Comments on: Blogs Don’t Really Need Subscribers.

By: Edward Dowd

Edward Dowd — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:59:14 +0000

I had a blog that didn’t have an rss feed with the site, then as soon as I added one, I had 100 subscribers the next day. It was quite a smart move on my part.

By: How To Cope With Pain

How To Cope With Pain — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:41:16 +0000

Thanks for the interesting perspective.

By: Costa

Costa — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:03:53 +0000

WishBoNe,

Hahahaha, was waiting for someone to bring this up.
Like I said, I’m not against subscribing. I only prefer subscribers could be visitors.

Blogging Experiment,

Ok, got your point. Hope you do well in your experiment.

By: Blogging Experiment

Blogging Experiment — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:00:14 +0000

@ Marina, both bloglines subscribers and google reader users are counted by Feedburner’s feed count.

To be honest, I hadn’t realize that Sept. 1st fell on a weekend but I think you’re missing the point a bit. Not only have I been increasing my subscriber count, I’ve also been gaining back links. This will help my blog get more traffic as you mentioned. Plus, I’d rather have 500 people subscribed to my blog that might read my content than 500 people who aren’t subscribed and won’t see the posts at all.

Also, a large subscriber count can inspire more people to subscribe. Last but not least, services such as ReviewMe use the RSS subscriber count as one factor in their ranking of your site. If I can get more subscribers, I will have a better chance at making more money.

Great post and it’s nice to see a counter point presented!

By: Edrei

Edrei — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:50:15 +0000

I don’t mind subscribers as well as real time visitors because at the long run it helps as well. I completely understand the need for people to subscribe and while I don’t push it, I know it helps save a lot of time.

I personally will subscribe to any blog (including personal blogs) that I like and for the most part I keep my feeds clean.

Sometimes, its not about the amount of people that visit. It’s the amount of people that take time to read your blog to begin with that matter. Even if they are lurkers, they pay attention. For a personal blog, that says a hell lot.