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FeedBurner hack to pump RSS subscribers

Published by: yuga under: Web 2.0.

posted: August 6th, 2008

So okay, the Feedburner RSS subscriber count has just lost its credibility. A video demo by the guys at Next Web shows you how to pump your Feedburner subscriber count to thousands overnight.

Feedburner hacked! from Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on Vimeo.

I guess that’s the way Feedburner counts RSS subscription. Anything is possible nowadays.

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Animohosting.com replied on Aug 6th, 2008 at 4:50 pm (1)

they need to fix this issue asap
SELaplana replied on Aug 6th, 2008 at 10:25 pm (2)

Google should exclude the NETVIBE* i don’t know the spelling… the one that is really being manipulated.
Gem replied on Aug 7th, 2008 at 9:58 am (3)

The opposite happened to me. I checked yesterday and it showed 0 subscribers. I was expecting at least one reader because I subscribe to my own feeds.
Lyle, RN replied on Aug 7th, 2008 at 6:11 pm (4)

Honesty is still the best policy. Nonetheless, Feedburner should address the issue ASAP.
Philip Tiangson replied on Aug 7th, 2008 at 7:48 pm (5)

we can also manipulate rss count reader via igoogle.