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The Google documentation is hard to find and could use a little work but it is easy to add your shared or starred items to your sidebar. Here’s how to do it.

1. Click on the -manage subscriptions- link at the bottom of the left hand side of your Google Reader page.
2. Click on the -tags- link at the top of the manage subscriptions page.
3. Click the check box beside Your Shared Items and any other tag you want to share.
4. Select -public- from the Change Sharing drop down box.
5. Select -add a clip to your site- to the right of the tag you want to share and a new page will pop up.
6. Select the color scheme and # of items you want to share. The code will be displayed in a text box at the bottom of the window.
7. Cut and paste the code into your blog sidebar template or a text/html widget box. Save your template and your done.
8. Continue to read your feeds as usual and tag, share, and star your items as desired. Your sidebar will be automatically updated and everyone can see blog posts that have caught your attention.

Each tag has it’s own code so you can share links to a friends posts on your personal blog and links to technical articles on your work blog. Or you can put links to local blogs in one spot of your sidebar and links to your favorite recipes in another. Basically, you can make it your own, dawg. (I apologize for that last sentence. I blame it on the jelly beans.)

I hope that more people will add shared items to their sidebar. When I run out of posts in my Google reader lists I enjoy checking out my favorite bloggers Goggle lists. People usually highlight interesting posts from favorite blogs. I get the advantage of reading a good post as the first introduction to new blog. I think everyone benefits from that.

Other Thoughts About Google Shared Items:

GearFire – What is Social Feed Reading and 3 Reasons to Try it

The Zero Boss – How to Kill Your Blogroll with Google Reader Clips

Terry’s Technology Tidbits – Shared Items

Dev-Kids Den – Google reader Shared RSS as New Blog

Ron Schott’s Geology Home Companion Blog

Playgroups are No Place for Children – The Stress was Getting to Me

To Librarian – Sharing via Google Reader

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