Google Reader losing feeds?

I’ve seen quite a few people complain that Google Reader lost their feeds like Louis Gray did today. Mine are still here, but just to be safe I backed them up. Hopefully they get everyone’s accounts restored properly. Let me know in my comments here if you’re having trouble with Google Reader.

Comments

  1. Ben says:

    Yeah, I lost my feeds. I thought it was a glitch because I just yesterday consolidated two different google accounts into one (basically imported my feeds into my Gmail login).

    So I did a re-import, and they all came back, including read/unread flags.

    Very strange.

  2. Ben says:

    Yeah, I lost my feeds. I thought it was a glitch because I just yesterday consolidated two different google accounts into one (basically imported my feeds into my Gmail login).

    So I did a re-import, and they all came back, including read/unread flags.

    Very strange.

  3. Skip says:

    Mine came back after about half an hour. The only problem I had with them then was they persisted in showing all items rather than only updated items, regardless of the setting for awhile.

    Then that cleared up. But I didn’t even realize that Reader had an export, so I’ll definitely do that.

  4. Skip says:

    Mine came back after about half an hour. The only problem I had with them then was they persisted in showing all items rather than only updated items, regardless of the setting for awhile.

    Then that cleared up. But I didn’t even realize that Reader had an export, so I’ll definitely do that.

  5. A fair number of people (including me) are having problems with the short cut keys just disappearing. This is since the “Gears” introduction but doesn’t require it to be installed for the problem to occur:

    http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/2007/06/11.html#a462

  6. A fair number of people (including me) are having problems with the short cut keys just disappearing. This is since the “Gears” introduction but doesn’t require it to be installed for the problem to occur:

    http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/2007/06/11.html#a462

  7. Matt Cutts says:

    The Reader team has been keeping folks informed here:
    http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Reader/browse_thread/thread/4fc3506602be4b69

    Looks like people’s feeds should be back by now, but I’m sure the Reader team will be digging into what happened. If anyone wants to backup their OPML file (which is always a good idea), click on Settings->Import/Export in Google Reader.

  8. Matt Cutts says:

    The Reader team has been keeping folks informed here:
    http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Reader/browse_thread/thread/4fc3506602be4b69

    Looks like people’s feeds should be back by now, but I’m sure the Reader team will be digging into what happened. If anyone wants to backup their OPML file (which is always a good idea), click on Settings->Import/Export in Google Reader.

  9. Chris says:

    I just noticed Google reader also does not work in HTTPS SSL mode. That means that everybody in my office can potentially steal my TCP packets in clear text and tell what I am reading about . So can my ISP, and they can sell the data to hitwise. So can any agency without a warrant by tapping the network traffic on LAN from an adjacent office. So can anybody with airdump if I use Google reader from wifi in a coffee shop.

  10. Chris says:

    I just noticed Google reader also does not work in HTTPS SSL mode. That means that everybody in my office can potentially steal my TCP packets in clear text and tell what I am reading about . So can my ISP, and they can sell the data to hitwise. So can any agency without a warrant by tapping the network traffic on LAN from an adjacent office. So can anybody with airdump if I use Google reader from wifi in a coffee shop.

  11. Jigar Mehta says:

    How do you back your feeds up? Using some other feed reader or is there some add-on for google reader exist? Just wante to confirm. I dont think I have any problem with my google reader!

  12. Jigar Mehta says:

    How do you back your feeds up? Using some other feed reader or is there some add-on for google reader exist? Just wante to confirm. I dont think I have any problem with my google reader!

  13. Joe Cascio says:

    Not even a hiccup for me. Sorry y’all had trouble

  14. Joe Cascio says:

    Not even a hiccup for me. Sorry y’all had trouble

  15. Mine were gone, and now they are here again.
    My account has been restored, thank you Mister Google

  16. Mine were gone, and now they are here again.
    My account has been restored, thank you Mister Google

  17. ET says:

    Mine are gone and some have come back. I just added 5 new feeds last night and they are M.I.A. I had the same problem with Google spreadsheet. It was gone for a day and magically came back. I wonder if ZOHO has this problem….?

  18. ET says:

    Mine are gone and some have come back. I just added 5 new feeds last night and they are M.I.A. I had the same problem with Google spreadsheet. It was gone for a day and magically came back. I wonder if ZOHO has this problem….?

  19. Louis Gray says:

    Robert, the feeds were definitely gone for about an hour. The discussion board Matt mentioned should have the updates. But it has been all restored. It was a good reminder to back up often. Trends data and feeds got wiped out.

  20. Louis Gray says:

    Robert, the feeds were definitely gone for about an hour. The discussion board Matt mentioned should have the updates. But it has been all restored. It was a good reminder to back up often. Trends data and feeds got wiped out.

