Google introduced some changes to its widely popular news syndication service Google Reader to help you find content faster.
- Discover popular searches
With the new “Explore” section, Google shows you news, images, and videos that are popular outside your subscriptions. The new section contains “Popular items” in which Google suggests content you might like, based on your subscriptions and your search history. The new Google Reader section also features a “Recommended sources” item that shows links to other sites, based on your subscriptions and web history, in case you opt-in for that.
- Sort by magic brings top new sites first
The “Feed Settings” now allow you to sort your subscriptions not only by newest / oldest, but also “by magic“. This options rearranges your items based on personal usage, your overall activity in the Reader. It’s pretty much an intelligent way of prioritizing content in an like/like-not-Stumble Upon way.
Go test it out, Google encourages feedback on GetSatisfaction and their Support forum.
(Screenshots from Google)
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