Comments on: How do people arrive at The Noisy Channel? http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/12/19/how-do-people-arrive-at-the-noisy-channel/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/12/19/how-do-people-arrive-at-the-noisy-channel/comment-page-1/#comment-5689 Daniel Tunkelang Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:22:56 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1031#comment-5689 Sally, thanks for the suggestion! I removed the link when I was cleaning up after a spam link injection attack, but I've now installed a plug-in so all posts end with a link to subscribe to the RSS feed. Sally, thanks for the suggestion! I removed the link when I was cleaning up after a spam link injection attack, but I’ve now installed a plug-in so all posts end with a link to subscribe to the RSS feed.

]]> By: Sally http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/12/19/how-do-people-arrive-at-the-noisy-channel/comment-page-1/#comment-5688 Sally Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:03:41 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1031#comment-5688 Perhaps if you had an explicit RSS link on your blog you would have more subscribers. Thanks for the informative blog and Faceted Search: The Book. Both are excellent reads. Perhaps if you had an explicit RSS link on your blog you would have more subscribers. Thanks for the informative blog and Faceted Search: The Book. Both are excellent reads.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/12/19/how-do-people-arrive-at-the-noisy-channel/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 Daniel Tunkelang Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:12:55 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1031#comment-1219 Well, Google Reader tells me I have 64 subscribers (it's been saying that for too long for me to believe the number is constant) and FeedBurner says I have 40. I find it plausible that ~100 people read my blog primarily through RSS readers. I've thought about adding a tracking pixel to find out. But will that play well with all of the caching done by Google etc.? Or even with the caching I've implemented server-side, using a WP plug-in? As much as I'd love to have more accurate readership stats, I don't want to do so at the expense of user experience. Well, Google Reader tells me I have 64 subscribers (it’s been saying that for too long for me to believe the number is constant) and FeedBurner says I have 40. I find it plausible that ~100 people read my blog primarily through RSS readers.

I’ve thought about adding a tracking pixel to find out. But will that play well with all of the caching done by Google etc.? Or even with the caching I’ve implemented server-side, using a WP plug-in? As much as I’d love to have more accurate readership stats, I don’t want to do so at the expense of user experience.

]]> By: Otis Gospodnetic http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/12/19/how-do-people-arrive-at-the-noisy-channel/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Otis Gospodnetic Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:27:06 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1031#comment-1215 Daniel, if you modify your feed and include a tracking pixel, I believe you will be able to find out more about the people who read your posts through feed readers. I did something like that a while back with Simpy ( http://simpy.com/ ) while experimenting with including ads in feeds. I'd love to know what you find out. Daniel, if you modify your feed and include a tracking pixel, I believe you will be able to find out more about the people who read your posts through feed readers. I did something like that a while back with Simpy ( http://simpy.com/ ) while experimenting with including ads in feeds.

I’d love to know what you find out.

]]> By: Paul Ogilvie http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/12/19/how-do-people-arrive-at-the-noisy-channel/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Paul Ogilvie Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:49:12 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1031#comment-1211 Your server access logs have some information about feed readers. Specifically, the user agents will contain some information. I'm fond of how Google's Feedfetcher reports how many subscribers you have using Google Reader. Your server access logs have some information about feed readers. Specifically, the user agents will contain some information. I’m fond of how Google’s Feedfetcher reports how many subscribers you have using Google Reader.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/12/19/how-do-people-arrive-at-the-noisy-channel/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Daniel Tunkelang Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:30:44 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1031#comment-1210 Since the question came up on Twitter, let me answer here: about 6% of my traffic comes from Twitter. That's part of the 15% from RSS and social media. Since the question came up on Twitter, let me answer here: about 6% of my traffic comes from Twitter. That’s part of the 15% from RSS and social media.

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