Comments on: Subscriber Counts Now Mean Nothing

By: Who Is Your Audience And Are Audiences Different? | Regular Geek

Who Is Your Audience And Are Audiences Different? | Regular Geek — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:35:06 +0000

[...] by Rob Diana in Social Media Even since FriendFeed added their subscriber counts to FeedBurner (with my complaints), I have been wondering how we should really deal with the different audiences that consume the [...]

By: My Stats Reflect How the Web Is Changing | Tech-monkey.info Blogs

My Stats Reflect How the Web Is Changing | Tech-monkey.info Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:43:20 +0000

[...] Related articles by Zemanta Blogs Aren’t Dead, They’re Just Fragmenting(newcommbiz.com)When blogging less becomes more(trishussey.com)Posterous vs. Tumblr: A Head to Head(mashable.com)Subscriber Counts Now Mean Nothing(regulargeek.com) [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:03:56 +0000

This expains a lot for the sudden rise in feed subscribers I had since June 17th. The number wasn’t as significant as 100%, but that’s because I barely use FF.

By: Do We Even Need FeedBurner Anymore?

Do We Even Need FeedBurner Anymore? — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:33:07 +0000

[...] reasons why this is a bad idea, so instead I’m just going to say I agree with David Spinks, Rob Diana, and Dave [...]

By: Feedburner adds Friendfeed: Should you care?

Feedburner adds Friendfeed: Should you care? — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:03:14 +0000

[...] There is an opportunity for growth – When your content is on Friendfeed someone who is subscribed to you can ‘Like” your post and then the post will show up in that person’s stream so anyone who is subscribed to them will now see your post. I know FriendFeed can drive some good traffic to the blog, but returning a subscriber count for the blog does not seem quite right. FriendFeed is an aggregator, so my subscribers are really subscribing to me, not my blog. – Rob Diana [...]

By: The New Twitterfeed: a Huge Improvement | A Slice of Life

The New Twitterfeed: a Huge Improvement | A Slice of Life — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:07:41 +0000

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By: Feedburner stats now completely useless | TechWag

Feedburner stats now completely useless | TechWag — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:17:40 +0000

[...] Subscriber Counts Now Mean Nothing (regulargeek.com) Filed under: data mine, sad, technology, web 2.0 Tags: Blog, FeedBurner, FriendFeed, On the Web, RSS, Statistics, Website [...]

By: Friendfeed Adds RSS Stats Tracking

Friendfeed Adds RSS Stats Tracking — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:16:19 +0000

[...] Rob Diana takes a look at the numbers and wonders if they even matter. Diana would prefer the counts are removed. He saw huge jumps in subscriber numbers for his blog along with the blog of Louis Gray. Sure makes my boost of 17 subscribers look tiny! [...]