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Can I share my favorite articles from Google Reader on my blog?

As per your recommendation, I use Google Reader to track all of my RSS feeds and since I read a lot more than my colleagues, they've asked if there's some way for them to see what I think is most important. I know that the "shared" feature is what I want, but I don't see how to actually tie it into anything.


Dave's Answer:

Glad to hear that you're using my favorite RSS reader, Google Reader, and that you've realized it makes it easy and painless to keep track and wade through a huge tsunami of information.

That's what I do, and I know that if I skip reading for even two days, I will have over 500 new articles to skim through, which, suffice to say, is a scary prospect. Far better to just read the stream 2-3 times a day, as possible, so that it's never so out of control.

Anyway, you didn't ask me about my RSS reading habits, but rather how to let your colleagues share your favorite entries as you read. Here's how...

First off, you need to use "shared" to indicate which entries are most interesting to you. For example:

google reader reading

Notice on the bottom that there are a number of choices: don't "star" ones you want to share, though, but click "share" or, if you want to add your own two cents, click on "share with note".

Once you've done that, you need to set up a Google Reader shared widget and then put it somewhere on a page.

For the first step, click on "Settings" on the top right in Reader, then the "Folders and Tags" tab. Now it looks like this:

google reader settings folders tags

Click on "Add a clip to your site" and you've got a new window:

google reader put clip on site

Like it? Create a web page somewhere on the net, then just copy and paste the code:


Neato, eh?


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Reader Comments To Date: 4

vinay said, on January 18, 2009 5:36 AM:

how can i see my blogspot site in google search box ?

Davit said, on January 10, 2010 10:00 PM:

Great Post!

Is there any way to share StumbleUpon favorites in same way?

Keith said, on August 7, 2011 3:24 PM:

Thanks for this post this is just what I was looking for.

Rajender said, on June 18, 2012 3:32 AM:


As far as this topic is concerned I use Mail-It(to my direct publish posts via email account) feature because it allows me to edit tags and search descriptions in blogger dashboard.

Thank you very much for the information you shared. I am struggling to put my content on Google reader and I have got no Idea about it. Can you help me?

Starbucks coffee cup I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

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