Comments on: Dear RSS Subscriber, Should We Really Care About You? http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/ Making Money Online Blogging by Milking the Internet! Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: pkchukiss http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-15487 pkchukiss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:52:09 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-15487 Oops, I meant John Cow :smile: Confusion reigns <em>pkchukiss's last blog post..<a href='http://pkchukiss.sgblogging.com/2008/03/23/about-jokes/' rel="nofollow">About jokes…</a></em> Oops, I meant John Cow :smile:

Confusion reigns

pkchukiss’s last blog post..About jokes…

]]> By: pkchukiss http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-15486 pkchukiss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:50:59 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-15486 Perhaps you might want to try monetising RSS feeds like the Big Beef? I usually let posts store a few days before using Google Reader to pore through all the sites I subscribe to. Imagine the amount of clicking I would have to do if just John Chow went partial-feeds! <em>pkchukiss's last blog post..<a href='http://pkchukiss.sgblogging.com/2008/03/23/about-jokes/' rel="nofollow">About jokes…</a></em> Perhaps you might want to try monetising RSS feeds like the Big Beef? I usually let posts store a few days before using Google Reader to pore through all the sites I subscribe to. Imagine the amount of clicking I would have to do if just John Chow went partial-feeds!

pkchukiss’s last blog post..About jokes…

]]> By: Not John Chow http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-15141 Not John Chow Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:36:28 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-15141 I only use the RSS to remind me to check out some blogs every now and then. I don't usually read them in the feed. <em>Not John Chow's last blog post..<a href='http://www.notjohnchow.com/stumble-this-win-a-stumble-explosion/#comment-229' rel="nofollow">By: Not John</a></em> I only use the RSS to remind me to check out some blogs every now and then. I don’t usually read them in the feed.

Not John Chow’s last blog post..By: Not John

]]> By: BlogEntrepreneur http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14874 BlogEntrepreneur Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:04:28 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14874 I like to experiment and I was thinking of trying the same thing. You have more subscribers to lose so YOU experiment and report back to us how it went. I don't want to be the Mooron that screws it up. :twisted: I like to experiment and I was thinking of trying the same thing. You have more subscribers to lose so YOU experiment and report back to us how it went.

I don’t want to be the Mooron that screws it up.

:twisted:

]]> By: Jorge http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14853 Jorge Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:47:42 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14853 The answer is yes and no. ;) <em>Jorge's last blog post..<a href='http://2magicminds.com/?p=389' rel="nofollow">Mega Concurso de Março e Abril - mais de 500 euros de prémio</a></em> The answer is yes and no. ;)

Jorge’s last blog post..Mega Concurso de Março e Abril – mais de 500 euros de prémio

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]]> By: Sabrina http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14813 Sabrina Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:04:36 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14813 I'm like Mike Huang, I use my feeds to remind me of my favorites and usually go to the post on the site. I manage about four sites now, work and have a family and it's a great way to keep track. The ones I like best I put on my homepage - like JohnCow. :mrgreen: I’m like Mike Huang, I use my feeds to remind me of my favorites and usually go to the post on the site. I manage about four sites now, work and have a family and it’s a great way to keep track. The ones I like best I put on my homepage – like JohnCow. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Kanak Bhandari http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14801 Kanak Bhandari Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:40:21 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14801 Ahh , there you go .. I think your blog has gone totally off topic. You blog about your RSS reader , reviews and no tips and tricks of Make Money online. But by cutting off the full feed feature, I think you havnt done anything good for your blog. Anyways, c ya sometime later. <em>Kanak Bhandari's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tecfre/~3/246885020/' rel="nofollow">Thank God that electricity doesnt smell !! Toilet turbine Generate electricity by flushing</a></em> Ahh , there you go .. I think your blog has gone totally off topic. You blog about your RSS reader , reviews and no tips and tricks of Make Money online. But by cutting off the full feed feature, I think you havnt done anything good for your blog. Anyways, c ya sometime later.

