Comments on: User Agents http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/11/user-agents.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:27:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How To Weld http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/11/user-agents.html/comment-page-1#comment-17340 How To Weld Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:34:02 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=695#comment-17340 I've been using Google Reader for quite a while and am very happy with it. <a href="http://www.how-to-weld.net/how-to-mig-weld-a-guide-to-mig-welding-techniques/" target="_blank">MIG Welding Techniques</a> | <a href="http://www.respectablereviews.com" target="_blank">Respectable Reviews</a> | <a href="http://www.mybestfriendtraining.com/training-an-older-dog.html" target="_blank">Training An Older Dog</a> I've been using Google Reader for quite a while and am very happy with it.

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]]> By: Bob Wyman http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/11/user-agents.html/comment-page-1#comment-1814 Bob Wyman Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:29:29 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=695#comment-1814 The reason that PubSub doesn't display a "subscriber count" in our User Agent string is that PubSub users don't typically subscribe to individual blogs. Rather, PubSub users subscribe to receive blog entries that match their selection criteria. You may write 100 posts in your blog, however, any particular PubSub subscriber may only see one or two of those posts -- only the ones that match their specific interests. We never know until *after* we read a particular feed how many users will receive content from that feed. Please understand that our not displaying the data isn't because we're not "good citizens." Rather, it is simply because we don't have the data and the data you're asking for doesn't make sense given the way our system works. Our focus is on entries/items -- not feeds. What we hear from many users is that they will use PubSub subscriptions to keep abreast of the areas they are interested in and then when they discover particularly well written posts they will then subscribe directly to the feeds in which they found the posts. As a result, many of the Bloglines, FeedBurner, etc. readers that are being reported to you may be readers who discovered your blog via PubSub... bob wyman The reason that PubSub doesn’t display a “subscriber count” in our User Agent string is that PubSub users don’t typically subscribe to individual blogs. Rather, PubSub users subscribe to receive blog entries that match their selection criteria. You may write 100 posts in your blog, however, any particular PubSub subscriber may only see one or two of those posts — only the ones that match their specific interests.
We never know until *after* we read a particular feed how many users will receive content from that feed. Please understand that our not displaying the data isn’t because we’re not “good citizens.” Rather, it is simply because we don’t have the data and the data you’re asking for doesn’t make sense given the way our system works. Our focus is on entries/items — not feeds.
What we hear from many users is that they will use PubSub subscriptions to keep abreast of the areas they are interested in and then when they discover particularly well written posts they will then subscribe directly to the feeds in which they found the posts. As a result, many of the Bloglines, FeedBurner, etc. readers that are being reported to you may be readers who discovered your blog via PubSub…

bob wyman

]]> By: Jeff Jarvis http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/11/user-agents.html/comment-page-1#comment-1813 Jeff Jarvis Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:01:17 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=695#comment-1813 You're nicer <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/11/26/my-content-my-readers-my-numbers-damnit/" rel="nofollow">than I am</a>. You’re nicer than I am.

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