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	<title>Comments on: RSS Feed Reader Numbers &#8211; A Farce</title>
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		<title>By: Bloggers - Virtual Teachers On The Internet &#124; Blogging Without A Blog</title>
		<link>http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/rss-feed-reader-numbers-a-farce/#comment-24417</link>
		<dc:creator>Bloggers - Virtual Teachers On The Internet &#124; Blogging Without A Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] has been no different. I&#8217;ve found RSS feed reader numbers can be manipulated,  page views are over rated , and a &#8220;visit&#8221; may not be a &#8220;visit&#8221;. When it [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] has been no different. I&#8217;ve found RSS feed reader numbers can be manipulated,  page views are over rated , and a &#8220;visit&#8221; may not be a &#8220;visit&#8221;. When it [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara Swafford</title>
		<link>http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/rss-feed-reader-numbers-a-farce/#comment-5953</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Swafford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi David,

I agree.  Hits aren&#039;t visits, and sometimes visits aren&#039;t visits.  I wrote about this earlier--how stats can be so misleading.  

With numbers being able to be manually manipulated, you do have to wonder which numbers are accurate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi David,</p>
<p>I agree.  Hits aren&#8217;t visits, and sometimes visits aren&#8217;t visits.  I wrote about this earlier&#8211;how stats can be so misleading.  </p>
<p>With numbers being able to be manually manipulated, you do have to wonder which numbers are accurate.</p>
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		<title>By: Davidya</title>
		<link>http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/rss-feed-reader-numbers-a-farce/#comment-5950</link>
		<dc:creator>Davidya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I could also observe that page hits does also not = readers. Just check some of the search terms they used to land on your blog. If they get something way off the subject, how many will stay and read? How often do you in surfing. Occasionally?

But you&#039;re right - Feed #s are much less accurate. Also interesting that the feed numbers can carry for several days. Not sure if the late comers are more likely to be readers?? I would seem to tend to indicate fewer subscriptions. How much can we second guess the reader?

My most popular post remains a one-off curiosity thing i did. I get searches for the term every day.

Davidyas last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://fornow.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/the-electric-sun/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Electric Sun&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I could also observe that page hits does also not = readers. Just check some of the search terms they used to land on your blog. If they get something way off the subject, how many will stay and read? How often do you in surfing. Occasionally?</p>
<p>But you&#8217;re right &#8211; Feed #s are much less accurate. Also interesting that the feed numbers can carry for several days. Not sure if the late comers are more likely to be readers?? I would seem to tend to indicate fewer subscriptions. How much can we second guess the reader?</p>
<p>My most popular post remains a one-off curiosity thing i did. I get searches for the term every day.</p>
<p>Davidyas last blog post..<a href="http://fornow.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/the-electric-sun/" rel="nofollow">The Electric Sun</a></p>
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		<title>By: Barbara Swafford</title>
		<link>http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/rss-feed-reader-numbers-a-farce/#comment-4408</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Swafford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Natural,

Isn&#039;t a feed reader great?  I like the fact that everything is in one spot.  

You aced this one too.  You&#039;re good.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Natural,</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t a feed reader great?  I like the fact that everything is in one spot.  </p>
<p>You aced this one too.  You&#8217;re good.  <img src='http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Natural Woman</title>
		<link>http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/rss-feed-reader-numbers-a-farce/#comment-4399</link>
		<dc:creator>Natural Woman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you have a RSS feed on your site? yes

If so, have you tested it to make sure it works? yes, it works..sometimes I get that funny looking code and other times it takes me right to a list of options. I don&#039;t know what&#039;s up with that, but either way it works.

Why do you subscribe or unsubscribe to blogs? I subscribe for two reasons, if I think this blogger has something to teach me and if they make me laugh.  I unsubscribe when I&#039;m not longer interested. I just moved all my subscriptions to a reader...away from email? Too much stuff in my inbox.

Do you use full or partial feeds? Full

&lt;em&gt;Natural Woman&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&#039;http://valeriemorrison.net/blog/free-stuff/&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Free Stuff!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you have a RSS feed on your site? yes</p>
<p>If so, have you tested it to make sure it works? yes, it works..sometimes I get that funny looking code and other times it takes me right to a list of options. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s up with that, but either way it works.</p>
<p>Why do you subscribe or unsubscribe to blogs? I subscribe for two reasons, if I think this blogger has something to teach me and if they make me laugh.  I unsubscribe when I&#8217;m not longer interested. I just moved all my subscriptions to a reader&#8230;away from email? Too much stuff in my inbox.</p>
<p>Do you use full or partial feeds? Full</p>
<p><em>Natural Woman&#8217;s last blog post..<a href='http://valeriemorrison.net/blog/free-stuff/' rel="nofollow">Free Stuff!</a></em></p>
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