Google Reader Notes – A new form of micro-blogging.

The micro-blogging space has had trouble picking a winner. Tumblr has shown great promise in its wide user base and social features, while Posterous has had a bit of a technical lead with more formatting options and a high level of geek cred (TweetDeck uses Posterous as their primary blog).

One service that may have been overlooked however is the Google Reader “notes” feature. By creating notes in Google Reader, users who follow you will have your note dropped into their feed. You’re also given the option to add the note to your shared items, so casual browsers looking at your profile will be able to see it. I could easily see industrious geeks piping their shared items or just their notes into a blog platform like WordPress, Posterous, or Tumblr using RSS and some plugins.

If you spend a lot of time in Google Reader (which I will be doing again very soon), this may be a frictionless way to jot down your thoughts and get it “out on the wire” as fast as possible once you have the feed / data plumbing finished. Thoughts? Are others taking advantage of Google Reader’s “notes” feature for content publishing?

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