Google Reader Adds Attention Statistics

Google Reader added some additional per feed statistics that help you measure where your attention goes. If you click on details for each feed Google tells you the number of subscribers, posts per week and the update time. These were there before. However, they now also offer a chart that shows you how many items you read per feed. (via Hutch Carpenter on Friendfeed)

Comments

[Louis Gray]

Steve, it looks like you just told Wired you subscribe to their feed, but you don't usually read them.

What percentage of items do you read of those you subscribe to?

I posted a few charts from my own consumption here:

Google Reader Unveils Individual RSS Consumption Statisticshttp://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/10/google-reader-unveils-individual-rss.html

[Steve Rubel]

@Louis it depends on the day as you can tell. I find that if something on Wired gets big I will see it in my Techmeme feed, which I clear daily. I have over 600 feeds so it's tough to read them all! I divide and conquer with folders.

[Johnny Coates]

This is a really good stat!!!...hmm... this study, if ever the population involved would be large, could really help optimizing those adds and click internet businesses.