Google Reader learns to share
Posted by Mihai Parparita, Software Engineer, Google Reader team
Mom always taught us to share and now we know why: it’s fun. Google Reader, which keeps track of websites you like to read regularly, just added the ability to share what you like to read with your friends.
You can send a link to your starred items in Reader, and you can even put a clip on your blog with recent items from your reading list. For instance, I mark all of the interesting posts that I find as “linkblog.” Then my friends can subscribe to my “linkblog” label — even if they don’t use Google Reader — and visitors to my blog can see it in the sidebar.
Some other shared lists we’ve come across:
false Mom always taught us to share and now we know why: it’s fun. Google Reader, which keeps track of websites you like to read regularly, just added the ability to share what you like to read with your friends.
You can send a link to your starred items in Reader, and you can even put a clip on your blog with recent items from your reading list. For instance, I mark all of the interesting posts that I find as “linkblog.” Then my friends can subscribe to my “linkblog” label — even if they don’t use Google Reader — and visitors to my blog can see it in the sidebar.
Some other shared lists we’ve come across:
- List of Official Google Blogs (U.S. only)
- Jason’s “hipsters” list
- Chris’s recent activity
- Justin’s “thought leaders” list
