For the past few weeks, I have been noticing that all of a sudden, the unread count in a lot of my folders in Google Reader has dropped significantly. I haven't read that many articles, nor have I removed any prolific feeds. The only other explanation is that Google Reader is archiving (or at the very least, displaying) lesser data than before.
I couldn't find anything in the Settings that would govern how far back in my feeds can I go. The Help Center doesn't have any useful answers either. Does any one know the details on this? I'm also interested to find out what data the Search function has access to: that is, is the search capable of going back beyond what Reader shows to me?
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I suppose there is a limit of 100 unread items per feed, can’t provide a reliable source, though.
But, the search can go back much beyond. I can clearly see the results almost 8-months old.
IMHO, Entries older than 30 days they are removed from the unread count.
Poster above makes sense !
Will post after I finish the 1560 unread items.
Yeah, stuff older than a certain period of time gets marked as read. I notice that when I add new feeds that have a lot of old stuff, the old stuff is in there but there may only be a couple “unread” items.