Comments on: I am a Google Reader junkie http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/ Social media and creativity for the individual, plus frequent dissection of the physical and digital worlds. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:10:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: IamChrisLang http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-4776 IamChrisLang Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:18:07 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-4776 Scoble actually predicted a Google Reader social bookmarking engine in 2006.<br><br>You can now add friends to your friends list, share feed items, bookmark single blog posts from blogs that you read on the web and here’s the kicker, there is now a blog recommendation engine that recommends blogs you do not read by what your friends list is subscribed to in their Google Readers.<br><br>Then, everything you share and bookmark in Google Reader of course comes up on your Google shared items page linked to by your Google profile.<br><br>What really blew me away was the recommendation engine. If you add as many of your email list subscribers as you can to your Google Reader you can get a real good idea of what other blogs your subscribers are reading.<br><br>The links in your shared items are all HTML and fully followed so every time one of your RSS subscribers shares a blog post it is creating incoming links to your site.<br><br>Better yet, it uses the exact blog post title you wrote so now your links use your keyword phrases and bookmarkers can’t change your title tag.<br><br>After talking to my SEO top dog contacts, they were all floored and assured me this is the new SEO tactic that no one knows about.<br><br><a href="http://www.keywebdata.com/?p=136" rel="nofollow">http://www.keywebdata.com/?p=136</a><br><br>It is kind of hard to add friends, the easiest way is to send a chat invite from Gmail and then email your contact you want to friend and have them email you back. It seems Google wants a two way conversation before they will allow you to become mutual friends.<br><br>If you would like to friend me, add chrislang at <a href="http://gmail.com" rel="nofollow">gmail.com</a> to your Google Gmail chat and send me an email letting me know so I can return an email to you, thereby creating a two way connection in Google.<br><br>Google is quietly rolling this out behind the scenes but it is a full blown social bookmarking application and the blog recommendation engine is the new blog marketing strategy.<br><br>One thing I have not quite figured out is if using FeedBurner now hurts you since the links point at the FeedBurner redirect rather than your site like a WordPress feed does. Scoble actually predicted a Google Reader social bookmarking engine in 2006.

You can now add friends to your friends list, share feed items, bookmark single blog posts from blogs that you read on the web and here’s the kicker, there is now a blog recommendation engine that recommends blogs you do not read by what your friends list is subscribed to in their Google Readers.

Then, everything you share and bookmark in Google Reader of course comes up on your Google shared items page linked to by your Google profile.

What really blew me away was the recommendation engine. If you add as many of your email list subscribers as you can to your Google Reader you can get a real good idea of what other blogs your subscribers are reading.

The links in your shared items are all HTML and fully followed so every time one of your RSS subscribers shares a blog post it is creating incoming links to your site.

Better yet, it uses the exact blog post title you wrote so now your links use your keyword phrases and bookmarkers can’t change your title tag.

After talking to my SEO top dog contacts, they were all floored and assured me this is the new SEO tactic that no one knows about.

http://www.keywebdata.com/?p=136

It is kind of hard to add friends, the easiest way is to send a chat invite from Gmail and then email your contact you want to friend and have them email you back. It seems Google wants a two way conversation before they will allow you to become mutual friends.

If you would like to friend me, add chrislang at gmail.com to your Google Gmail chat and send me an email letting me know so I can return an email to you, thereby creating a two way connection in Google.

Google is quietly rolling this out behind the scenes but it is a full blown social bookmarking application and the blog recommendation engine is the new blog marketing strategy.

One thing I have not quite figured out is if using FeedBurner now hurts you since the links point at the FeedBurner redirect rather than your site like a WordPress feed does.

]]> By: Google Reader addiction revisited - a blog rises http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-3003 Google Reader addiction revisited - a blog rises Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:47:21 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-3003 [...] up on my recent confession of being a Google Reader junkie, I’ve discovered that a blog has risen near to the top of my Google Reader Shared Items [...] [...] up on my recent confession of being a Google Reader junkie, I’ve discovered that a blog has risen near to the top of my Google Reader Shared Items [...]

]]> By: Google Reader addiction revisited - a blog rises | Broadcasting Brain http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-2998 Google Reader addiction revisited - a blog rises | Broadcasting Brain Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:17:32 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-2998 [...] up on my recent confession of being a Google Reader junkie, I’ve discovered that a blog has risen near to the top of my Google Reader Shared Items [...] [...] up on my recent confession of being a Google Reader junkie, I’ve discovered that a blog has risen near to the top of my Google Reader Shared Items [...]

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-4775 Mark Dykeman Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:51:13 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-4775 I'm with you, although I rarely use the actual Web page view of Netvibes. I'm with you, although I rarely use the actual Web page view of Netvibes.

]]> By: baldie http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-4774 baldie Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:37:41 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-4774 I was using Netvibes before, having tried out Google Reader earlier. However as the number of subscriptions rise, Netvibes becomes harder to use. I started using Google Reader again and its wonderful for reading a huge number of feeds together. However one feature I miss from Netvibes is to view the actual web page in the reading window in place of the feed item. It was very useful in some cases.<br>Tried feedly too, but it was too unwieldy. Google Reader is my choice for now. I was using Netvibes before, having tried out Google Reader earlier. However as the number of subscriptions rise, Netvibes becomes harder to use. I started using Google Reader again and its wonderful for reading a huge number of feeds together. However one feature I miss from Netvibes is to view the actual web page in the reading window in place of the feed item. It was very useful in some cases.
Tried feedly too, but it was too unwieldy. Google Reader is my choice for now.

]]> By: Hutch Carpenter http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-4773 Hutch Carpenter Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:36:58 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-4773 Nice Louis! And yeah Mark - we must simply be sharing more... Nice Louis! And yeah Mark – we must simply be sharing more…

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-4772 Mark Dykeman Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:34:12 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-4772 Actually, I haven't the foggiest why I haven't been sharing your stuff, Louis. Hm. Actually, I haven't the foggiest why I haven't been sharing your stuff, Louis. Hm.

]]> By: Louis Gray http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-4771 Louis Gray Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:38:33 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-4771 Yes! You must have RWW and The Inquisitr in your results!<br><br>Also missing - WinExtra, Sarah In Tampa, Regular Geek and I'm Not Actually a Geek. :-) Yes! You must have RWW and The Inquisitr in your results!

Also missing – WinExtra, Sarah In Tampa, Regular Geek and I'm Not Actually a Geek. :-)

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-4770 Mark Dykeman Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:36:18 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-4770 You're right, Louis. It's missing anything from ReadWriteWeb and TheInquisitr.<br><br>Hm.<br><br>Is that what you meant? ;-) You're right, Louis. It's missing anything from ReadWriteWeb and TheInquisitr.

Hm.

Is that what you meant? ;-)

]]> By: Louis Gray http://broadcasting-brain.com/2008/08/12/mark-dykeman-google-reader-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-4769 Louis Gray Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:34:49 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=781#comment-4769 Google Reader and the shared items functionality are without equal today, especially when it comes to the portability of the shared items blog. Glad to see you like it, though I did note a glaring omission in your most shared items sources. Maybe there was a typo? Google Reader and the shared items functionality are without equal today, especially when it comes to the portability of the shared items blog. Glad to see you like it, though I did note a glaring omission in your most shared items sources. Maybe there was a typo?

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