Comments on: Why Do You Show Your FeedBurner FeedCount?

By: used tires

used tires — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:13:40 +0000

I guess its one way blog owners can measure your success… but its only one way…

Till then,

Jean

By: Gaz

Gaz — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:54:25 +0000

@Jon Lee: Ha! And there was me thinking that I just had waves of people unsubscribing from time to time… mine is often in the 40’s, occasionally in the 60’s and every now and again it dips into the low teens. I guess the way feedburner counts subscribers is flakey for low numbers?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:26:43 +0000

For me, I show… just to get more subscribers. Not to confuse them. Lol…

By: Jon Lee

Jon Lee — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:06:55 +0000

I find the Feedburner count to be unreliable at times.
During the early days of my blog, the count jumped from 4 to about 200. Then to 3,000. Then back to 500 now it has leveled off at around 50.

I hide it as to not confuse my readers!
(Although I did show it when it was in the 3000s, just to show off.)

By: Nate Whitehill

Nate Whitehill — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:46:18 +0000

Great argument, Ryan. I also read many of the smaller blogs, not because of their ego (cough Feed count), but because of their unique and interesting content.

By: Robert Irizarry

Robert Irizarry — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:47:48 +0000

I don’t show it because I think it should be irrelevant whether I have 5 or 500 readers. That said, I can appreciate the argument of leaving it off if you have low subcriber counts. For some, it gives the impression that counts are low because quality is low. Of course, this isn’t necessarily the case. It also leaves out all the other ways that readers can stay in contact with a blog.

By: Ryan J. Parker

Ryan J. Parker — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:13:34 +0000

Call me lazy, too.

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:03:36 +0000

I show mine because it saves me a few clicks to find out my current numbers. Just call me lazy!