Kanak Bhandari’s last blog post..Thank God that electricity doesnt smell !! Toilet turbine Generate electricity by flushing

]]> By: Making The Money http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14791 Making The Money Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:58:20 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14791 What about the money, have you noticed a relative increase in blog income as subscribers increase? Whilst my RSS count fluctuates I've never noticed my number of RSS subscribers have any influence on my income. <em>Making The Money's last blog post..<a href='http://www.themakemoneyonline.net/20-off-any-new-listing-in-the-aviva-directory/' rel="nofollow">$20 Off Any New Listing In The Aviva Directory</a></em> What about the money, have you noticed a relative increase in blog income as subscribers increase? Whilst my RSS count fluctuates I’ve never noticed my number of RSS subscribers have any influence on my income.

Making The Money’s last blog post..$20 Off Any New Listing In The Aviva Directory

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]]> By: Jim http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14784 Jim Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:36:30 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14784 I never really considered how many readers can be just looking at your RSS feed and not your website. That is definitely a problem for monetization. But as it seems, you definitely need to be keeping pace with all of those loyal readers. <em>Jim's last blog post..<a href='http://www.thenetfool.com/new-website-design/' rel="nofollow">New Website Design, Contest Approaches!</a></em> I never really considered how many readers can be just looking at your RSS feed and not your website. That is definitely a problem for monetization. But as it seems, you definitely need to be keeping pace with all of those loyal readers.

Jim’s last blog post..New Website Design, Contest Approaches!

]]> By: anil http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14783 anil Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:11:10 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14783 hello guys, I always love 2 go and click rss button..and subscribe its a normal practice for me.i love it no need 2 login 2 the sites... regards anil http://www.jeqq.com http://www.errorforum.com hello guys,

I always love 2 go and click rss button..and subscribe its a normal practice for me.i love it no need 2 login 2 the sites…

regards

anil

http://www.jeqq.com

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]]> By: Downloading... http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14781 Downloading... Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:54:47 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14781 I cant read through a RSS reader either. I have my fav RSS's added to my toolbar in firefox. I then look at the title and if I am interested, I will visit the blog.... <em>Downloading...'s last blog post..<a href='http://www.downloaderblog.com/mc-hammers-dance-jam' rel="nofollow">MC Hammer’s Dance Jam</a></em> I cant read through a RSS reader either.

I have my fav RSS’s added to my toolbar in firefox. I then look at the title and if I am interested, I will visit the blog….

Downloading…’s last blog post..MC Hammer’s Dance Jam

]]> By: Steve McGrath http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14780 Steve McGrath Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:26:45 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14780 I read a few blogs that are not a full feed. If the first paragraph is interesting, I will go to the blog. For the most part, they are. :wink: If I want to react to a post and leave a comment , I will go to the blog. Commentluv may also encourage people to leave comments and be discovered by others. I should look into it. Monetize the footer too even if that don't bring much money(cheap advert. or affiliates). You did it before. <em>Steve McGrath's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/McgrathDotCa/~3/244969888/' rel="nofollow">Does Sex Sell? My Adult Blog Experiment</a></em> I read a few blogs that are not a full feed. If the first paragraph is interesting, I will go to the blog. For the most part, they are. :wink: If I want to react to a post and leave a comment , I will go to the blog.

Commentluv may also encourage people to leave comments and be discovered by others. I should look into it.

Monetize the footer too even if that don’t bring much money(cheap advert. or affiliates). You did it before.

