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Virtual Gold Stars for Faithful Google Readers

July 19, 2011 No Comments

Google News Badges will allow users of the search engine’s news aggregator to display their awareness of current events in a variety of fields by way of virtual badges. It’s not quite clear how the badges will play into other properties like Google+ and Google Reader, though, and critics question what actual value a badge brings to the overall user experience.