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See that orange square with the funny squiggly symbol? That’s a “Subscribe” button. There are 2 similar symbols to the right of this post, too. See them? One is next to text that says “Posts RSS”. There’s a variation of the symbol below those that, under text that says “Subscribe via Email Address”.
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Here’s an excellent video on how to use Google reader. You really only need to watch the first 3 or 4 minutes to get started, the rest is about more advanced features of Googlereader.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iL0Q97RCg
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