[zbanks]

Buzz includes shared items/notes in Reader. You can always export (& import) your subscriptions: http://www.google.com/reader/subscriptions/export?hl=en .

Also, although there isn't any manifest or timeline file, each .html file for Buzz has a last modified date that corresponds to when it was created. In addition, in the file itself, it has a timestamp.

This seems more than reasonable. Sure an XML/JSON timeline might be nice, but it wouldn't be human-readable either.

[beefman]

Reader shared items only appear in buzz if you've "connected" reader to buzz. I don't have it connected because people I know hate seeing stuff in buzz they've seen elsewhere.

Plus, I've got hundreds of reader items I shared before buzz existed. I don't think google even keeps them though they imply that they do.

I just used "save web page, complete" in firefox on my buzz feed and got something better than what the takeout buzz download gave me.

The Cloud^TM - because all filesystems should be stochastic. Is my file there? Maybe!! We don't know, honestly. Your query timed out? I guess the system doesn't know either. Try again later!