Tag Archives: feedburner
Feedburner Feedsmith WP2.8.4 & Caching
Just a quick note for anyone who has been missing updates for the last couple of weeks.
I am not sure exactly what changed within WordPress 2.8.4 to cause this but for a large segment of my readers there might not have been any visible updates on RSS feeds since around 6th September.
Google Screws Up My WordPress Ping List
This post is likely to cause a little controversy, but it is my honest opinion that bloggers have been led astray for long enough regarding how many services you really should send a ping notification to.
My Advice
Ignore all the other ping lists published - they are frequently irrelevant and could potentially highlight you as a spammer.
Posted in blogging tips, wordpress Also tagged blog notifications, ping list, pinglist, pingshot, WordPress Ping List Comments closed
Feedburner Adds Friendfeed – Subscriber Data For Socialstreaming and Lifestreaming
Chris Cree spotted today that Friendfeed subscribers are now counted towards Feedburner stats.
It can make quite a striking difference with Feedburner if you have a few followers there.
But even this doesn't really account for the shifting sands in online attention.
The latter half of this post was originally published Mar 21, 2008 @ 20:38
Since then Twitter has for many people emerged as the primary way they read RSS feeds, combined with various forms of lifestreaming.
The first time I see tweets and blog posts often is also on services such as Blogcatalog's dashboard or even Mybloglog (though that can sometimes lag a little on updates these days)
It can make quite a striking difference with Feedburner if you have a few followers there.
But even this doesn't really account for the shifting sands in online attention.
The latter half of this post was originally published Mar 21, 2008 @ 20:38
Since then Twitter has for many people emerged as the primary way they read RSS feeds, combined with various forms of lifestreaming.
The first time I see tweets and blog posts often is also on services such as Blogcatalog's dashboard or even Mybloglog (though that can sometimes lag a little on updates these days)
Current Calculation Problems
- Blogcatalog & Mybloglog numbers are just as relevant as Friendfeed
- Twitter numbers are probably more relevant than any Lifestreaming service
- Facebook subscribers are still not counted
- Aweber & Feedblitz, along with Feedburners own RSS to Email service are included, but they are the only ones I know about. Where is the Getresponse support Simon? Infusionsoft should really offer something as well, though they don't offer RSS to email - I am not sure about Mailchimp
Posted in Google, blogging tips, web 2.0 Also tagged aweber, blog subscribers, Blogcatalog, bookmarking, feedblitz, friendfeed, getresponse, goog, Google, lifestreaming, mybloglog, rss_subscribers, socialstreaming Comments closed
Bidvertiser Feed Advertising For Wordpress & Blogger
It looks like Bidvertiser have worked fast to address the problems many bloggers noted about their new feed advertising solution a short while ago and have come up with a way so that you can now use Bidvertiser using your existing feeds, and still use Feedburner as before, so that it doesn't affect your stats, and most importantly your feed readers.
From the Bidvertiser Blog
To address this, we have now launched 3 unique solutions:
1. WordPress Plugin to allow you to seamlessly embed the BidVertiser Ads in your feeds. You can download the plugin from your publisher account.
2. Solution for FeedBurner
Posted in blog monetization Also tagged bidvertiser, blogger, blogspot, blog_monetization, feed_advertising, monetization, wordpress Comments closed
Aweber RSS To Email Scheduling And Feed Counts
I have been quite vocal in my encouraging Aweber to add some more control to the way they handle RSS to Email, and I am glad to say they have now added some very flexible date and time based controls.
This means that they totally blow Feedburner Email subscription away as far as features are concerned.
Apart from one important aspect.
Exclusive: Aweber Will Soon Report Email Sububscriber Numbers To Feedburner
In the announcement Justin Premick mentioned
This is just one of a number of enhancements we'll be making to the Blog Broadcast tool. Stay tuned…
I probed a little deeper and we can expect
Posted in blogging tips Also tagged aweber, blogging, email marketing, feedblitz, feedburner_subscriber_count, rss, rss2email, rsstoemail Comments closed
The Secret Statistics In Split RSS Feeds – Google Reader
Google Reader now reports feed usage, and it is being suggested by a prominent Google engineer that you should look at aggregated numbers. Danny has gone into what many of the numbers mean, but he is missing out on some vital clues that are extremely revealing.
