Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Is a Google Reader a friend or foe of blog owners?

Some days ago I opened my Google account. It was the first time when I used Google reader.
The first impression was good. I found my first blog and then second. It’s so handy. This is what I told to myself. And the guy in the introduction video told me
that they tried hard to create it. OK, I believe that.

It’s really good for those who read blogs. But concerning to the blogger’s , is it really good?

If have your own blog you rather try to earn some money using some ads. You optimize it,
you try change the Adsense units size, insert banners.
So what happens when your blog is read in Google reader? I can tell you. The ads you have in your blog disappear. Even Google’s Adsense. So what do you think?

Is Google reader your friend or foe?.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just show a sneak peak of your posts in your blog's feed. That way your readers can get a glimpse if the post is interesting to them and, if it is, they will come to your blog reading the whole post and you still can make money. I don't know if Blogger lets you customise what should appear in your feed or not, though...