Comments on: 3 Alternative Solutions to Replace the Google Feedburner Service

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:06:19 +0000

Finally somebody has said it … use the feed off your WordPress posts. I think this is the way I am going to go forward and build a list using my autoresponder service. I use RSS feeds to build links as well so not need for Feedburner for that, so why not just use your native feed?? Good article, thanks

By: Ana Hoffman

Ana Hoffman — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 06:10:00 +0000

I am definitely in favor of building a list over RSS subscribers, Leo; no question about it.

I knew this was coming, but hate adding yet another to-do bullet – change RSS feed links.

By: Usman

Usman — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:16:25 +0000

What are your thoughts about WordPress.com feed service?

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:17:03 +0000

You say Google is shutting down it’s Feedburner service yet the link you give is to the API which is completely different.

You can no longer tap into the service to get out subscriber numbers but as far as I know there hasn’t been an announcement that the entire service is to be shut down.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:57:10 +0000

I still use RSS feeds. What they offer over social media and mailing lists is I can organize them into their respective interests. With social media, Facebook for instance, updates are just random at best and with their new promote a post system, products I like can buy their way onto my front page and push out the news sites I want to read. With an email list if I don’t feel like reading the update right now it’s going to get lost with all my other emails. With my RSS feed when I want news, or have a few minutes of free time to relax, what I want is there waiting for me. I hope the closing of feedburner doesn’t turn people away from RSS.

By: S. Emerson

S. Emerson — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:32:23 +0000

I for one use RSS feeds as a way to keep up with all the blogs and sites I want to follow. It is a real time saver when wanting to see all the latest posts/articles by my favourite sites. BTW: I saw this article because I follow Search Engine People via RSS feed. (wink)

Also, the social networks are so busy (it’s 11:30 p.m. Pacific Time here and the posts are still streaming in my TweetDeck) that your announcement of your article or post gets lost in the stream or missed all together if the follower isn’t online when you post.

If Search Engine People (or anyone else) moves away from Feedburner, please figure out how to do a redirect to your new RSS feed or announce your move in plenty of time for readers to change the url. My RSS feedreader will put a big old X beside your name if it can’t find the feed. If you are in one of my quieter folders I might not notice the failure and just think you have gone quiet.