First up, for those counting stats such as Darren Rowse, Robert Scoble and Techcrunch here are my numbers.
Google Reader is currently showing 3 different feeds that are all providing the same content, which you might think would be better served as a single number as appears in Feedburner. Hopefully that will never
Posted in Google, blogging tips, stats, web 2.0 Also tagged blog_subscribers, google reader, rss, rss_subscribers, rss_subscription, rss_syndication, subscription Comments closed
RSSBrief – PayPerPost To Directly Compete With Feedburner and Google Reader?
The guys from PayPerPost might cause a lot of controversy, but there is one thing that I doubt anyone could deny, even their most harsh critics… they are smart.
They bring out interesting, useful, sometimes controversial or disruptive products, but they are certainly market leaders not the following pack.
In the case of RSSBrief, they are taking on an existing market, RSS Readers, and in many ways it seems they might also step into reputation management and RSS Search.
I have a feeling even Jason Calacanis is going to like RSSBrief because it will help him with reputation management for Mahalo… but
Posted in blogging tips, marketing, news Also tagged email marketing, Google, marketing, news, payperpost, rss, rssbrief, rss_aggregation, rss_subscription, zookoda Comments closed
Open Social Web – Google + Feedburner Really Is Bad For RSS
I honestly laughed when I saw the new "Open Social Web" Bill of Rights launched yesterday, not because it isn't to some extent a useful idea, but because of one specific term…
Control of whether and how such personal information is shared with others
10 months ago I fired off a heated debate about RSS sharing, and how Google with it's easy to share feeds could be killing the future of RSS. Now I say I fired it off, but honestly it would have been a storm in a teacup without Robert Scoble taking part with one of his most
Posted in Google, blogging tips, marketing, news, web 2.0 Also tagged bill_of_rights, facebook, Google, google reader, news, open_social_web, robert_scoble, rss, techcrunch Comments closed
Important Tips On Using Feedburner Pro – Now Free
Feedburner have just annonced that 2 of their professional features are now available free of charge.
I have been signed up for Feedburner Pro for a while
Feedburner Pro – I don’t use all the features
Read more on Important Tips On Using Feedburner Pro – Now Free…
Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips Also tagged 301_redirect, analytics, pro, rss, rss_feed, stats, technorati, totalstats Comments closed
Converting Visitors Into Subscribers
Are you blogging purely to make a quick buck, or do you have long-term goals? If you have long-term goals then one of the most important aspects of your blog design isn’t advertising placement, but how you encourage people to subscribe to your blog, or sign up to your mailing list.
Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 Also tagged conflagration, css, feedburner_api, javascript, rss_subscribers, rss_subscription, sliding_div, subsribers Comments closed
7+7 Reasons Why Google Buying FeedBurner is a Match Made in Heaven & Hell
Rumours have been surfacing for the last few days that Google might be buying FeedBurner for around $100M.
Listed below you will find 7 reasons Google and Feedburner are a perfect match, and 7 equally compelling reasons we should be concerned.
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In Depth: Google BlogSearch | Ranking Blog Documents Patent
For a long time my blogs have performed amazingly well with Google Blog Search. I always appear in the relevant results quickly, and the results I obtain have some reasonable longevity, even when I am not the original source of a story.
Read more on In Depth: Google BlogSearch | Ranking Blog Documents Patent…
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, blogging tips, plugins Also tagged backlinks, blogging, bloglines, blogsearch, duplicate content, Google, google_blogsearch, google_blog_search, linking strategy, rss, rss_subscribers, search engine optimization, search engines, SEO Blog, subscribers, tag, tagging, tags, technorati, technorati_favorites, ultimate tag warrior, utw Comments closed
Do People Use Feed Counters to Show Off? Top 10 Ways to A Massive Subscriber List
Feedburner for as long as I remember have provided a daily updated feed counter that you can display on your blog. The way the feed count is updated is actually fairly complex as they mentioned in an announcement yesterday that some publishers might notice an increase due to algorithm change.
