
"While the link to Reader has moved, you can continue to access Google Reader under the 'More' dropdown," she said. Google is always working to improve our products, and that often results in changes such as the one you are seeing," explains a Gmail community manager. "I wanted to give you more information on the changes to the links at the top of Gmail. It's not the first time Reader has been dropped from the spot, but this time it's permanent. Reader is still accessible from the More drop-down menu. It used to sit between Photos and Web, but it has now been replaced by a link to Google Sites.

The latest sign that Reader is falling into obscurity is its removal from the Google navbar in Gmail, as Google Operating System noticed.

The RSS/Atom feed reader is the most popular tool of its kind, web-based or desktop app, but that's not enough for it to get too much attention from the giant search company.
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It seems that Google Reader is increasingly taking a back seat at Google.