Steve McGrath’s last blog post..Does Sex Sell? My Adult Blog Experiment

]]> By: Tech Blog http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14776 Tech Blog Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:15:37 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14776 It's Google reader makes easy.I somtimes read hundreds of blog in a day and it's not suitable to check the website for each one rather than read all of those site using Google Reader. :evil: <em>Tech Blog's last blog post..<a href='http://www.miijoo.com/index.php/2008/03/07/google-and-microsoft-are-bidding-for-digg/' rel="nofollow">Google And Microsoft Are Bidding For Digg</a></em> It’s Google reader makes easy.I somtimes read hundreds of blog in a day and it’s not suitable to check the website for each one rather than read all of those site using Google Reader. :evil:

Tech Blog’s last blog post..Google And Microsoft Are Bidding For Digg

]]> By: Vincent Chow http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14775 Vincent Chow Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:23:57 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14775 I will unsubscribe any blogs that doesn't offer full feeds, it's like a waste of time. Besides, having the right to brag for having high number of subscribers, it should somewhat determine how loud your blog's voice is. I'm coming via FeedDemon btw :razz: <em>Vincent Chow's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/vincentchow/~3/247191572/bill-gates-runs-like-a-girl' rel="nofollow">Bill Gates Runs Like a Girl</a></em> I will unsubscribe any blogs that doesn’t offer full feeds, it’s like a waste of time. Besides, having the right to brag for having high number of subscribers, it should somewhat determine how loud your blog’s voice is. I’m coming via FeedDemon btw :razz:

Vincent Chow’s last blog post..Bill Gates Runs Like a Girl

]]> By: Free articles & site promotion http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14771 Free articles & site promotion Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:27:39 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14771 If I say truth, No. <em>Free articles & site promotion's last blog post..<a href='http://free-articles.blogspot.com/2008/03/free-website-promotion-promote-your.html' rel="nofollow">Free Website Promotion - Promote Your Website Using Newsgroups</a></em> If I say truth, No.

Free articles & site promotion’s last blog post..Free Website Promotion – Promote Your Website Using Newsgroups

]]> By: Mike Huang http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14769 Mike Huang Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:50:09 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14769 Cow, you bring up yet another great point. It's true that subscribers stop visiting your blog because it's all in the feed, but people like me do not stop. I love checking feed subscribers and any type of layout change, so I actually look at my feed just to open the post in a tab. I know it's pretty pointless to subscribe to feeds, but I also want to help out :) -Mike <em>Mike Huang's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bloggin-ads/~3/246325646/blog-topics-are-unlimited' rel="nofollow">Blog Topics Are Unlimited</a></em> Cow, you bring up yet another great point. It’s true that subscribers stop visiting your blog because it’s all in the feed, but people like me do not stop. I love checking feed subscribers and any type of layout change, so I actually look at my feed just to open the post in a tab. I know it’s pretty pointless to subscribe to feeds, but I also want to help out :)

-Mike

Mike Huang’s last blog post..Blog Topics Are Unlimited

]]> By: cuzzy http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14768 cuzzy Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:31:53 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14768 Very interesting thanks. I wondered why it only updated once per day. I still like seeing the number go up but I also know it is not the end of the world when it goes down. I put a lot more stock in comments and am trying to get that beefed up these days. good post. <em>cuzzy's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Cuzooglecom/~3/246988847/' rel="nofollow">Rolling a blog joint - Mar. 5</a></em> Very interesting thanks. I wondered why it only updated once per day. I still like seeing the number go up but I also know it is not the end of the world when it goes down.

I put a lot more stock in comments and am trying to get that beefed up these days.

good post.

cuzzy’s last blog post..Rolling a blog joint – Mar. 5

]]> By: Rhys Wynne http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14766 Rhys Wynne Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:40:47 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/dear-rss-subscriber-should-we-really-care-about-you/#comment-14766 I use google analytics to track how many people click on my subscribe to link. That way I know that I'm getting subscribers, rather than search engines etc etc picking up on my RSS feed. <em>Rhys Wynne's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGospelAccordingToRhys/~3/246549180/one.html' rel="nofollow">One</a></em> I use google analytics to track how many people click on my subscribe to link. That way I know that I’m getting subscribers, rather than search engines etc etc picking up on my RSS feed.

Rhys Wynne’s last blog post..One

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