Feedblitz Bug Sends My RSS Stats Through the Roof
Today has been a big day for louisgray.com. For the first time ever, I had two posts atop TechMeme at the same time (one | two), with my question around Twitter generating a ridiculous amount of buzz, garnering over 1,000 visits, more than a dozen comments, and several different articles through the blogosphere. All told, it was the second-highest traffic day ever.But not even this good news can be credited for my huge spike in RSS feed subscribers reported by Feedburner. That... unfortunately, is a bug.
Did your RSS Subscribers Double Overnight?
Overnight, I saw my total RSS subscribers nearly double, from 287 yesterday, to a whopping 570 today, an increase of 283. The culprit? My blog to e-mail service, Feedblitz, which somehow reported to Feedburner that instead of 18 e-mail subscribers, I somehow had 305. Simple math tells me Feedblitz added my 287 number to the 18 to come to 305, but regardless of the reason... it's just wrong.
While I'd like to think I'm Mr. Popularity, I'm still Mr. Small Potatoes.
The Feedblitz blog says its "probably just a previously unknown defect (ok, a bug) somewhere in the code." It might be related to Blogger's feed redirection, and it might not. Who knows? I had hoped the double TechMeme hit plus organic momentum had made me an overnight sensation, but it was not to be. Dang.
At least I wasn't the only one with a temporarily oversized ego.
See also:
Franzone.com: Subscriber Count Madness
BizTechTalk: Feedburner - Analyze Feed Subscribers
Authority Blogger Forum: Feedburner Messes Up
Labels: eMail, Errors, Feedblitz, RSS, Stats, TechMeme, Technology
posted by Louis Gray @ 7:30 PM
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6 Comments:
I saw your comment before mine on feedblitz's blog. My stats were off the wall! I have less feedburner readers than you but feedblitz showed that I had 2100 readers!
Perhaps they can let us glow in those numbers just a little longer....Maybe...I feel like the homecoming queen. Anna www.green-talk.com
Had the same problem with one of my 'lesser-known' blogs. Feedburner stats through the stratosphere! Goof to see you visiting and sharing on Readburner
Charlie
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