Google Reader - Benefits & Drawbacks - Item 1

After subscribing to a few feeds on Google Reader, I've taken quite a liking to it. The subscriptions I signed up to were: FAIL Blog, xkcd.com, both for a good chuckle. I'm a guy who loves his humour.

I've noticed a couple of benefits while using Google Reader. When I login to Google Reader, it shows how many new posts are online since I last logged in. As I scroll down the page and read each post, the application automatically ticks it as read for me, so I know I'm up to date with the blog when I'm finished. It is a lot more useful than email boxes, how you have to click "read" or click into each one to count it as read.

I looked further into Google Reader since I was interested in this new application, and found some downsides to it. It doesn't update when new material is added to the subscribed material. The updates to Google Reader lags a bit but doesn't take longer than 15 minutes to receive new material.

I also found Google Reader doesn't annotate items, so it's hard to understand some images or videos I receive.

All in all, I would recommend Google Reader to everyone I know who likes to keep an eye on their subscriptions. The Pros out-weight Cons in my opinion. I will stay a Google "Reader" for quite some time now, since I have experienced it's magic.