Here at Betaflow, we love Google’s RSS Reader, aptly named Google Reader. One of the less used features within Google Reader is actually one of the neatest - the ability to share an article with the world, with the click of a single link.

When your decide to share an entry it is automatically posted to your Google Reader Shared Items page (view mine here). The URLs for this pages are pretty hideous (Google, get us some friendly URLs please). You can figure out your shared URL by clicking on the “Shared Items” link in the top-left and following the instructions Google provides in the yellow box.

In addition to being able to share these items a publicly accessible page, you can also add a widget to your website displaying your shared items. Google offers various levels of customization (as they always do) such as theming, the number of items to display, and even the ability to reference the source of the item.

I’ve added the Google Shared Items here on Betaflow (see the sidebar when viewing the home page), where I will highlight some of my favorite articles as I run through my feeds.