Comments on: Estimating the number of blog subscriptions http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/04/estimating-the-number-of-blog-subscriptions What happens at LShift Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Jamie Cansdale http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/04/estimating-the-number-of-blog-subscriptions#comment-4426 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:22:29 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/04/estimating-the-number-of-blog-subscriptions#comment-4426 <p>You could always add an image to a post and track how many people download that. I know lots of people read email with images turned off, but I think must people want to see images in their feeds.</p> You could always add an image to a post and track how many people download that. I know lots of people read email with images turned off, but I think must people want to see images in their feeds.

]]> by: tom http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/04/estimating-the-number-of-blog-subscriptions#comment-4388 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:05:10 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/04/estimating-the-number-of-blog-subscriptions#comment-4388 <p><i>FeedBurner is very nice site that will collect statistics for you</i></p> <p>Nice and useful it may be, but the model it uses requires you to surrender your feed (and your statistics) to them, as the service is based on FeedBurner aggregating your original feed and convincing users to subscribe to the feeds produced by FeedBurner instead. I'd definitely consider using FeedBurner for some scenarios, but it's nice to have a home-brewed solution too. And with the script being free, we even have hope to extend it until it will provide even more than what proprietary services provide today.</p> FeedBurner is very nice site that will collect statistics for you

Nice and useful it may be, but the model it uses requires you to surrender your feed (and your statistics) to them, as the service is based on FeedBurner aggregating your original feed and convincing users to subscribe to the feeds produced by FeedBurner instead. I’d definitely consider using FeedBurner for some scenarios, but it’s nice to have a home-brewed solution too. And with the script being free, we even have hope to extend it until it will provide even more than what proprietary services provide today.

]]> by: Noel Welsh http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/04/estimating-the-number-of-blog-subscriptions#comment-4387 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:46:16 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/04/estimating-the-number-of-blog-subscriptions#comment-4387 <p>FeedBurner is very nice site that will collect statistics for you. I use it, and it works well.</p> FeedBurner is very nice site that will collect statistics for you. I use it, and it works well.

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