#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: when we talked to people, they cared about a lot fo different publishers on the web and wanted ot be updated about all the content from them
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: from the publishers they want to build an audience and keep in touch with them.
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: we want to bring the follow functionality to the open web using standards in chrome
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: we want this on open stanadrds such as rss, and make the least amount of work for web publishers, and other readers can take advantage of
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: we want this to be predictable via rss for whihc content to include, make follow/unfollow easy and opt out
#GoogleIO as I follow a site the content will appear in a new follow section on the new tab page
#GoogleIO there is a cog button to manage your follows and unfollow them
#GoogleIO looks at blog whatsericplaying.com and clicks on follow, which redirects to the following tab (shows posts chrononologically)
#GoogleIO [what's show are preview pages]
#GoogleIO this will appear on Chrome android in USA in the next few weeks, then other countreis later
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: what exactly is RSS? it's been around since 1990s and widely used. webmasters can publish RSS or Atom google will poll feeds for this
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: No RSS? No problem - we cna build a feed from your content too, but it may be slower. google will poll rss often
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: use link rel="alternate" to specify a feed. You cna opt out - it will show the follow button but won't generate a feed.
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: Yes we use WebSub at google to know when a feed is updated
#GoogleIO notifications and feed updates are different options from a site
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: the browser is not fetching RSS feeds, that's done server side
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: we support RSS and Atom now, we're interested in other feeds too, ut tell us more
#GoogleIO q: is it synced between browsers? yes, we will have this in prefs if you're logged in - we are looking at other platforms too
#GoogleIO q: overlap with google news app? Not shared between them
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: q: follow button embeddable eg navigator.follow? we would love to know more about this
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: we can give some traffic info, but not who follows
#GoogleIO if you follow a lot fo people it may get cluttered -we're looking at making this better
#GoogleIO q: inbox folders, read count etc? No- we're not treating it as an inbox but a feed of content
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: if you're a publisher make sure you update your RSS - please try in chrome canary on android and see us
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: q: can i create an app that reads google's unified feed? not announced now, but what woudl be helpful?
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: q: can this tab show in Google Discover? we're starting wiht Chrome and work with the open web
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: is this the same mechanism as podcasts in google search?
#GoogleIO we are not building from the same stack that follows podcasts, similar tech but not shared
#GoogleIO q: will we get a notification when there's new? not a push, but the follow tab will be lit up
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: q: do you have. previewer for publishers to see feed rendering in this? We don't but that is a good suggestion
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: q: i have a feed reader - I'd liek to import the users followed feeds from google - can we do that? we don't have that yet, but we're interested in what your dream API woudl look like
#GoogleIO @shekharsharad: q: can this not be tied to google's identity system? we want this to be available to all the open web - and we want to stick to that
#GoogleIO if we want to make this fro multiple clients we need to work out how to provide that experience as well
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: q: is this connected to feedburner changes? No it's unrelated to that
#GoogleIO to try this, go to play store on android and search for Chrome Canary -it's separate app from chrome to get access to early features. The experiment will be in that in a couple of week
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: q: are you using Web Actions fro the follow button? No, but we'll look at that too
#GoogleIO @nickkrasney: we want to build out the next 20 years for RSS on the open web
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
