quickly create blog posts and email newsletters that can be instantly published on any CMS (especially WordPress and Tumblr) or sent via MailChimp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s nothing like cleverly seizing an opportunity. For Craig Silverman \u201cit was one of the best days we\u2019ve ever had.” As widespread backlash and even a petition with 100,000 names continues to stir a whirlwind of discontent among Google Reader fans, one Montreal-based startup has soaked up 10,000 new RSS feeds. Google announced on Wednesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76318,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-120558","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","hentry","category-News"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/120558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/76318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/120558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134017,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/120558\/revisions\/134017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120558"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=120558"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=120558"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=120558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}