PSA For Newbie Bloggers
Posted on
January 21, 2008 by
DJ
Dear Newbie Bloggers,
Please stop showing your Feedburner stats when you have 10 subscribers.
It just looks bad.
Thank you.
For more on this
Dosh Dosh examines The Impact of Feedcount on Blog Subscriptions
Paul discusses Your Blogs Social Proof
John Tp discusses Faking Your Feedcount
I don’t have a clue how many people subscribe to my blog. I’ve never worried or thought about it.
There’s really no reason to worry about it unless your blogging is business related. Even in the sense that your business is your blog.
Even if your blog isn’t business related, I think it’s good to know your feed count to get an idea of how many people are out there reading.
But, maybe that’s just me.
You are right, it’s good to know but you don’t have to make it public.
Still, there’s no reason to “worry” about it unless your income is dependent on it. By worry I mean constantly obsess. Keep it in mind, yes, use feedburner, yes, but there’s no reason to focus on that more than the actual blog.