Bloglines vs. Google Reader

I haven't used either one previous to this class so this list will be based on initial impressions.

• Bloglines wasn't hard to set up, but Google Reader was much easier.

I like that with Google I just need to set up one account and I automatically can get into all the other services. (I'm not about to drink the coolaid yet, but... the variety of services and the convenience is tempting).

• Google Reader was easier to add feeds to my list
• The log in for Bloglines is really small and out of the way
• Bloglines is less cluttered, making it easier to read

The main point for me, however, is this. In Google reader, it tells me when there are new posts and I can see them easily, however, I can also look at the older 'read' posts. In Bloglines, once I've 'read' a post, it disappears. So if I check Bloglines at work, see that Gabrielle has a new post, by the time I go back to comment on it from home, that post is gone and I have to go to her blog in order to see it again.