Podcasting Power Tools

Google reader is my information office and I don’t enjoy leaving it just to check YouTube for new videos.  I created a folder in Google Reader for YouTube channel feeds and generated the feeds using the following URL:

http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/*/uploads

Replace the “*” with the YouTube channel name.

In the following example:

The channel name is the highlighted portion:

And the feed would be:

http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/FrontEndAudio/uploads

In Google Reader, click the “Add a Subscription” button:

And paste in the feed URL you just generated and click “Add”:

You should see the following:

Be aware that the feed does not embed the videos but just provides video information with a link to the YouTube page:

Congratulations, you have subscribed to a YouTube in Google Reader.  Now you can follow all your favorite YouTube producers from the comfort of Google Reader.