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Google Reader's Personalized Ranking
googlesystem.blogspot.com - 30 days ago
Google Reader's Personalized Ranking
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Google Reader added a feature that tries to sort the posts from your subscriptions based on your interests. The option is called "sort by magic" and it's available in any Google Reader view, but it's not enabled by default. "Your personalized ranking is automatically generated. It takes into ...
Official Google Reader Blog: Reading gets personal with Popular items and Personalized ranking
googlereader.blogspot.com - 10/22/2009
Official Google Reader Blog: Reading gets personal with Popular items and Personalized ranking
— googlereader.blogspot.com — Explore section - We're always trying to help you discover new stuff in Reader, and today we're... introducing "Popular items" and "Recommended sources", two ways to find interesting content from all over the Internet. We use algorithms to find ... (more) Official Google Reader Blog: Reading gets personal with ...

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scobleizer.posterous.com - 28 days ago
Why I don't use Google Reader anymore
— scobleizer.posterous.com — I used to be the biggest user of Google Reader. At one point the Google Reader team... told me I shared more items than anyone else. But lately it's a rare month I've checked into it and Twitter is in the process of adding a new feature -- lists -- ... (more) Why I don't use Google Reader anymore

Comments vote down Scobleizer found this 28 days agofound this
Palm Pre App Catalog Hits 300 Titles [jkOnTheRun]
jkontherun.com - 26 days ago
Palm Pre App Catalog Hits 300 Titles [jkOnTheRun]
— jkontherun.com — For those keeping score in the mobile software wars, it’s roughly 100,000 to 10,000 to 300. That’s... the number of available apps for iPhone, Android, and webOS devices, respectively. Although the number of apps for Palm is relatively much ... (more) Palm Pre App Catalog Hits 300 Titles [jkOnTheRun]

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7 Days of Search and Social; more news than you can handle!
Search Engine Journal — ... Google Reader’s Personalized Ranking –  GoogleSystem was reporting on some interesting personalization additions over in Google Reader. Sure, it’s not actually search, but when something deals with both ‘ranking’ and ‘personalization’ from Google, I for one stand up and take notice (that’s a hint, so should you). ...

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