Google Reader Gets Social With Friends Shared Items Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land (Dec 17)
Google is adopting social networking features in connecting the Google Blog Reader with Google Talk (IM) and Gmail. There is a new friends' tab in the Reader where users will be able to view shared items. There is also a facility to create a Google profile - so that people can know something about you as you share things. Sullivan finds some flaws but generally likes the result.
Google Reader, to my mind, has become more complex, and the sharing, while appealing to some, will just add to the load of information to scan..
Posted by Gwen at December 18, 2007 03:07 AM