[consulting] Tracking readership via RSS

[Shai Gluskin]

Bill,

You would find equally useful statistics through standard web server log
> analysis statistics on the specific xml/rss pages.
>

That's true... and those logs are distinct from the way Google Analytics
collects stats, which wouldn't collect the needed data for this kind of
analysis... unless they have come up with something clever since the last
time I read about this.

Shai

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Ryan Cross <drupal at ryancross.com> wrote:

> Instead of sending you links Bill, I was able to find some good material by
> searching google for "feedburner alternatives" and "rss subscription
> counter" (or statistics)
>
> I'm sure you recognize that rss subscription statistics are inherently
> vague and imprecise by nature, correct? You would find equally useful
> statistics through standard web server log analysis statistics on the
> specific xml/rss pages.
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com>wrote:
>
>> Gang,
>>
>> I think Bill is asking something different. He's not trying to manage his
>> own reading list, he wants to help web publishers understand the
>> effectiveness/readership of the feeds they publish.
>>
>> I use feedburner.com, now feedburner.google.com. You can also enable
>> email subscriptions to feeds which is great for people who aren't in to rss
>> yet.
>>
>> Shai
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Brian Vuyk <brian at brianvuyk.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I use Thunderbird as my regular email client... I also just add my RSS
>>> subscriptions to it as well. It's a good interface IMO.
>>>
>>> -Brian
>>>
>>> On 04/06/2009 02:40 PM, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello, all,
>>>>
>>>> A question for the list --
>>>>
>>>> What methods are people using to track subscriptions via RSS? Many
>>>> people have been getting sick of feedburner, as it has been flaky for a
>>>> while, and its aquisition by Google has not helped matters.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>>
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