Alternatives to Google Reader

As you may have read this morning, Google is killing Reader on July 1. Like many of you, I find Reader enormously useful, though less useful since the social features were ripped out a couple of years back.

The tech press got a whole bunch of articles up very fast about Reader alternatives. I'll list some of those below, but let me note the major difference between types of alternatives: magazine-style readers such as Pulse, which are graphically-oriented and have lots of photos, and text-style readers, such as The Old Reader. After looking around a bit, I'm pretty sure I will go to The Old Reader, but you should know that right now they are experiencing heavy loads and won't be able to import your feeds from Reader.

• Gizmag, The Best Google Reader Replacements
• Lifehacker, Google Reader Is Shutting Down; Here Are the Best Alternatives
• Marketingland, Twelve Google Reader Alternatives

Plenty more articles like the above out there. Let me know what you think of other feed readers.