Read more on Do People Use Feed Counters to Show Off? Top 10 Ways to A Massive Subscriber List…
Posted in blogging tips, marketing, memes Also tagged blog, blogging, blogging tips, feedburner_subscriber_count, feed_chicklet, meme Comments closed
The Perfect Way to Use Feedburner Without Giving Them Your Subscribers?
Do you worry about the danger of giving a 3rd party service control over the most important part of your blogging business – your subscribers?
Up until today there were only 2 realistic alternatives to retain some control over your RSS subscribers while using Feedburner for collecting stats.
Read more on The Perfect Way to Use Feedburner Without Giving Them Your Subscribers?…
Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 Also tagged code, feed, feed_management, hack, redirect, rss, wordpress Comments closed
Lijit Alpha? – Google Custom Search Engine Is Not Currently Suitable For Site Search
Lijit
There has been some talk today about Lijit, a service intended to be a better way to search for information. I was pointed in the direction of it by a post by Matthew Chen of Megite, which in turn led me to another blog I subscribe to but hadn’t looked at yet, A VC, who discussed a Lijit search for Venture Capital blogs that is now appearing on the VC Feedburner Network coordinated by Brad Feld who also discusses it.
This is all based upon a partnership between Lijit and Feedburner. I hadn’t seen anything on the Feedburner blog about this partnership but as I am interested in Google CSE and Feedburner, I thought I would take a look.
Read more on Lijit Alpha? – Google Custom Search Engine Is Not Currently Suitable For Site Search…
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, web 2.0 Also tagged google_cse, google_custom_search, google_search, lijit, vc Comments closed
Disclosure Policy Feedburner Feedflare
For many people, my Disclosure Policy Plugin was looked on as overkill. It seemed all they really wanted was an overall disclosure policy on their site, and to use a link in their sidebar.
Adding something to their feed content was generally looked on as a good idea, but all the additional functionality wasn’t really required.
Posted in Projects Also tagged disclosure, feedflare, payperpost, ppp, reviewme, sponsored reviews Comments closed
FeedBurner FeedFlares For PlugIM | Bumpzee
I have started creating a few custom Feedburner FeedFlares for things that I would like Feedburner Feedflares to support.
I decided to create it as a static page
FeedBurner FeedFlare Library
FeedBurner FeedFlares are very useful, and for many services are quite easy to make.
Please find below a selection of exclusive FeedFlares that I have written
For Social Bookmarking/Networking Sites
Bumpzee Affiliate Marketing Network (static) – FeedFlare
Feedburner Email Formatting
I subscribe to my own feeds in various RSS readers and also by email to help me find bugs in my blog posts and various CSS formatting.
Here is a little bug I picked up today that I found interesting.
How To Optimize Your Blog For Syndication | Meme Trackers
With the growing adoption of RSS readers, Meme Trackers and content being syndicated on 3rd party sites, how your content is ultimately presented becomes increasingly important.
What follows are some basic steps to optimize your content for syndication, as well as some more advanced techniques.
Read more on How To Optimize Your Blog For Syndication | Meme Trackers…
Posted in blogging tips, marketing Also tagged css, disclosure_policy_plugin, feed_flare, landing_page, megite, meme, meme_tracker, subscribers, syndication Comments closed
Subscriptions | Feedburner Changes
I had been having some ISP problems connecting to Feedburner for a couple of days so I hadn’t logged into my Feedburner account.
I am happy to see that I have crossed the 200 subscriber count. It isn’t a number to create a big fanfare about, but would like to thank those who have subscribed.
Google Reader Stats With FeedBurner
It is nice to finally see one of the mainstream blogs pointing out that it is hard to track readership numbers from Google Reader. Techcrunch have been looking at a report from Hitwise
Posted in Google, stats Also tagged analytics, Google, google reader, rss, statistics Comments closed
Linking Strategy – Link to Feeds
Mike Sansone in a recent comment over on his blog, after I gave a tagging example of [a href="http://www.converstations.com" rel="tag"]Blog Coach[/a] in his comments, replied
Can I start using “generous genius” when I point to your site?
Posted in Uncategorized, blogging tips, marketing Also tagged blogging, blogging tips, blog_linking, blog_marketing, feeds, landing_page, linking Comments closed
How to Get 1000s of Blog Subscribers Overnight
What do you think is the best way to have a massive subscriber list for your blog?
