Google Reader says, “Feed Me!”
"Seriously, I'll eat anything," said the four year old web based aggregator. And it's all so true. Track changes on static web pages. Custom feeds - as the article says...will be interesting. For instance - stalking that girl on Facebook? Can I add her facebook info page to my Google Reader so I can find out if she changes her status to Single? or better yet, "it... read more
Google Reader Lets You Subscribe to Any Page on the Web
Today Google has rolled out a subtle change to Google Reader that lets you create custom feeds to track pages that don’t already have them. So you can subscribe to updates for any webpage simply by typing the URL into the “Add a subscription” text box.
Should you put the new feature to work, you’ll start to receive short snippets for any updates made to the pages, and Google asserts that it’s committed to improving the quality of these tiny blurbs over time. On the flip side, webpage owners can choose to opt out by adjusting a few lines of code.
So when might this come in handy? While most companies have their own blogs, receiving automatic notifications any time there’s an update to the homepage or product pages of a business of interest could prove to be vital. For example, with Apple releasing a “new product” and potentially news about the iPhone on Wednesday, you bet that I’m going to create some custom feeds.
Read more at mashable.com
