Rumors regarding Google Reader actually grabbing feeds real time has been floating around the net since quite a while. We decided to speak our word only after some confirmation is made by Google. Turns out, Google has officially confirmed ReadWriteWeb that RSS feed updates do get instantaneously reflected in Google Reader.

Google Reader now supports PubSubHubBub, a PUSH protocol that does all the real-time magic. Instead of having to poll for feeds at regular intervals, PubSubHubBub pushes the feed into Google Reader as and when the feed gets updated/modified.

This naturally raises the question, what if a website is not PubSub-enabled? Well, FYI, most of the high profile blogs are PubSub-enabled. If you own a WordPress blog, install PubSub plugin to enable real-time publishing.

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