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AideRSS Firefox extension: Read just the top stories in Google Reader

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We're pretty proud of everything we write around here, and we kind of think you should take the time to read each article posted on Download Squad. But we understand you're busy and you might not always have time to read every article on this or other sites. Last year, AideRSS offered a way to read just the top stories by assigning a PostRank to each article. And now AideRSS has made things even easier by launching a Firefox plugin that works with Google Reader.

How does it work? Basically, AideRSS will scan each item in each feed to find the items with the most comments, votes on Digg, inbound links, tags on del.icio.us and other data. Then the items will be assigned a PostRank from 1-10. What the browser plugin does is display the PostRank next to each item and add a filter box to the top of your Google Reader window. Only want to see posts with a PostRank of 3 or higher? Select "Good," from the drop-down menu. All the ones and 2s will be fade into the background. You can filter out even more posts by selecting "Great," or "Best."

The AideRSS Firefox plugin is in private beta, but the first 50 Download Squad readers to sign up by clicking on the "Read" link below can get in on the beta today.
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