Google quietly launches free viral social network. It’s called Reader.
Google Reader is a free (and excellent) tool to let you manage your web feeds – to easily keep track of your favorite websites and see all the updates in one convenient location.
A few days ago, a little extra feature appeared. It was simple, and unobtrusive, and gently prompted me to add more information. What it means is that I can share my news from sites and blogs I find of interest with a click. But in addition, there’s a profile appearing on that page – my Google Profile. With as much or as little information as I choose to add there, including links to my choice of sites or resources.
It’s for sharing news and sites I find- for the moment. But think about it – that’s where facebook scores so highly. And delicious, and stumbleupon. And it does what bloglines and Rojo do, nicely…
Google just created a simple, easy, social network that already has some great content that i have selected. And like most of Google’s offerings, from Search to Alerts to Gmail, I’m using it simply because it’s really very useful.
I’ve created a widget from my shared Google Reader links to add to other resources online, and also created a shortcut to the shared links page: http://httv.biz/shared/
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