Comments on: Google Reader Stats Still Pretty Useless http://technosailor.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-still-pretty-useless/ Business and Technology with Common Sense Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:50:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19888 By: aw http://technosailor.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-still-pretty-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-43061 aw Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:28:45 +0000 http://technosailor.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-still-pretty-useless/#comment-43061 Anyway, if the 301 works, my numbers would rise a lot :) Anyway, if the 301 works, my numbers would rise a lot :)

]]> By: Scott Lawton (Blogcosm) http://technosailor.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-still-pretty-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-43060 Scott Lawton (Blogcosm) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:46:40 +0000 http://technosailor.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-still-pretty-useless/#comment-43060 I think that investigating and then accounting for the nuances of this and other data sources is useful for those who want to understand the business side of blogging. A manual trackback: Excellent point about the 301 redirect. I linked here from my <a href="http://blog.blogcosm.com/2007/10/16/google-reader-subscriber-stats-1-roundup/">roundup post</a>, adding an alternate way to search, details on counting multiple feeds, and other bugs & hidden features. Subsequent posts covered Mashable's critique and added a "long tail" chart. I think that investigating and then accounting for the nuances of this and other data sources is useful for those who want to understand the business side of blogging.

A manual trackback: Excellent point about the 301 redirect. I linked here from my roundup post, adding an alternate way to search, details on counting multiple feeds, and other bugs & hidden features. Subsequent posts covered Mashable’s critique and added a “long tail” chart.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://technosailor.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-still-pretty-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-43059 Andy Beard Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:44:11 +0000 http://technosailor.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-still-pretty-useless/#comment-43059 Aaron, now if you had read my article yesterday, you would realise that the atom subscribers reported are from people subscribing with a javascript bookmarklet. When you click the GR subscription button, Google Reader displays the following in the toolbar. http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Ftechnosailor.com%2Ffeed%2Frdf%2F#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ftechnosailor.com%2Ffeed%2Frdf%2F Far from being a bad thing, this can be quite useful Aaron, now if you had read my article yesterday, you would realise that the atom subscribers reported are from people subscribing with a javascript bookmarklet.

When you click the GR subscription button, Google Reader displays the following in the toolbar.

http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Ftechnosailor.com%2Ffeed%2Frdf%2F#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ftechnosailor.com%2Ffeed%2Frdf%2F

Far from being a bad thing, this can be quite useful

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