Google Reader Gains
By Rob Safuto on Feb 23, 2007 in RSS, Social Media, Tools | Tags: Bloglines , Google-Reader , Microsoft , Onfolio , RSS , Windows-Live-Toolbar
Neville Hobson has done an analysis of his RSS feed subscriber stats since Google started reporting statistics on subscribers via Google’s Reader and Home Page services.
He concludes that Google Reader, ” is making its mark as an RSS aggregator.” He sees a larger percentage of subscribers now using Google tools as opposed to other popular readers like Bloglines.
Todd Cochrane took a look at his Google subscription stats and was surprised at what he saw.
It’s becoming obvious that Google is swallowing up a decent portion of the online and mobile feed consumption sector. Don’t forget that you can easily access your Google Reader account via most mobile devices with web access.
By my estimation Google has two-thirds of the puzzle solved. They’ve built a strong, browser based feed management tool. They’ve built a mobile interface that works. What they don’t have is a desktop based tool to allow for offline browsing and synchronization with the web based account.
A move to feed management via the desktop would be a bold one. But Google is already there with the Google Desktop search and widgets.
I currently use Onfolio for local feed management. Onfolio was purchased by Microsoft last year and integrated into Windows Live Toolbar. I would gladly move to a product that would allow me to keep my Google Reader items cached locally and synced with the web. Any takers?
[tags]Social Media, RSS, Google Reader, Bloglines, Microsoft, Onfolio, Windows Live Toolbar[/tags]
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