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Google Reader _was_ monetized

Google Reader _was_ monetized

Posted Feb 12, 2015 18:35 UTC (Thu) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Google Reader _was_ monetized by tialaramex
Parent article: Matrix: a new specification for federated realtime chat

> Google Reader /was/ monetized. A key step to getting rid of Reader was to put engineering time into removing the advertising from Reader, so that its contribution to Google's bottom line would vanish and its termination could be justified as a necessary belt-tightening exercise.

I wasn't referring to Google Reader; I was referring to those entities that provide, or used to provide, RSS feeds. Monetizing the feed reader is a lot easier than monetizing the feeds themselves.

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Google Reader _was_ monetized

Posted Feb 24, 2015 12:36 UTC (Tue) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link]

>I wasn't referring to Google Reader; I was referring to those entities that provide, or used to provide, RSS feeds. Monetizing the feed reader is a lot easier than monetizing the feeds themselves.

Why would it be harder to monetise RSS than a web page? Many of the RSS feeds I read have ads at the top just as they do on their website. What's the difference?


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