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Ok Who Broke Feedburner?!

Went Hot: November 6, 2007 - 11:03 am
Posted By: cmiddlebrook 609 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com)
Category: Blogging

My RSS numbers took a plummet today and at first I was worried until I saw that the numbers of a load of big blogs had dropped - some come on, who broke Feedburner? :-)

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from aimClear 609 days ago #

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Good grab Caroline. Our feed subscription numbers were cut in half overnight. Google is at it again. Either there is a major adjustment or it's broken. Of course, it could be more funny business like the PR fiasco.

from searchcommander 609 days ago #

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Maybe the sites that are showing a drop in subscribers are suspected of selling links?

Since Google owns Feedburner, aren't they free to report subscriber numbers however they like, just like PageRank?

By devaluing the reported number of subscribers a site has, they decrease incentive for anyone to buy links on the site.

(ok, just joking - but is it that far fetched?)

from DazzlinDonna 609 days ago #

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Yet another reason I was dismayed when Google purchased Feedburner.

from Feydakin 609 days ago #

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They probably just removed all of the reciprocal subscriptions to keep people from subscribing to friends feeds to boost the numbers :)

from blavish 609 days ago #

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I think google itself is broken. Over the past view weeks they have really messed up the ranking thing. just my opinion but I am sure some of you can relate.

from jeffquipp 609 days ago #

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This explains alot! Whew!

from AndyBeard 609 days ago #

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It seems to be just Google that is broken and hasn't reported feed subscription numbers to Feedburner.

from DoshDosh 609 days ago #

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It'll probably fix itself in a day or two.... it happens at least once every month. Nothing to be alarmed about :)

from vanessafox 609 days ago #

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Yeah, this isn't Feedburner's bug. It's Reader's..
http://www.vanessafoxnude.com/2007/11/04/dont-panic-no-everyone-didnt-just-unsubscribe-from-the-internet/

from HamletBatista 609 days ago #

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For a moment I thought my readers were punishing me for the slow posting rate :-)

from SearchBuzz 609 days ago #

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Last week PR, this week feedburner stats......what's next??

from cmiddlebrook 609 days ago #

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Update - the numbers from Google Feedfetcher are not being counted. Hopefully it's just a glitch :) So to answer my question, I guess Google broke it heh!

from Sebastian 609 days ago #

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Here is the official statement:
http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/11/sunday_subscriber_count_drop.php

from aimClear 609 days ago #

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Thank you for the information everybody.

from DrPete 606 days ago #

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I saw the dip on Sunday (moreso than the usual weekend dip) but then things recovered today. Hopefully, everyone else bounces back after 24-48 hours, too.