DISQUS

Ian M Rountree · 4 months ago

FeedBurner counts hits on the page that come through RSS. I ran a test on this a few weeks ago - I subscribed to a sandbox blog in five places, and hit the page on different days from these places in different numbers. Firefox live bookmarks, an RSS pull on another site of mine as a control, Google Reader which I almost never load unless it's on purpose - the days I omitted loading Firefox and browsed with Chrome, that hit disappeared. Having intentionally counted my hits, the results were surprising. Inflating numbers works, but it's so damned time consuming, even as a week long test.

Incidentally, to the optimist, this means that 2447 number I see on your chicklet may mean many thousands of people subscribed who simply haven't hit your site today.

Mark Dykeman · 4 months ago

It is what it is. :)

Adam Singer · 4 months ago

Feedburner count is pretty meaningless. It's not how many, it's who is reading your stuff :)

With that said I hope I've helped your numbers get up at least a little, I try to share your stuff when I can Mark - I'm one of your 'raving fans.'

Mark Dykeman · 4 months ago

Thanks Adam, I really appreciate the support. :)

digitalframeguy09 · 3 months ago

Broadcast your self!

Digital Frame: http://www.digitalframeguy.com/