Last night, we discussed the importance of a well-kept shared link blog in Google Reader. Humans can still play an fundamental role in filtering out the best of feeds from the rest, as smart folks can trump even the best written cipher in terms of determining humor, originality and insight.

The ease of creating and subscribing to link blogs in Google Reader has led to some actively searching out these link blogs, and instead of subscribing feed by feed, instead preferring to rely on the selections of others.

One blogger, with the nickname of “SeekGround”, says he has subscribed to more than 300 individual shared item feeds, which he displays on his blog - an amazing number. I have to assume there are a number of commonly-subscribed feeds that would outcome in duplication, but SeekGround says he goes through them, primarily on his mobile phone, and shares those items he finds most useful.

Shockingly, despite having more than 300 individual feeds, it looks like his interests most overlap with me, of all folks. In an insightful post, “Google Reader, Shared Items and Mobility“, the blogger reveals that by the last 30 days, he’s additionally shared 35 items from me, 19 from Frederic Lardinois of the Last Podcast, and 17 from Mike Reynolds, taking first, second and third, respectively.

I don’t know about that… but it’s fun to see SeekGround taking a new approach to consuming feeds, and finding so many shared items in common. While his blog is a relative unknown, with a Technorati Authority of “Zero”, before tonight, I have to expect that would change. While some entrepreneurs are setting new bars in substance creation, others are changing the world of substance consumption.

Maybe, by instance, there will be a big shift from those who are the subject matter creators and filters, and those who are the consumers and readers. With Feedheads, Shared Reader, ReadBurner and RSSMeme out there now, Link Blogs are becoming a very big deal.

Also see:
Last Podcast: Shared Feeds, RSSmeme and Ecosystems
louisgray.com: How Soon Until citizens Demand Link Blog Portability?
louisgray.com: What I’m Reading and Sharing on Google Reader

My shared items link blog is here: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/05763917848110205585

Orginal post by louisgray