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Google Decided Reader Will Be The Real Time Hub By Demetrios_Traveller

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Source: Steve's shared items in Google Reader

Aug 05, 2009

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I admit that I am addicted to Google Reader. If you follow my shares, I average almost 35 shares a day and that is with me ensuring I do not share too much. My reader is open all day. However, in the past I have complained that the new features, like comments, groups and likes, were very odd and did not really add much to the application. If you click the “Your Stuff” link, you will even see a comment box waiting for you, similar to Twitter. The comment box even has a short prompt of “Have some thoughts to share?”. Obviously, Google Reader is more than just an RSS reader.

Now, we see the announcement that Google Reader now supports PubSubHubbub for shared items:

We’re therefore happy to announce that Reader has begun adoption of the PubSubHubbub protocol, beginning with the publishing of our shared items. All shared item pages have feeds, and now all of those feeds will ping a hub (and there’s a element in them). This means that if you (as a web app developer) would like to more efficiently and quickly monitor Reader shares, you just have to subscribe at the h

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Comments (3)

Lostmoya,

Aug 06, 2009

One of the problems I have with Google Reader as a hub of anything is that it's antisocial. It's very difficult - I think - to find and add people to your sharing network. Sure you set your shares to public, but I only do that so I import them into Friendfeed for discussion, which definitely is a hub.

Robdiana,

Aug 06, 2009

@lostmoya In the newer releases, they have added significant functionality to make it easier to search for users. It is now much easier than before, and I am gaining at least 1 or 2 followers a day. They are trying to make Reader as social as possible now.

Marcel,

Aug 06, 2009

" If shares are integrated with PubSubHubbub, then an application developer will be able to monitor reader shares constantly. This allows Google Reader to be included in any real time application, like FriendFeed.

These two ideas could push Google Reader into the breaking news segment very quickly."