The Feedburner Myth神話的Feedburner

UPDATE: 2009-06-18 Even from before Google took over there were problems with the reliability of the Feedburner count (see original post below), but now they have started counting FriendFeed subscribers, which has caused widespread exaltation and then hilarity among bloggers today when they saw their count double over night.最新資料： 2009年6月18日之前，谷歌即使從接管有問題的可靠性Feedburner伯爵（見原職下文） ，但現在他們已經開始計數FriendFeed用戶，造成普遍的提升，然後歡鬧之間博客今日當他們看到他們的伯爵雙過夜。

Trouble is, it's hard to tell whether FF subscribers are really equivalent to RSS subscribers.麻煩的是，很難判斷用戶真正法郎相當於的RSS訂閱。 I know I did for Sciencetext!我知道我所做的Sciencetext ！ I saw major jumps (doublings for two blogs and a 10% rise, which amounted to roughly the same number of “new” subscribers) on my bigger blog Sciencebase.我看見大跳躍（倍增兩個博客和增長10 ％ ，這相當於大約相同數量的“新”的用戶）對我國大博客Sciencebase 。 It worries me that Feedburner might be double counting in the case of FF users who feed more than one blog into the FF feed…anyone know?它擔心我， Feedburner可能重複計算的情況下法郎用戶誰飼料多個博客變成了FF飼料...任何人都知道嗎？

ORIGINAL POST: If you're a blogger like me, do you find yourself waiting patiently each morning to see your Feedburner count chicklet update?原來的文章：如果您是Blogger和我一樣，你發現自己耐心等待每天早上看到您Feedburner伯爵chicklet更新？ If it's a good day, you'll see a little jump that offers a cheap thrill, if it's not such a good day, there will be a drop that will sadden your heart for the rest of the day.如果這是一個很好的一天，您會看到一個小跳，提供廉價的刺激，如果沒有這樣一個美好的一天，將有下降，將難過你的心，在餘下的一天。 But, did you ever stop to think how much of slave to this silly little number you have become?但是，你有沒有停下來想多少奴隸這個愚蠢的小號碼，已成為？ I did and I've decided it has to stop.我沒有和我已經決定它已停止。

Feedburner count seems to bob up and down Feedburner伯爵似乎鮑勃向上和向下 like a, well, I-don't-know-what.像，那麼，一別，知道是什麼。 It's never stable, it varies day-by-day, sometimes there will be huge spikes, sometimes there will be big drops.這是從來沒有穩定的，但不同的每日，有時會有巨大的峰值，有時將大幅下降。 What one would expect for a passive subscription service is a fairly steady increase as a site grows, not all this sinusoidal activity.人們期望的一種被動訂閱服務是一個相當穩定增長作為一個網站的增長，並非所有這正弦活動。 However, you can take solace in the fact that most of these ups and downs do not reflect real changes in your subscriber numbers but are simply down to glitches, bugs, and the way people access their feeds depending on the day of the week.不過，您可以感到寬慰的是，大多數這些跌宕起伏並不反映真正的變化，您的用戶數量，但只是到故障，錯誤的方式，以及訪問他們的供稿人根據星期。

Picture this.圖片這一點。 I find a fascinating site.我發現一個迷人的網站。 Read a couple of posts think, “Hey, this is good stuff”,讀了幾個帖子認為， “嘿，這是個好東西” ， click the orange按一下橙色 and add the site's RSS feed to my newsreader.並增加該網站的RSS飼料我新聞廣播。 You can您可以 add the Sig Figs feed to Google Reader信號圖添加飼料谷歌閱讀器 , right now, for instance).現在，例如） 。 So, from now on I get regular RSS updates for that site, read stuff that I find interesting, and basically forget about it.所以，從現在起，我的RSS定期更新該網站，閱讀的東西，我認為有趣的，基本上把它拋在腦後。 It happens everyday for thousands upon thousands, if not millions of feeds.它每天發生的事情為千千萬萬，如果不是數以百萬計的飼料。

However, occasionally the Google Reader servers fail to report their pings to Feedburner.然而，偶爾的谷歌閱讀器服務器失敗報告其偵測到Feedburner 。 So, maybe that site I visited had 23 subscribers from Google Reader among 112 total subscribers.所以，也許我訪問了該網站有23個用戶谷歌閱讀器用戶總數112間。 Next day when the site owner checks their feedcount, they find they're down 23 to 89.第二天，當網站所有者檢查其feedcount ，他們發現他們下跌23至89 。 Sad day.悲哀的一天。 Then, overnight the Google glitch is fixed, numbers are reported again and the feedcount is back up and has maybe gained a couple of new Google readers into the bargain, so the count is 114.然後，谷歌一夜之間故障是固定的，號碼是報告再次和feedcount是備份，並可能獲得一些新的谷歌讀者的討價還價，所以伯爵是114 。 Happy day.快樂的日子。

