Feedburner shows signs of life
Almost a year and a half after being bought by Google, Feedburner has stirred and showed that maybe it’s not quite dead yet.
I’m a Feedburner fan, and I’ve blogged about the service in the past, but for a long time it looked like FB was going to be just another Google acquisition that was swallowed into the Google void never to be heard from again.
This weekend, users of the service were alerted that they can combine their existing Feedburner accounts with their Google account. It involved logging in, setting up your account and waiting while Google moves your feeds over to their new system.
For me, the conversion went rather quickly and you’ll need to log out (if you checked remember me) and log in with your Google Account.
At first glance, things look relatively the same. There are a few new features in the email management area, including exporting users, but it’s still missing key tools like an import.
There are also some improved graphs and other tracking tools. Here’s a sample screenshot – gone is the bar graph approach they previously used and now you get a nice chart of subscribers and reach over time.
A few things I’ve noticed in the transition. First, your subscriber counts will pretty much disappear. Feeds of mine that I know have 1,000 subscribers are showing 200 and 300. Google says it may take up to a week to get this all straightened out.
One other thing to be aware of – the URL of your feeds will change once you convert your feeds. Google will make sure the previous address still works, but going forward your addresses will read:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/highedwebtech
It’d probably be a good idea to find places where you have RSS feeds linked and change them over.
Finally, here’s a more detailed FAQ from Google on other changes.
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