  21. Temporary glitch around 4:30pm EST. Lost all feeds, but I saw all my old folders that I had deleted when i changed my feeds around 3 / 6 months ago. I took a deep breath and figured they were doing some work, and within 5 mins or so, everyting came back correctly. Now, at 9pm EST, everything is fine, and fast. I have confidence in Google.

  22. Temporary glitch around 4:30pm EST. Lost all feeds, but I saw all my old folders that I had deleted when i changed my feeds around 3 / 6 months ago. I took a deep breath and figured they were doing some work, and within 5 mins or so, everyting came back correctly. Now, at 9pm EST, everything is fine, and fast. I have confidence in Google.

  23. I lost mine mid-afternoon but they are back now or I wouldn’t have seen this post. My personalized iGoogle page is still missing though.

  24. I lost mine mid-afternoon but they are back now or I wouldn’t have seen this post. My personalized iGoogle page is still missing though.

  25. cg says:

    Didn’t lose feeds but I subscribe to the Official Google Blog and it keeps rerunning a lot of old feeds. Today is the second time this has happened.

  26. cg says:

    Didn’t lose feeds but I subscribe to the Official Google Blog and it keeps rerunning a lot of old feeds. Today is the second time this has happened.

  27. Louis Gray says:

    An official response to the outage is now on the Google Reader blog.

    http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2007/06/todays-outage.html

  28. Louis Gray says:

    An official response to the outage is now on the Google Reader blog.

    http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2007/06/todays-outage.html

  29. Umesh says:

    For me its the shortcut keys which are not working. This is happening just after the offline feature introduction even though i havent installed it in my machine.

  30. Umesh says:

    For me its the shortcut keys which are not working. This is happening just after the offline feature introduction even though i havent installed it in my machine.

  31. Jeremy David says:

    Hey Robert!

    Can you do me (and the Internet) a big favour?

    I noticed that you are able to use various services available on the Internet to track what people are saying about you / posting links to you / etc.

    The next time you need an idea for a post, could you write out how you use these various services and how to make them work? I’m sure a lot of people out there are able to do this… but I’m in the dark.

    Thank you so much! I would really find that useful.

    Cheers,

    Jeremy

  32. Jeremy David says:

    Hey Robert!

    Can you do me (and the Internet) a big favour?

    I noticed that you are able to use various services available on the Internet to track what people are saying about you / posting links to you / etc.

    The next time you need an idea for a post, could you write out how you use these various services and how to make them work? I’m sure a lot of people out there are able to do this… but I’m in the dark.

    Thank you so much! I would really find that useful.

    Cheers,

    Jeremy

  33. Moksh says:

    a friend also lost around 50% of the RSS feeds in a couple of hours.

  34. Moksh says:

    a friend also lost around 50% of the RSS feeds in a couple of hours.

  35. Sebastian says:

    Once again, the fourth time (every time I go to the Google Reader-page with at least a quarter of an hour difference between the last time) the Official Google Reader blog appears as unread (the last 20 blog posts).

    I haven’t lost any feeds, though.

  36. Sebastian says:

    Once again, the fourth time (every time I go to the Google Reader-page with at least a quarter of an hour difference between the last time) the Official Google Reader blog appears as unread (the last 20 blog posts).

    I haven’t lost any feeds, though.

  37. dub dub dub says:

    Google Reader Backup

    Das scheint mir ein mehr als geeigneter Zeitpunkt zu sein, einen Backup der eigenen Feeds in Form einer OPML Datei zu machen.

  38. ericdrum says:

    Yep. I lost mine for a while yesterday too. They are back for me.

  39. ericdrum says:

    Yep. I lost mine for a while yesterday too. They are back for me.

  40. hunterX says:

    How about posting your OPML for download?

  41. hunterX says:

    How about posting your OPML for download?

  42. Yes, I lost my feeds. Through sheer panic (I had about 450 feeds) I backed up to a point about 3 weeks ago (when I only had 400 feeds), so, I did lose a few feeds in the process. Oh well, sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar eats you.

  43. Yes, I lost my feeds. Through sheer panic (I had about 450 feeds) I backed up to a point about 3 weeks ago (when I only had 400 feeds), so, I did lose a few feeds in the process. Oh well, sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar eats you.

  44. nickwill says:

    I had a problem too. I plan on writing a little rant in my humor/satire blog. Check it out:

    http://usss.wordpress.com

    Enjoy.

  45. nickwill says:

    I had a problem too. I plan on writing a little rant in my humor/satire blog. Check it out:

    http://usss.wordpress.com

    Enjoy.

  46. Ernie Oporto says:

    My solution: run your own RSS service.

    First Gmail, now GReader. Where will the Google monster hit next? At any rate, make sure you use http://share.opml.org with your OPML file.