Google acquires FeedBurner
Well, the acquisitions continue as Google acquires FeedBurner. I wonder if they’ll integrate it with Google Reader?
I’ve been thinking about using FeedBurner for this blog’s feeds, but I’m undecided. I’ve never used FeedBurner myself, so I don’t know how people feel about it in general. Opinions?
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June 1st, 2007 at 23:25
6 Reasons Google Did Not Need To Acquire Feedburner
Congrats to all the people I know at Chicago based Feedburner on the now official Google acquisition, but in all reality this deal didn’t have to happen! Let’s see why…
1. Google had already acquired the color orange when they bought…
June 2nd, 2007 at 12:17
At worst, the typical reader will not know you’re using FeedBurner. At best, you’ll be able to optimize and advertise your feed. I’ve been playing with it on and off the last few weeks.
June 2nd, 2007 at 14:07
Yeah, I need to explore it some more to really understand what it offers. It is actually more interesting to me now since I use Google AdSense and Google Analytics and I expect they to tie it all together - Google has said as much.
I know Alex uses FeedBurner at TiVoBlog.com, maybe he’ll chime in.
June 2nd, 2007 at 22:29
I really enjoy using feedburner. You might want to consider using a wp plugin called feedsmith (http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/05/feedburner_adopts_twoyearold_r.php).
June 2nd, 2007 at 22:50
Thanks, I’ll check it out.