As a proactive Internet Marketer or corporation, you might have a massive email list already, but you are now switching to more interactive communication with your customers and prospects by publishing your newsletter on your blog, and maybe copy / pasting it into an auto-responder.
Read more on How to Get 1000s of Blog Subscribers Overnight…
Wordpress 2.07 2.1 | BBPress 0.75
Wordpress 2.07 was just released. We get to update our Wordpress blogs for a week as Wordpress 2.1 is due on January 22nd.
Is it worth it? Yes both for the security and Feedburner fixes.
Posted in blogging tips, wordpress Also tagged wordpress, WordPress 2.07, WordPress Security, WordPress Update Comments closed
MyBlogLog Traffic
Zenrob has been checking his MyBlogLog stats to see how much traffic MyBlogLog is actually bringing him. His conclusion is 6 percent of unique visitors.
Checking my own stats the results are actually very similar.
Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips Also tagged blogging, blog_traffic, feed_readers, Google, google_blog_search, mybloglog, statistics, tagging, technorati, the_good_blogs, traffic Comments closed
Wordpress 2.06 Security Update
The latest stable release of Wordpress, version 2.06 was released quietly yesterday.
Most of the changes are under the hood in the way of security fixes, plus there shouldn’t be a need with Mark Jaquith’s plugin for those that were having server 500 problems with Wordpress 2.05.
Posted in wordpress Also tagged blogging, blogging tips, security, wordpress, WordPress Security, WordPress Upgrade Comments closed
UK Internet Marketing Castrated | SI (3429 of 2006)
I regret to inform you that this is serious news, and if you run your business from the UK, and have a website, this probably affects you.
It affects you even more, and places you at a serious competitive disadvantage, if you are involved with Niche or Internet Marketing, in topics you don’t want your competitors knowing about, especially if click-fraud attacks are a danger.
Read more on UK Internet Marketing Castrated | SI (3429 of 2006)…
Posted in marketing, vre Also tagged compliance, disclosure, law, online, si3429, UK_law Comments closed
Google Reader Stats | Statistics
The Google Reader Team have announced the availability of readership stats. You mean you can actually see how many readers you have using Google Reader? Nope, don’t be silly – what we get to see is how much time we are spending reading other people’s feeds. I am highly disappointed.
Posted in Google, web 2.0 Also tagged Google, google reader, google_reader_stats, stats Comments closed
Headline Formatting In Blogs
When most people write content, they think about how that content looks in their WYSIWYG editor, and probably in their preview of page contents.
I am sure after publishing, they take a look at their published version of the content.
Posted in blogging tips, marketing Also tagged blogging, blogging tips, bloglines, email, feedreader, feed_reader, google reader, googlereader, h2, h3, headings, headlines, html, marketing, pageflakes, rss Comments closed
Feedburner Customization
I have just been doing a little rebranding of my Feedburner feeds, especially for their email services.
It was actually something I had overlooked when I first enabled email subscriptions. I had carefully looked at Feedblitz, and decided I didn’t like the way their email subscriptions looked by default, and at the same time, I didn’t really want to pay for all the customised options that would have made using their service worthwhile.
How to move your blog or start a new one
21 Surefire Tips for a Successful Blog Launch also contains some great information. Whilst I Digged it, I don't agree with the original comment on Digg.
Posted in blogging tips Also tagged 301_redirects, article marketing, articlemarketer, article_marketer, article_submission, better_blogging, blog, blogger, blogging, blogging tips, blogging_help, blogspot, customization, email marketing, Google, google_sandbox, howto, how_to, linkbaiting, linking strategy, new_blog, readers, redirect_code, rss_syndication, search engines, SEO Blog, subscribers, wordpress, wordpress plugins Comments closed
Fixing Redirects
As visitors to my niche websites blog have almost certainly noticed, it is now being hosted on one of my many incarnations of andybeard.x
The redirect code isn’t quite working as intended and will hopefully be fixed soon.
Posted in niche website Also tagged 301_redirects, blogspot, customization, haloscan, niche website, niche_websites, redirect_code Comments closed
Fairly Useless Feedburner Google Analytics Update