How to use LaterThis with Instapaper

Instapaper is, just like LaterThis, a great tool for saving links for later. Instapaper also has great support in other applications like Tweetie for iPhone and several different RSS readers. I have been using Instapaper myself alongside with LaterThis for the last weeks. It works ok, but it’s hard to remember which service I used to save the link. So I decided to integrate Instapaper with LaterThis.

Now you can save a link to Instapaper and it will show up automatically as an unread link in your LaterThis account. Here’s what you need to do to make it work:

1. Login to Instapaper.
2. Look for the RSS-link in the right column and copy it.
3. Got to LaterThis, login and click settings in the upper right corner. 
4. Paste the link in the field Instapaper RSS. The link should look something like this http://www.instapaper.com/rss/16696/5T89odbVCmuZjmlqa75uCLNE 
5. Save you changes and wait 15-30 minutes.

When you’re done all the unread links you have in Instapaper will show up in your LaterThis account within 15 to 30 minutes. Everytime you save a new link to Instapaper it will get synched to LaterThis within 15 to 30 minutes.

Note 1: If you delete a link in LaterThis that has been imported from Instapaper, it will be synched back to LaterThis if it’s still unread in Instapaper.

Note 2: Marking a link as read in LaterThis will not mark it as read in Instapaper.