{"id":254322,"date":"2021-05-20T10:31:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T07:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chromes-new-follow-button-test-has-serious-google-reader-vibes\/"},"modified":"2021-05-20T10:31:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T07:31:26","slug":"chromes-new-follow-button-test-has-serious-google-reader-vibes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chromes-new-follow-button-test-has-serious-google-reader-vibes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chrome\u2019s new \u2018follow\u2019 button test has serious Google Reader vibes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Chrome\u2019s new \u2018follow\u2019 button test has serious Google Reader vibes<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Google killed its much-loved Reader product in 2013, but has hardly made any solid attempt to replace it. However, a new test in Chrome gives up a glimmer of hope.<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chromium.org\/2021\/05\/an-experiment-in-helping-users-and-web.html\">a blog post<\/a>, Google said that it\u2019s experimenting <span>with a \u2018follow\u2019 button in the browser that will subscribe you to a site\u2019s RSS feed, so you get its latest content delivered to you as it\u2019s published.<\/span>. All websites you follow will show up in a separate tab in the Google Search <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>, besides the For You section. The follow button will show up in the overflow menu situated on the top right-hand corner.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1351612 js-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"692\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-796x692.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-796x692.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-242x210.png 242w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-311x270.png 311w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-155x135.png 155w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-1592x1384.png 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2021%2F05%2F20%2Fchromes-new-follow-button-test-has-serious-google-reader-vibes%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Google Chrome\u2019s testing a follow button to subscribe to the site\u2019s feed\" data-title=\"Share Google Chrome\u2019s testing a follow button to subscribe to the site\u2019s feed on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Google Chrome\u2019s testing a follow button to subscribe to the site\u2019s feed on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Google Chrome\u2019s testing a follow button to subscribe to the site\u2019s feed<\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1351612\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-796x692.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-796x692.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-242x210.png 242w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-311x270.png 311w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-155x135.png 155w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/05\/WC-Chrome-blogpost-final-1592x1384.png 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Google says that this tech is based on open RSS standards, but if a site doesn\u2019t have an RSS feed, it will rely on its own indexing solution. The company added that while keeping a site\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2014\/10\/best-practices-for-xml-sitemaps-rssatom\">RSS feed up-to-date<\/a> will automatically make it eligible for this experiment, it\u2019ll also consult publishers on how to scale this feature.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2017, the Big G introduced a follow button in search, but it was directed towards topics you\u2019re interested in, rather than feeds of specific sites.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment is very limited right now. This feature will show up to folks in the US using Chrome for Android\u2019s Canary version. So it\u2019s not yet time to get our hopes high for a Google Reader comeback.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter all about consumer tech? 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