WebProNews - FeedBurner

Feedburner Incorporates AdSense Into Feeds

Chris Crum — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:33:53 -0400

About a month ago, it was hinted at that Feedburner would start incorporating AdSense into feeds as a product of its acquisition by Google.

It appears that time is approaching with feeds for some publishers getting ready to start displaying AdSense ads this week.

FeedBurner Starting To Fly Google's Flag

Doug Caverly — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:47:24 -0400

Almost 11 months ago, Google announced its acquisition of FeedBurner. Now, FeedBurner finally seems ready to make some aesthetic changes and more serious overhauls.

Integrating Bidvertiser with FeedBurner, Blogger, WordPress

Manoj Jasra — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:37:17 -0500

BidVertiser has recently added the ability to integrate its services with FeedBurner, Blogger and WordPress:

Tracking Blog Effectiveness

Lee Odden — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:48:28 -0500

There are a lot of data points that can be meaningful for tracking blog effectiveness.

That is, tracking what happens when visitors arrive at and engage with your blog content. It really comes down to the purpose of your blog. Metrics for a blog that’s focused on making a web site more search engine friendly by adding crawlable content and attracting links is quite different than a blog that’s meant to build thought leadership or brand credibility.

28 Things Didn't Happen In 2007

Jason Lee Miller — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:18:39 -0500

A lot of predictions were made about 2007, just like every other year. Some came true, some didn't. Here's a list of what didn't happen.

Vertical search and niche social networks didn't take off

Social Media Thanksgiving List

Lisa McNeill — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:33:59 -0500

In the spirit of the season - we’ve compiled a few things we are thankful for around here at Ignite.

Webmaster Central's Future

Navneet Kaushal — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:23:19 -0400

Webmasters Google Go-to-guy Matt Cutts has a post in his blog which asks all suggestions on improving Webmaster Central. After all improvements were made based on suggestions given by webmasters.

Feedburner and Blogger

Stephen Pitts — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:26:15 -0400

Feedburner, recently acquired by Google, has taken a step for their users using another of Google’s products, Blogger.

Google Feeds Free FeedBurner MyBrand

David A. Utter — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:00:02 -0400

One of the services from feed distributor FeedBurner will be available for free, thanks to their new owners, Google.

Do Not Follow Google's Mistakes

Stephen Pitts — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:17:48 -0400

This is not an attempt to bash Google. However, you can sometimes learn what not to do from some very successful people and products.

Performancing Metrics Rises From Dead

Thomas McMahon — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:16:08 -0400

I’m constantly looking for a nice, quick and easy blog stats. Google Analytics is a great program, but it’s a bit complex for my daily checks. I’ve tried quite a few and recently Performancing Metrics came back online. It’s not really a new service, but it is a great step forward.

Google Crowned King Of Acquisitions

Doug Caverly — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:22:31 -0400

Regular WebProNews readers have probably already guessed this, but for what it’s worth, a new report has confirmed all our suspicions: Google takes over more companies than just about anybody else out there.

Feedburner Users Have 8 Days To Hide From Google

Nathan Weinberg — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:00:30 -0400

Feedburner is informing users they have until June 15, eight days from now, to opt-out of giving Google data on their accounts.

Feed Optimization Tip: Don't Forget FeedFlare

Thomas McMahon — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:31:15 -0400

FeedBurner is the only service (that I know of) that will re-publish a blogs feed in order to get feed stats. Being such a great service, many users use it only to figure out how many readers their blogs have.

Google Swallows Up FeedBurner

Mike Sachoff — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:09:42 -0400

Google has announced it has acquired Chicago-based FeedBurner, a deal that had been rumored to be taking place since last week. Terms of the purchase have not been disclosed.

The Month of Acquisitions

Manoj Jasra — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:46:04 -0400

There were numerous partnerships and acquisitions in the month of May, which included a lot of dollars changing hands. Let's look at some of the major deals that went down this past month

Should You NOINDEX Your RSS Feeds?

