socialmedian: A flurry of features for feed readers

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Aug 13, 2009

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Since our last big launch, we've been thinking about ways to help out our users better share, discover, and consume content in Reader. Today, I'm happy to announce several new features that we hope will further improve the way you use Reader.

Send to...

We've made it easier to share posts you like to Blogger, Twitter, Facebook, and more, with our new "Send to" feature. (Incidentally, Blogger is celebrating its tenth birthday this month, and we're hoping our friends there will like this little birthday present.)

Just head over to the settings page, and enable the services you want to use. If your favorite service isn't listed (and you're feeling extra geeky), you can create your own "Send to" link with a URL template.

To share an item on one of your sites, simply click the "Send to" button and choose your service. If you're into keyboard shortcuts, "shift-t" will do the same.

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Comments (5)

Robdiana,

Aug 13, 2009

more google reader social goodness!

Pwarnock,

Aug 13, 2009

Send to StumbleUpon failed because of a 301 from FeedBurner

Emaynard,

Aug 13, 2009

Sweet. I'm so happy I won't add 'bout tiume!

Geek Lad,

Aug 13, 2009

I think the Send To feature is a bit overrated. It doesn't actually tie into the APIs to let you do everything all in one place. Basically, it's just a bookmarklet tied to the article that opens a new window to submit the article to a social network.