Folkd vs Google Reader

Folkd

Description: Folkd is a social bookmarking website that allows users to discover, share, and track web pages and content. It functions like a personalized recommendation and discovery engine using social bookmarking features.

Type: software

Google Reader

Description: Google Reader was a popular RSS/Atom feed aggregator developed by Google. It allowed users to subscribe to feeds and view updates from blogs, news sites, and other web content in one interface. Google Reader shut down in 2013.

Type: software

Pricing: Free

Folkd Features

• Social bookmarking and sharing
• Content discovery and recommendations
• Browser toolbar and browser extensions
• Integration with other social networks
• User profiles and activity streams
• Tagging and categorization of bookmarks
• Search engine for bookmarks
• Bookmarklets for easy bookmarking

Google Reader Features

• Ability to subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds
• Aggregated feeds into a single interface
• Offline reading mode
• Sharing of feeds and articles
• Tagging and starring articles
• Mobile apps

Folkd

• Not listed

Google Reader

• Free