If you’re using Google Reader as your RSS reader, you should notice the ‘Top Recommendation’ features on Google Reader front page.

For the past few weeks, I’m purposely letting this recommendation without dismissing any blog suggested, to see if Google Reader can recommend other blogs when I’m not subscribing any of recommended blogs. I assume it should be able to display other blogs on top of the recommendation list interchangeably.

It seems however, Google Reader is not smart enough, the same recommendation stays there. I’m not against any of this recommendations though , even though 2 of the top 3 recommendations are related to politics and free thinking. I’m not an avid fan for this subjects, even though I do read them occasionally, but not from RSS reader. If Google Reader can keep switching their recommendation after certain page impressions, it should be a better service to folks like me.

How the recommendation list generation is working based on Google Reader’s Help Center:

Your recommendations list is automatically generated. It takes into account the feeds you’re already subscribed to, as well as information from
your Web History, including your location. Aggregated across many users, this information can indicate which feeds are popular among people with
similar interests. For instance, if a lot of people subscribe to feeds about both peanut butter and jelly, and you only subscribe to feeds about
peanut butter, Reader will recommend that you try some jelly. This process is completely automated and anonymous; your personal information will
be protected in accordance with our privacy policy.

Based on above statement, there are 3 things that I can conclude here:

1. Since I read more topics related to techs news, economy, how to make money online, blogging and etc, Google is indirectly asking me to read something else such as politics, thinking or automotive stuffs.
2. Since location is one of the considerations, that means many Malaysians are reading these topics
3. Other readers who’re reading about technology, blogging and money and etc also reading other topics as recommended.

Since then, I have subscribed to a couple of ‘thinking’ blogs in order to broaden my views and thoughts. So what kind of blog you are reading most?

Update 4-Jan-2007
Google recommends new blog to me finally ;p