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I use google reader too and I feel the same way! The only blog I really comment much on is weddingbee, but it would be nice to not have to read it in google reader and then come back to the site to comment on posts!
Good question- I use Google too. I haven't checked it out, but wonder if it is on their "working on it" list???
If you use Firefox to read Google Reader, then you can download the "Better GReader extension" and you can then open the comment page from within the post window!
Basically it will create a "preview post" button, and that browses to the window within Google Reader. I know it doesn't help non-Firefox users, but at least it's something!
Thanks, Lemon! I'm gonna get that, well, now. I am a FF user, thankfully. :p
Hooray!
Edit: I'm back, and this add-on is so full of win. Thanks again, Lemon!
I use bloglines... it's one I found a couple years ago and it has some serious flaws, but I'm too lazy to switch everything over!
I use NetNewsWire (on a Mac). It's an application that has a built-in browser, so if I want to comment on a blog post I just double-click the post title and a little browser tab opens. The disadvantage is that it doesn't have the 'portability' of web-based RSS readers so you're confined to one computer. It's not a problem for me though, because I carry my laptop everywhere :)
If everyone commented on posts from within Google Reader, then no website would make any significant advertising revenue and they'd all go out of business!
It sounds kinda depressing to read what I just wrote, but it's true!
Google Reader here too - and I comment on blogs so rarely that it doesn't make a difference to me!
That's true, Mr. Bee. I think if you do the Google Reader extender that Mrs. Lemon posted, when you hit preview, it essentially just loads it in a lil' window. I think that'll still generate $, cause it loads it.
But yeah, I didn't think about that! That would be bad!!
... I had never even thought of that, Mr. Bee! Bloglines loads partial posts on some blogs, so I have to click through to read the whole thing and/or comment. I honestly don't mind because it lets me sort out which posts I actually WANT to read. But huh... forgot about advertising...
@50 - Displaying ads rarely generates advertising revenue for most smaller websites... what generates revenue for most sites (who use Google AdSense or other ad networks) is ad clicks and in some cases, purchases made off of those clicks.
@KMSull - We display the entire blog post in our RSS feeds, as far as I know... not sure what you mean about partial posts! Please let me know if our RSS feed isn't displaying the full post of every post! :-)
@ Mr. Bee- Weddingbee does indeed show the full post! Some other blogs I read don't, though. However, with Weddingbee, sometimes the text extends past the limit of the page so I either have to keep scrolling back and forth or click through to the website (normally I just click through so I can comment anyway). Normally it's either a super picture heavy post, but sometimes it's just randomly formatting that way.
I LOVE Google Reader, because I can read blogs here, even though all the major blogging sites are blocked by the government. If it weren't for readers, I wouldn't have access to read anyone's blogs at all.
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I was wondering what RSS readers you guys use. I use Google Reader, but I really wish that I could comment on peeps blogs without leaving the reader. (Lazy, I know). Are there any readers that let you do that? Anybody use a simply fab RSS reader that is way better than google? Share!