If only I got $1 for each Google Reader opened…

July 15, 2007 By

I just looked at the new Google Reader app in Facebook. Since I went to sleep at 4 a.m. hundreds of people have added that app to their Facebook home page (and thats just in the ScobleFriend network). The Appaholic stats are pretty interesting to look at too.

I should have made a deal with Eric Schmidt to get a buck for each Google Reader account that’s opened. Heck, the Mozilla Foundation is going to rake in about $100 million this year alone from its deal with Firefox.

But, no, I do this cause I love it and not cause I’m getting any financial renumeration. That said, next time Matt Cutts and I go out for dinner, he’s paying! :-)

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  • http://equinox-of-insanity.com/ Nima

    I don’t know about deals with Google… sounds like you might not get your money.

  • http://equinox-of-insanity.com Nima

    I don’t know about deals with Google… sounds like you might not get your money.

  • El Guapo

    Please, what is the deal with facebook obsession? 9 out of every 10 posts in the last couple weeks are facebook this or that. Please disclose who is paying you and how much you are receiving, or maybe this is some ego experiment of yours to see how you can drive popularity of any given site.

  • El Guapo

    Please, what is the deal with facebook obsession? 9 out of every 10 posts in the last couple weeks are facebook this or that. Please disclose who is paying you and how much you are receiving, or maybe this is some ego experiment of yours to see how you can drive popularity of any given site.

  • http://tenyearsofpics.blogspot.com/ Patrick Dodds

    I’m worried about your sleeping habits Mr S.

  • http://tenyearsofpics.blogspot.com Patrick Dodds

    I’m worried about your sleeping habits Mr S.

  • SG

    Ah, Finally we see the hidden agenda! This is how you plan to make money off your Facebook posts :) :)

  • SG

    Ah, Finally we see the hidden agenda! This is how you plan to make money off your Facebook posts :) :)

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    SG: if only it’d work! Heh.

    El Guapo: it’s not just me. I read more than 700 feeds and there simply isn’t much going on other than iPhone and Facebook stuff. At least not that’s interesting.

    I’ve already disclosed who is paying me. Seagate is the only sponsor of my show. I am not paid for my blog comments or opinions and there is no financial remuneration that I get that’s dependent on what I write here.

    Facebook is simply important and it’s happening now. Nothing else is.

    Again, what would YOU write about if you were in my position?

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    SG: if only it’d work! Heh.

    El Guapo: it’s not just me. I read more than 700 feeds and there simply isn’t much going on other than iPhone and Facebook stuff. At least not that’s interesting.

    I’ve already disclosed who is paying me. Seagate is the only sponsor of my show. I am not paid for my blog comments or opinions and there is no financial remuneration that I get that’s dependent on what I write here.

    Facebook is simply important and it’s happening now. Nothing else is.

    Again, what would YOU write about if you were in my position?

  • Bad English

    You mean “remuneration”… and you call yourself a journalist.

  • Bad English

    You mean “remuneration”… and you call yourself a journalist.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Bad English: who said I was doing journalism here? I’m a blogger. I make mistakes. You edit those mistakes. Thank you for doing your function properly.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Bad English: who said I was doing journalism here? I’m a blogger. I make mistakes. You edit those mistakes. Thank you for doing your function properly.

  • http://twitter.com/spinchange spinchange

    Robert,

    You should’ve got a cut. I owe the switch to you.

    Chris

  • http://www.lifeonthegrid.com Chris Duffy

    Robert,

    You should’ve got a cut. I owe the switch to you.

    Chris

  • http://www.roverhaul.com/ Michael Williams

    I’m a bloglines-aholic, it just seems to be easier for what I do(a couple hundred feeds), I’ve tried Reader a few times, but just don’t think it’s as easy – with regard to reading on phones, etc…

    Is it just the pure amount of feeds you manage that Reader lends itself to?

  • http://www.roverhaul.com Michael Williams

    I’m a bloglines-aholic, it just seems to be easier for what I do(a couple hundred feeds), I’ve tried Reader a few times, but just don’t think it’s as easy – with regard to reading on phones, etc…

    Is it just the pure amount of feeds you manage that Reader lends itself to?

  • Alistair Burns

    I have followed your suggestion and switched from FeedDemon to Google Reader.

    Biggest disappointment is that Google Reader won’t allow you to subscribe to Gmail Atom feeds. Whenever this has been questioned in the Google Reader Google Group there has been a deafening silence.

    Regarding multiple Facebook posts by Robert, it’s the one everybody is talking about where I work, on the radio and on the web so his suggections to make the experience even better are lapped up here.

  • Alistair Burns

    I have followed your suggestion and switched from FeedDemon to Google Reader.

    Biggest disappointment is that Google Reader won’t allow you to subscribe to Gmail Atom feeds. Whenever this has been questioned in the Google Reader Google Group there has been a deafening silence.

    Regarding multiple Facebook posts by Robert, it’s the one everybody is talking about where I work, on the radio and on the web so his suggections to make the experience even better are lapped up here.

  • lior

    I think it is because your post went homepage on digg. You probably got thousnds from there – http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Reader_Facebook_Application_Digg_killer
    You welcome by the way.

  • lior

    I think it is because your post went homepage on digg. You probably got thousnds from there – http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Reader_Facebook_Application_Digg_killer
    You welcome by the way.

  • http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ Matt Cutts

    I’m happy to buy dinner next time. It’s still a good deal. :)

  • http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ Matt Cutts

    I’m happy to buy dinner next time. It’s still a good deal. :)

  • SG

    Reg #5 & #12: Scoble, see it does work! bon appetite :)

  • SG

    Reg #5 & #12: Scoble, see it does work! bon appetite :)

  • http://lawgarithms.com/ Denise Howell

    Hey Robert and Matt,

    Here’s a stat to pull and discuss at your dinner: the number of Google Reader shared items feeds people added to Google Reader after Robert began spreading the gospel about all this. I can scarcely get my head around the meta-ness of that, but am thrilled I can easily subscribe to my friends’ link blogs/shared items right along with their blogs…

    Funny aside though: seems to take people awhile to customize the Facebook app to point to *their own* shared items rather than Mario Romero’s.

  • http://lawgarithms.com Denise Howell

    Hey Robert and Matt,

    Here’s a stat to pull and discuss at your dinner: the number of Google Reader shared items feeds people added to Google Reader after Robert began spreading the gospel about all this. I can scarcely get my head around the meta-ness of that, but am thrilled I can easily subscribe to my friends’ link blogs/shared items right along with their blogs…

    Funny aside though: seems to take people awhile to customize the Facebook app to point to *their own* shared items rather than Mario Romero’s.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Denise: I know a ton opened up. I can see that in my own Facebook Profile.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Denise: I know a ton opened up. I can see that in my own Facebook Profile.

  • http://lawgarithms.com/ Denise Howell

    Not just new Reader accounts though — wouldn’t it also be interesting to see how many people were using the app to find their friends’ individual shared items feeds (which as you pointed out have never been terribly apparent), then adding them to Reader? I just did it; it’s pretty darned cool. (Except for the part about lots of folks still masquerading as Mario.;))

  • http://lawgarithms.com Denise Howell

    Not just new Reader accounts though — wouldn’t it also be interesting to see how many people were using the app to find their friends’ individual shared items feeds (which as you pointed out have never been terribly apparent), then adding them to Reader? I just did it; it’s pretty darned cool. (Except for the part about lots of folks still masquerading as Mario.;))