Comments on: Google Desktop is inflating your RSS subscribers

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» Pandia Weekend Wrap-up Oct 6 (the search conference issue) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:57:42 +0000

[...] Google Desktop is inflating your RSS subscribersWeb clips autodiscovers RSS feeds and ads them from any site you visit. (Google Tutor Oct 3 2007) [...]

By: The Tutor

The Tutor — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:20:21 +0000

> I think it can legitimately count as being “read”.

It can be, sure, but is Google doing that automatically to help the user or to help themselves?

By: Patrick Altoft

Patrick Altoft — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:37:08 +0000

I think most feed readers report figures in a similar way - if you access your feed reader one day then you count as a reader, if you don’t then you won’t.

Since Google Desktop is displaying the feed to a viewer I think it can legitimately count as being “read”.

Its important for bloggers to look at why their stats jump up on occasions like this so they are prepared for when they drop down again.