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Re: Are Blogger | Blogspot Blogs SEO Friendly?

Rick Klau — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:23:22 -0000

Andy - thanks for raising these issues. Your tweet from a few weeks ago was very helpful in surfacing a few issues, and I'm working through several (including the ones you raise above). I'll provide an update shortly, and hope to have good resolutions to several of the problems you've identified.

Appreciate the input. Stay tuned.

Re: Websense goes for FeedBurner

Rick Klau — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:42:31 -0000

I just got off the phone with WebSense, and they claim that FeedBurner is classified as "information technology", not "sex". (That there couldn't be any one classification is a separate issue.) They suggest that either (a) your URL database is corrupt, or (b) out of date. The recommended resolution (per Websense) is to contact them and ensure your database of URLs is up to date.

Hope that helps,

Rick Klau
Google (former VP/publisher services, FeedBurner)

Re: 2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-are-bullshit-with-proof/

Rick Klau — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:45:20 -0000

Hi everyone -

FeedBurner separates out subscribers, item views, and clickthroughs in each publisher's feed analytics so that we can give publishers a good overview of their audience and how much activity their feed is actually generating. In a post we wrote back in February ( http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives...), we talked about the impact of default feeds on reported numbers, as well as the differences in what each web-based reader reports. (That is to say, a Yahoo "subscriber" is not necessarily the same as a Bloglines "subscriber" or a Google "subscriber".)

Beyond the basic subscription metric, we measure activity and audience engagement which includes item views (whenever a feed item is read in an HTML-capable reader) and clickthroughs (back to a publisher's site) - both of which are additional indicators of actual feed consumption.

Hope that helps,

Rick
Google (FeedBurner)

Re: Feedburner Pro features now Free?

Rick Klau — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:14:01 -0000

Yes, after we were acquired by Google we made the formerly premium features free. Details are here:

http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives...

Thanks for noticing, and spreading the word. Enjoy!

Regards,

Rick Klau

Google (FeedBurner)

Re: Introducing Publish2: Networked News

Rick Klau — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:12:08 -0000

Scott - Congrats. Publishing2.0 has been on my short-list of must-reads for a while now, and I can't wait to see what you provide for the community. Best of luck!