Here’s a elementary penetrate which will assistance we concede as well as follow any in isolation feeds inside Google Reader supposing we know a username as well as cue which is compulsory to perspective which feed in a browser.

Google Reader as well as Private RSS Feeds

Google Reader doesn’t concede feeds which need authentication though we can simply perspective such feeds inside services similar to Yahoo Pipes, Netvibes or even FeedBurner by adding a username as well as a cue to a feed URL itself — see example:

http://user:password@abc.com/rss-feed

It functions similar to this. You can pass a in isolation RSS feed to FeedBurner or Yahoo! Pipes regulating a upon top of syntax, they’ll will automatically modify your feed in to a open feed as well as we can afterwards concede to a latest feed inside Google Reader though requiring any username or password.

For instance, this RSS feed from Twitter requires authentication so we won’t be means to perspective a essence of a feed unless we know a comment credentials. You can however concede to a same feed in Google Reader regulating possibly FeedBurner or Yahoo! Pipes.

It’s an easy workaround though we might not feel unequivocally gentle as we have to supplement a cue in solid content to a feed URL itself. Second, poke engines might index your feed, we should unequivocally not operate this with your Gmail Inbox or your in isolation Flickr photos. Use FeedDemon instead.

That said, if there have been feeds which have been stable by cue though don’t unequivocally enclose any in isolation interpretation (say an invitation-only blog), here’s how we can concede to such feeds inside Google Reader.

1. Subscribe to Private Feeds around FeedBurner

The following video screencast shows how we can operate FeedBurner to concede to in isolation feeds inside Google Reader.

Once we have combined a feed, go to a “Publicize” add-on in FeedBurner as well as spin upon a NoIndex option so which your in isolation feed does not get indexed in poke engines.

2. Make Private Feeds Public with Yahoo! Pipes

Here’s a second screencast which illustrates how we can have a password-protected feed open with a assistance of Yahoo! Pipes.

When your “pipe” is complete, don’t publish it so it won’t crop up upon your Yahoo Pipes profile though you’ll still be means to concede to a converted RSS feed in any newsreader.

The value with Yahoo! Pipes is which is provides approach JSON outlay so developers can do some-more engaging things with a feed data.