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FeedBurner hack to pump RSS subscribers

Abe Olandres August 6, 2008 · 1 min read

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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

Philip Tiangson · 18 years ago

we can also manipulate rss count reader via igoogle.

Lyle, RN · 18 years ago

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

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. :-(