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A Massive Heart Stopping Mystical Feed Count Spike

By Carl On January 17, 2008 Under Web News

Update: The Miracle Of The Mystical Feed Count Spike

Yes, that 6,856 subscribers under the sidebar is right from feedburner.

The title says it all, it’s a massive heart stopping mystical feed count spike – that happened in just one day…

I’m not saying it’s legit though.

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It looks like someone is trying to spam me using FeedBlitz, it’s not that bad. But of course, it will mislead some people and mostly advertisers. I’ll observe it for a day or two and then I’ll ask Feed Blitz about it.

For now, let me enjoy the big numbers and visualize what would happen in the near future ;-)

15 Comments Add yours

  1. marko
    January 17, 2008
    7:52 pm #comment-1

    Man cool! When I get my blog I’ll hire you to spam me through feedblitz so I can get advertisers :) Please go on messenger!!!

    • Carl
      January 17, 2008
      7:56 pm #comment-2

      Whoah, I didn’t spammed myself! Someone did.

      And if I did, that would be gaming advertisers and that would crush my name to pieces.

  2. marko
    January 17, 2008
    8:03 pm #comment-3

    Hey take a look at this. It might be useful http://www.affiliatelounge.co.za/articles/offbeat/feedburner-hacked-or-just-plain-cheating/

  3. marko
    January 17, 2008
    8:12 pm #comment-4

    Or maybe my post gaved those spammers an idea to give you 5000 more subscribers ;) If I really gaved them an idea to do this then you are happy to have me as a friend :P Man you should add one more fule for increasing feed readers: Hire someone to spam your account (like they did to me :) ) and enjoy the 6000 subscribers fr a day ;) Sign in messenger with your id and well talk about this!

  4. marhgil
    January 17, 2008
    10:29 pm #comment-5

    hahaha! that’s a big leap! yeah, someone must be spamming you.

  5. Jehzeel Laurente
    January 18, 2008
    12:11 am #comment-6

    *mouth waters*

  6. Adnan
    January 18, 2008
    1:22 am #comment-7

    Holy crap Carl! Savour it while it lasts ;)

  7. How To Rule The World
    January 18, 2008
    1:37 am #comment-9

    checkout forums.feedburner.com. There are others reporting this same problem today. I am sure it will be fixed by tomorrow ;)

  8. Mike Cohen
    January 18, 2008
    1:57 am #comment-10

    I found that my feed count doubled when NetNewsWire became free, since it’s one of the default feeds :)

  9. I had the same thing happen to me. My subscriber count more than doubled, taking me completely by surprise. I checked Feedburner, and sure enough, the culprit was Feedblitz. I knew I didn’t have the number of subscribers via Feedblitz that Feedburner was reporting, especially since I stopped using Feedblitz for new subscribers!

    But still, it’s VERY NICE to stare at those misleading numbers! So I know what you’re experiencing. :)

  10. sir jorge
    January 18, 2008
    10:53 am #comment-12

    that’s a pretty solid number

  11. ITrush
    January 18, 2008
    11:29 pm #comment-13

    ohh, that was really a heart stopping count carl!

  12. talksmart
    January 19, 2008
    1:00 am #comment-14

    Same heart-stopping moment here. From 150 the other day to 900 yesterday to 1600 today. I love the sudden increase LOL

  13. steven wilson
    January 19, 2008
    10:33 am #comment-15

    It was nothing more than a computer bug(glitch).

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