Eric Enge — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:07:38 -0400

One of the questions you see swirling about the forums and blogs these days is whether or not you should Noindex your RSS feeds to avoid duplicate content problems. The source of the problem is that RSS feeds are being crawled by the search engines. In addition, many people are now recommending that you include the entire content of your articles directly in your feed.

Feedburner Fears After Google's Grab

David A. Utter — Thu, 24 May 2007 06:05:46 -0400

Things change when a large, publicly traded company acquires a smaller firm. Google's $100 million pickup of Feedburner has elicited some negative speculation.

Google/Feedburner Deal Confirmed

Jason Lee Miller — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:22:24 -0400

No official word from Google yet, but one blogger (and hence, a slew of others piling on) is reporting that the search engine is in the final stage of buying Feedburner.

Google & Feedburner - The Good & Bad

Andy Beard — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:24:40 -0400

Rumours have been surfacing for the last few days that Google might be buying FeedBurner for around $100M.

Attention and User Acceptance Data

Aaron Wall — Mon, 21 May 2007 11:58:39 -0400

There is a rumor that Google may buy Feedburner for roughly $100 million dollars. If they do so, they have another way to understand if blogs are real or not. Few people subscribe to or link at a fake blog or unoriginal blog. Owning the leading reader, the leading feed provider, the leading analytics product, and the leading ad platform should give them a pretty good idea of what is real.

FeedBurner Deal Could Be Good For Google

Jason Lee Miller — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:57:09 -0400

The rumor that Google is eyeballing FeedBurner for a cool $100 million has folks talking about what that could mean for Google's search result relevancy, and the company's ability to identify splogs, differentiating them from legitimate blogs.

Rumors: Google, Yahoo, May Be Buying

David A. Utter — Mon, 21 May 2007 06:52:28 -0400

Takeover rumors are heating up like the weather, as both Yahoo and Google may open their dainty pocketbooks and pick up a couple of companies.

Rumor: Google to Buy FeedBurner?

Andy Beal — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:49:36 -0400

It’s Friday, which must mean it’s time to crank up the rumor mill to “11″ and get speculative.

Rumor Mill: Google To Acquire FeedBurner

Doug Caverly — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:26:52 -0400

It’s just an unconfirmed rumor at this point, but Sam Sethi has “just heard from a VERY trusted source that Google is buying Feedburner.” Considering that Microsoft just spent $6 billion on aQuantive, this purchase would certainly be a good way for Google to steal back some headlines.

Fenced Commons or Walled Gardens?

Shel Holtz — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:08:11 -0400

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to my friend Dan York’s May 2 post asserting that the Web is fragmenting into a xxxx of walled gardens.

SEW Live - Measuring Social Media

Doug Caverly — Thu, 10 May 2007 10:06:35 -0400

The saying “all publicity is good publicity,” has, I think, been pretty much dismissed by now. But to what degree, and in what instances? Sage Lewis, founder and president of Sage Rock, considered those questions (among others) during his talk on “Measuring the Impact of Social Media” at yesterday’s SEW Live event.

FeedBurner Plugin Gets New Owner & Name

Thomas McMahon — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:52:08 -0400

The FeedBurner plugin has got a new name and a new owner. Steve Smith from OrderedList.com handed off the plugin to the FeedBuner crew.

Clicky Integrates Feedburner RSS Stats

Pat McCarthy — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:01:12 -0400

Web analytics vendor Clicky announced on their blog today that they have integrated Feedburner RSS stats for your site into the Clicky interface.

Partial Feeds Don't Lure Visitors

Jordan McCollum — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:57:37 -0400

Conventional wisdom tells us that if you publish partial feeds, people will click through to your site to read the rest of your story. The truth is that it just doesn’t work out that way. FeedBurner’s VP of Publishing Services, FeedBurner’s Rick Klau, noted last week:

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