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Google Reader vs. Bloglines

April 15th, 2008

bibliosk8 does a bit of comparison…

New from Bloglines

February 27th, 2008

Search, Flickr View, Add Page. I haven’t seen any numbers lately. Is Google Reader still kicking Bloglines?

Updated Google Reader Numbers

February 3rd, 2008

Thanks guys!

Plus, we’re still at 151 at the top Bloglines feeds, with over 5,500 subscribers.
Now, this doesn’t equate to eyeballs, but I’m thrilled nonetheless.
Thanks readers!!!

ReadBurner Updates

January 20th, 2008

Louis Gray has the news
I love the stats page! Suweeet!

Shared Reader

January 17th, 2008

Another “What Are People Sharing” app. (via)

Free NewsGator

January 9th, 2008

Great news.
Of course, I’m not giving up Google Reader for anything. I think I found my RSS heaven.

ReadBurner

January 8th, 2008

ReadBurner shows what people are sharing on their Google Reader. If you want yours to show up, you have to add it. (via)

Google on Managing your shared items

December 27th, 2007

They’ve made some changes. Hopefully, this will satisfy everyone, but probably not.

More on Shared Items

December 26th, 2007

Erick Schonfeld - “To be clear, Google Reader is not broadcasting every feed you subscribe to out to your entire contact list. The default is to keep everything private until you deliberately click the “share” button. But once you do that, you lose control over who gets to see what. The appeal of this approach [...]

More on Shared Items

December 25th, 2007

Felipe Hoffa thinks that sharing items aspect of Google Reader invades his privacy.
I tend to disagree. When I share content, I know that it’s going to any who wants to read it. That’s what “Shared Items” means. Don’t want to read it, then don’t read it.

Future of RSS Readers

December 16th, 2007

Louis Gray - “Reading one’s RSS feeds today is a journey of isolation.”

More on Shared Items

December 16th, 2007

Google just merged (kinda) Google Talk and Google Reader. Now I can read what my Google Talk friends are sharing. So far, three friends are sharing items. How many of you are seeing my shared items? I’m curious.

New From Bloglines

November 8th, 2007

Wow. Two new features in as many days? Will Bloglines be able to keep up with Google Reader? I doubt it. Google has an infinite amount of money. Bloglines? Not as much.
Google Reader makes me feel smarter. Bloglines never did that (and I won’t find out if it does [...]

Was It Something I said?

October 31st, 2007

I just lost half of my Google Reader subscribers.

Changes to Google Reader

October 25th, 2007

When I used to get posts from shared items feeds that I subscribed to, Google Reader didn’t indicate that it was indeed from a shared reader feed. Now it does. I think this is new and I like it.

Subscribers Now Up To 2,674

October 15th, 2007

Google must be making some changes.
Update: From the Google Reader Blog - “These numbers include subscribers across all Google services, including Reader, iGoogle, and Orkut. You can see them in Reader’s feed search results (pictured below) and the Google Webmaster Tools. Additionally, our crawler reports them to the publisher each time we [...]

Check Your Subscribers on Google Reader

October 14th, 2007

(via)
These numbers are way below the stats that I came up with last time. Oh well. Numbers are just numbers.

Honey, Can I Get This. Please?

September 25th, 2007

Josh Lowensohn - “Picnik is launching a new premium subscription service tomorrow morning. $24.95 gets you a year of access to a slew of advanced effects and fonts.”

Picnik is the king of online photo editors. Another tool I would pay for to gain access to advanced features (if ever available)? Google Reader, of [...]

More on Human Filters

September 12th, 2007

EirePreneur - “Anyone who wants to put the RSS genie back in the bottle and rob the web of human filters should go work with the dead tree press.”

Google. Why Did You Do This?

September 5th, 2007

As if I needed a reminder. Ack! It’s been a crazy week so far. Not much RSS reading for me in the past 24 hours.

New Bloglines

August 27th, 2007

Rats. I actually have to log in and check out the new Bloglines (Must. Remember. Password.) Can RSS reading get better, easier, and quicker than Google Reader? Doubtful, but there needs to be competitors in the market.

Share Your Shared Items

August 17th, 2007

I’m looking for some good Google Reader shared items feeds. If you use this feature in Google Reader and think that I should subscribe to it, send me a note at stevenmcohen [at] gmail [dot] com.
BTW, mine is here.

Another Reason to Switch to Google Reader

August 17th, 2007

Matt Mullenweg - “it feels better to be on a platform that whether real or perceived feels like it has real momentum.”

Why No “Blog This”?

July 16th, 2007

Denise Howell asks: “Facebook finally has me using an aggregator after six years of finding them basically useless. It’s Google Reader. So now I have my first grumble: as part of the Google OS/empire, why doesn’t Reader have “Blog This” functionality with Blogger?”
I’m sure something can be hacked, but in the meantime, there’s the [...]

Google Reader Vs MyAOL Favorites

July 10th, 2007

Mashable puts the two head to head and Google Reader wins by a landslide. No surprise there and I haven’t even tried MyAOL. That’s how good Google Reader is.

Bloglines to Google Reader

April 26th, 2007

Bill Drew makes the switch. Have you?

10 Suggestions to Improve Google Reader

March 4th, 2007

Louis Gray has a few ideas…
FYI, I’m still in love with Google Reader.  This morning, I posted to my blog and, for giggles, I refreshed the reader seconds after.  My post was the first one there!!  How cool!!

Sharing is Good

February 27th, 2007

Jill Stover brings up a good point regarding the sharing feature on Google Reader:

"I’m glad to do this because I often read so much that I want to discuss with all of you but I can’t always find the time. This way, at least you know I’m thinking about it!"
The Reader makes it so easy [...]

Sharing Your Items? Tell Us

February 25th, 2007

Hey, if you are using Google Reader and are using their shared items feature, leave the URL in the comments…

My Shared Items

February 25th, 2007

Since Google Reader is making my RSS reading so very easy these days (I really love this thing), I’ve been able to keep up with my shared items as well.  It’s so easy to add a post to it, just hit "Shift-S" while I’m reading from the aggregator.  Suweeeeeet!.
If you’re a Google Reader addict and [...]

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