Google Reader miscounts are not the only problem.谷歌閱讀器miscounts並不是唯一的問題。 A recent reporting bug for the Feedblitz RSS to email service had sites with a few dozen or a few hundred subscribers suddenly reporting leaps to several thousand.最近的一個報告錯誤的Feedblitz RSS來了電子郵件服務的網站有幾十個或幾百個用戶突然報告跨越幾千。 Happy day?快樂的日子？ Not really, after a few hours the blogosphere learned of the bug and all those who thought they had passed some kind of subscriber tipping point were back down to earth after a few days once the bug was fixed.不是真的，在幾個小時後博客教訓的錯誤和所有那些誰以為他們已經通過某種形式的用戶轉折點回到腳踏實地幾天後一旦錯誤是固定的。

Another problem is the types of news readers your subscribers are using.另一個問題是類型的新聞閱讀器的用戶使用。 My Sciencebase science news site is listed in the default feeds offered to users of the Snarfer news aggregator program for instance.我國Sciencebase科學新聞網站中列出的默認供稿向用戶提供的Snarfer新聞聚合程序實例。 As such, the site has gained a not insignificant number of subscribers who choose to add the Sciencebase feed that way.因此，該網站已經取得了不小的多的用戶選擇購買誰的Sciencebase飼料這樣。 However, the variation in how people use this kind of program day to day and more specifically at weekends or holidays as opposed to working days varies considerably.然而，變化人們使用這種計劃每天更具體地說在週末或節假日，而不是工作日差異很大。

The subscriber numbers reported by standalone (offline) feed readers can run hot and cold depending on the day of the week.該報告的用戶數量的獨立（離線）供稿閱讀器可以運行冷熱根據星期。 If it's a program users install on home machines then numbers will be higher at weekends, because that's when they're most likely to use their home machine.如果這是一個程序安裝在家庭用戶的機器然後數字會更高在週末，因為這時候他們最可能利用其主頁機。 In contrast, online readers, such as Bloglines, Google Reader, My Yahoo!相比之下，網上讀者，如Bloglines ，谷歌閱讀器，我的Yahoo ！ tend to be used more frequently during the working week and so subscriber numbers for these systems add more to the total count on weekdays because users cannot install or use a standalone reader on a work or school machine.往往更經常地加以利用每週工作期間和用戶數量為這些系統添加更多的總數平日因為用戶不能安裝或使用一個單獨的讀者在上班或上學機。

Of course, there is some natural attrition.當然，也有自然減員。 Some people do remove feeds from their lists.有些人刪除供稿名單。 However, I have well over 250 feeds in Google Reader alone, and I know other journalists who have thousands.但是，我已經遠遠超過250供稿僅在谷歌閱讀器，我知道其他記者誰數以千計。 There is simply no time to worry about deleting feeds one may have outgrown or that have stagnated, you simply ignore the headlines from anything that doesn't appeal and read the decent stuff.所以根本沒有時間去擔心刪除飼料有可能有超出或停滯不前，只需忽略頭條任何不上訴，並宣讀了體面的東西。

As such, your Feedburner count may bob up and down like the proverbial “i-don't-know-what” over the course of days depending on feed aggregator usage, reporting errors, and other vagaries.因此，您可能鮑勃Feedburner伯爵向上和向下像諺語“一別，知道是什麼”的過程中天供稿匯集根據使用情況，報告錯誤，和其他變幻無常。 It's one of the reasons I don't display the Feedburner chicklet on this site.它的原因之一，我不顯示Feedburner chicklet關於這個站點。 You can您可以 reveal the Feedburner count揭示了Feedburner伯爵 of many sites even if they don't choose to display it.許多網站即使他們沒有選擇顯示它。

Anyway, as long as your site itself is active and growing and adding great new content on a regular basis, you should see a general upward trend in feedcount, but there's no real need to check the count every day is there?總之，只要您的網站本身是積極的和巨大的增長和增加新的內容定期，您應該會看到一個一般呈上升趨勢feedcount ，但沒有真正的需要檢查伯爵每天都在那裡？