Inoreader can now read Google+

First, the practicalities. In order to subscribe to Google plus profiles, you'll have to update your Google+ token, even if you have already linked your G+ account to Inoreader. This can happen when you first add a Google+ feed, or straight from Preferences -> Integration in your preferences menu. This is required, as we need some new permissions to work with your connections' feeds.

Then all you have to do is click the Discovery button (the big Plus at top left) and paste the URL of the Google+ profile you want to follow. This can be either the vanity URL (e.g. plus.google.com/+username), the regular system URL (e.g. plus.google.com/u/0/123456789) or even the link to a specific post of the user (plus.google.com/u/0/user/posts/qwertyu).

You can also search in Google+ and subscribe to searches straight within Inoreader. Just type the query in Discovery mode and switch to Google+ - there you'll see both users and posts that match your search criteria. Subscribe to this search or to any of the users or pages that look interesting.

At this point, the API of Google+ doesn't allow subscribing to Google+ communities, but if there is any opportunity for adding this functionality in the future, we will surely jump for it :)

Once you add the Google+ profile feed, you can work with it like any other feed in Inoreader - add the feed to your preferred folder, get some rules on the way, add the appropriate tags. Me, I'm currently going through the feeds of some really cool scientists to add to my Science folder. What's the first Google+ profile you'll add? Go ahead, play with our new functionality!