If you’re like most people, you use a variety of different browsers to access the internet. But if you’re also like most people, you probably don’t know how to subscribe to RSS feeds in Chrome with a single click. In this article, we’ll show you how to do just that. First, open Chrome and go to the menu bar at the top of the browser window. Next, click on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. Finally, click on the “RSS” icon. Now that we’ve opened the RSS extension in Chrome, we need to find our favorite RSS feed. To do this, we first need to find out what kind of RSS feed we want to subscribe to. The easiest way to do this is by clicking on the “Add new…” button next to the “RSS” icon in Chrome’s extensions menu. This will open up a new window where we can enter our desired RSS feed URL into the “URL” field. Once we’ve entered our desired RSS feed URL into Chrome’s extensions menu, it’s time to click on the “Subscribe” button next to our chosen feed. This will add our chosen RSS feed URL into Chrome’s list of subscribed feeds and it will also start downloading all of the latest articles from our chosen feed into your browser window! ..
Before
If you want to add a new feed to your Google Reader account in Chrome then you have to do it manually. A single feed now and then is not a problem but if you are wanting to build a serious set of RSS feeds quickly then not so good.
Chrome Reader in Action
Once the extension is installed you are ready to go. Any time that you visit a webpage with an RSS feed available you will see the familiar orange feed icon appear in your “Address Bar”. To add the feed to your Google Reader account just click on the orange feed icon.
Note: You will need to be logged into your Google Reader account in your browser.
When you click on the orange feed icon a small drop-down window will appear where you can modify the feed name and/or add it to a “custom folder” if desired. Notice that the orange feed icon has changed to the familiar Google Reader icon indicating that the feed has been added to the account. Now you are ready to continue browsing…no other actions are required.
And now to subscribe to the Microsoft feed at Ars Technica. Once again a single click and all done.
Refreshing our Google Reader page shows both of our new RSS feeds ready to enjoy.
Conclusion
The Chrome Reader extension makes it as simple as can be to add new RSS feeds to your Google Reader account while browsing with Chrome.
Links
Download the Chrome Reader extension (Google Chrome Extensions)
