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How to get the number of feed subscribers via Google Reader?

Posted by attilacsordas on October 14, 2007

Problogger reveals that Google Reader Reveal Subscriber Numbers to Feeds which is a good way to monitor blog popularity. The problem is that Problogger’s howto is not a good one and hard to follow: “The subscriber numbers can be seen simply by doing a search for a blog’s name after clicking the ‘Add Subscription’ link once you’ve logged into your Google Reader account.” You don’t even need to subscribe to a site to know its subscribers. (I tried to follow Probloggers cloudy words and then Anna solved the problem at once.)

Here is how to get those numbers for a particular blog feed in 3 steps:

1. Click Browse:

clickbrowse

2. Search for the feeds of a particular website by typing keywords

searchfeedreaders

3. See the results and don’t forget, those feed readers are just the tip of the iceberg

pharyngulafeedreaders

5 Responses to “How to get the number of feed subscribers via Google Reader?”

  1. Steve M said

    Very cool. Better explanation then over at problogger

  2. Deepak said

    Agreed. Who needs the “pros” anyway :)

  3. Mr. Gunn said

    I thought there must have been something wrong with those instructions. You have 103!

  4. Hi! Do you know any tools that will scrape the actual number of feed and email subscribers of a particular blog?

  5. Suferreira said

    Thank you very much =) This is all we need for an explanation !

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