Get Your Strategy On
Based on the stats from FeedBurner, here are the top 10 ways blog subscribers receive my feed:
What’s amazing about these stats is the rapid growth of Google as an RSS feed aggregator. Bloglines (which I still prefer) has lost a lot of ground to Google. What’s even more amazing is the fact that Yahoo and Microsoft are not even on the radar.
Tony Morgan is a pastor and the Chief Strategic Officer at NewSpring Church where he develops creative solutions for communications, technology and NewSpring Ministries--the church's ministry that equips other church leaders.
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Shawn
August 12th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
What is it about Bloglines that you prefer? Once the new Google Reader came out and I used it for 5 minutes I knew it was more powerful than Bloglines so I left BG, shacked up with Google Reader and never looked back.
Bo Bray
August 12th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Hey Tony, what plugins/programs do you use to track those subscribtion stats? I am having a problem monitoring all subscribers on my site. Thanks for any advice you can offer!
Kirt Manuel
August 12th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Tony, I’m using NetNewWire Lite on my Mac, just in case that information is useful.
JG
August 12th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Firefox’s Live Bookmarks are the only way to go …
JG
tony morgan
August 12th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Shawn, last I checked, Google Reader doesn’t allow you to subscribe to a search like “NewSpring Church” as an example. There are certain key searches that I need to stay on top of, and I’d rather do it from one site.
Bo, I use FeedBurner to track all these stats. You’ll have to find someone more versed in that solution if you need help.
tony
Fred Mckinnon
August 12th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Tony,
Awesome, inspiring stats, my friend. Just curious - how many readers aren’t using RSS at all … they just come directly to your site?
I always read via GoogleReader unless I want to comment (like now) .. then, I click on the title in GR and come here to your blog to post …
Interesting in # of RSS versus actual unique web visitors per day. Feedburner can track that as well, in case you’ve not added it!
Fred Mckinnon
August 12th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Also .. Shawn … I can help you w/ FeedBurner if you’re using WordPress … not sure how the redirect works on TypePad.
Chris Reeder
August 12th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Tony, If you try Google Reader… you will never look back!!!
Chris R.
http://LetGodBeGod.com
Billy Chia
August 12th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
I’m a huge GR fan.
But the ability to track searches… sounds cool. I might need to do a test run on bloglines.
john
August 14th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
“What’s even more amazing is the fact that Yahoo and Microsoft are not even on the radar.”
Last time I checked Outlook 2007 was a Microsoft product…
And yes, I like it much better than Bloglines.