![]() And while I think it may take a little getting used to (as all technology does) I am excited to make the switch. I am hoping to start following all my blogs on Bloglovin starting this weekend. Here’s what I’m talking about…Īnd that’s basically the site in a nutshell. However, unlike opening in a typical window, this window lets me scroll back and forth through full length posts since the window is still managed by Bloglovin. At that point, the post opens in a new window. Patty’s day, this is what it looks like…Īt this point, I can either scroll down and see small snippets of all the most recent posts or, if I want to read the full post, I can click on it. When I want to read her most recent post for St. It looked like this…Īs you can see, I found Christina’s blog and clicked “follow” next to the option I wanted to select. I decided to search for my friend, Christina’s, blog to add it to my reader. You can upload all your current Google Reader blogs with a few clicks, but I wanted to do a little spring cleaning of my reader anyway, so I’m adding them all individuall. Let’s walk through an example, shall we? I’m just starting the process of adding my favorite blogs to my Bloglovin account. And, probably the best part, it makes it super easy to comment on the post within the window. Since the ads are seen, it counts toward page views. If I was already reading their content and enjoying it, I felt like I wanted to be able to support them in building advertising revenue.īy using Blogloving, I am able to see the entire site (including pretty design, navigation bars, ads) as I’m reading the post. I don’t make a lot of money from this site, but the money that does come in makes blogging a self-sustaining hobby.Īlso, as a reader of blogs, I hated the idea that I wasn’t supporting my favorite blogs with page views. More page views = more money to do giveaways, create new recipes and buy new props. Those ads and the payout from them is based on page views as is the case with many other bloggers. You’ve probably seen the ads that I run on the side of my blog. One of my biggest complaints with Google Reader as a blog author has been the fact that when people read Espresso and Cream with Google Reader their visits didn’t count as page views for my site. And while I’ve only used it a little bit it seems like it might make a (more than) suitable replacement for all you fans of Google Reader. After a little digging and scouring of Tweets, I discovered Bloglovin. So around midnight I found myself on the couch downstairs battling insomnia and looking for a suitable alternative to GR. Joe has a cold right now that’s causing him to snore like a freight train at night. Evidently we are in the minority, since Google cited declining usage as a reason for discontinuing the service. Basically, I use Google Reader and know a lot of other people who do, too. I blog for personal reasons but I also read blogs for work and to get inspired. $useragent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11 Ubuntu Linux x86_64 rv:37.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/37.Friends, perhaps you have heard the news about Google Reader going by the wayside in July? If you’re anything like me, the idea of vising your favorite blogs and keeping them all organized in one space without Google Reader seems a bit daunting. Can't use currency exchange endpoints, so to be able to convert currencies, you need to apply this formula, toCurrency * (1 / fromCurrency) Using Open Exchange Rates and PHP: $url = '' In free plans, both API's give you access to currency rates list only. ![]() More info here:įixer.io How to convert currencies using free plan? Open Exchange Rates also offers HTTPS requests with free plan.īoth API's responds in JSON format so it's very easy to parse the response data. ![]() Payed plans offer more requests and more updates per hour. However, a main difference is that Newsblur enables. Just like Feedly, Newsblur lets you to share content on social media. It also allows you to hide or highlight specific content pieces. It allows you to import all your subscriptions from Google Reader without creating a new account. I've tested and compared both to Yahoo, XE and Google rates and the difference is about 3 to 5 cents!īoth API's offer free 1000 requests per month with 1 hour refresh. Newsblur’s interface is very similar to Google Reader’s. In my case, I've found very useful Fixer.io and Open Exchange Rates API's. ![]()
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