February 01, 2007
The Numbers - They Go Down, They Go Up
The best way to describe feed subscription trends is that they are feisty. Some days your numbers are up, some days (like weekends), they can dip down. This is all normal behavior (read more about why feeds behave the way they do in our TechCrunch case study). But sometimes, other things can happen that result in erratic behavior and we do our best to communicate to you in these instances.
In the last couple days, some of you may have noticed a bump in your subscription numbers, and others of you may notice this bump in the coming days. Why, praytell? MyYahoo!, the oh-so-popular web-based feed-reader (hyphen-mania!), is again reporting subscription numbers. Neat. (You can catch up on the full story here). While we celebrate the closing of another forum thread, we hope some of you are pleased to see your subscription numbers on the rise. NOTE: Your subscribers were not lost during this time, they just weren't being reported by us on your Analyze tab.
Stay tuned to this blog for more gripping updates. This post was brought to you by People for the Excessive Use of of Hyphens and Parentheticals.