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Google Reader added a way to share posts in a number of other services, such as Facebook and Twitter. In addition, they offer a way to build your own custom links right into Google Reader. Upon seeing this, I immediately thought of making an Instapaper link so I can read posts later on my iPhone.

Here is how I did it:

• In Google Reader, go to Settings and click to the Send To tab
• Hit “Create Custom Link”
• Enter a name, I used “Instapaper”
• For the URL enter this, but replace YOURUSERNAME with your username:

https://www.instapaper.com/api/add?username=YOURUSERNAME&url=${url}&title=${title}

• If you have a password, put this instead (Replace with your password):

https://www.instapaper.com/api/add?username=YOURUSERNAME&password=YOURPASSWORD&url=${url}&title=${title}

• You don’t have to use an image, but if you would like to, feel free to use mine:

http://www.willw.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/instapaper.png

• If it is working, a new tab will pop up with “201″ each time to send an item to Instapaper.

There are many other services that this could work for too.