• By Owen Thomas
    Apr 16, 2008 12:00 AM 331
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    Lies, damn lies, and RSS subscriber figures

    Google prides itself on running its business by the numbers. But its FeedBurner unit, which tracks subscribers to RSS feeds, has laughably inaccurate numbers, writes venture capitalist and blogger Brad Feld. One out of six of his 117,000 RSS subscribers come from automated signups, he believes; those users rarely if ever read his blog. [Feld Thoughts]


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