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FeedBurner hack to pump RSS subscribers

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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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10 Comments

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Philip Tiangson · 18 years ago

we can also manipulate rss count reader via igoogle.


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Lyle, RN · 18 years ago

Honesty is still the best policy. Nonetheless, Feedburner should address the issue ASAP.


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Gem · 18 years ago

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. :-(


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SELaplana · 18 years ago

Google should exclude the NETVIBE* i don’t know the spelling… the one that is really being manipulated.


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Animohosting.com · 18 years ago

they need to fix this issue asap


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