In comments to Ryan's post about Google Reader's latest enhancements, Omo shares the numbers:

To pick on Author for a bit; I too subscribe to his blog but maybe 1 out of 10 posts I find his note + entry relevant to the degree that validates the notes bit, as a way to put different entries together. About 5 out of 10 times I will read or have read the same blog entries he makes a note of regardless if I read his notes. Maybe 2 or 3 out of 10 times he refers to a blog I don’t keep track of and I read it, but it’s only because I’ve never heard of that blog before. 1 out of 20 or 30 times is when he covers a blog I would see from a feed listing but I didn’t bother to click on it and get at least the microcontent beyond the post title.

Very interesting... Not sure how I could improve things, except by reading more and note things traditionally absent here, such as figurines.

If we look at Instapundit as an inspiration, then one notable difference is that Glenn gets tips by e-mail -- so he knows what's relatively hot and does not need to read everything personally -- but I don't. Most mail that I receive carries corrections.