For the past few weeks, I have been noticing that all of a sudden, the unread count in a lot of my folders in [[http://reader.google.com|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 [[http://www.google.com/support/reader/|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?
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.