Blogging Tip: Turn off FeedBurner Redirect in RSS Feeds

This is something I’ve done in my feed reader (GreatNews).

I guess it would make more sense to make the adjustment on my Feedburner account though

Kyle.. that’s not a bad idea, eh? ..to grab the original feed in the first place. But, would it work if a blog uses plugins like Feedsmith to redirect it to Feedburner? Or is there another way to change that in GreatNews? I think it will definitely make it easier for others to grab your link and sped link or whatever they do with it. Less clicks to get it, more love for you. Between, our little bet is coming up this weekend. Are you ready to do a guest post on mine?

K, Thanks, I’ve turned mine off. Now let me tell you why this is FANTASTIC for me:

When I’m reading feeds, I sometimes want to go to someone’s site to leave a comment. As you know I live in China. Unfortunately FeedBurner links are blocked here. That means, if someone has the FeedBurner link, I can’t get to their site simply by clicking the link. Instead I have to go to their site and try and find the post manually. That doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it’s annoying and there have been times when I’ve chosen not to bother with the comment.

That only affects me (or other people in China), but your point above about bookmarking or linking to a site, affects everyone. Why make it harder for people to blog about you?

If people really want the stats, fine, but I suspect most people have this on by default. Stumbled… And I’ll be posting about this.

Other notes: Google Reader still show the feedburner links for your site before October 2. I guess GR is cached and it will continue to use the old links for the past. But still this is great.

Stephen, you are very welcome. I remember your comments about FeedBurner being blocked in China but it didn’t occur to me when I was writing this. Yes, until I came across that tip, I had no idea this was a feature that can be turned off. The setting is well hidden and is not obvous even when you are looking at it.

I can only imagine your frustration to jump through hoops to comment but now that I know it means so much more that comment here so frequently besides the obstacles.

Appreciate the Stumble! I think I have added you as my friend there.. in case I haven’t what is your SU login?

Nice post. Even i used to open each post separately in the browser when the actual address was not displayed. Now it is solved. Will save me a lot of time.

Madhur.. glad you found it useful! Definitely a huge time saver for me too. Sometimes, it’s crazy how a simple thing like this could be a huge time saver.

Hi K,

You’re right about that setting being hidden and no obvious. I have it on my list to post about your post, but it will probably be next week now before it appears.

The stumble was well deserved. Maurice (The Cayman Host) beat me to it by 13 hours. My address is http://stephencronin.stumbleupon.com/

Stephen.. got you in my friends’ list! Just ping me from the toolbar if you are ever looking for some stumble love.

K, Got you now… Likewise with the stumble love…

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thanks for the link

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Ah ha! Thanks for the key! Now my CommentLuv will work correctly. Cheers.

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thanks for ur tips. i was remove my feed redirect.

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Thanks for sharing this tip. I sincerely appreciate it! Thanks!

Thanks for the tip.

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You are very welcome, David. I think it really helps out to link to someone while reading via RSS reader.

Many thanks for the advice, I have switched mine off as I feel a direct like might be better for SEO.

I’ve only just changed mine over – I don’t know how long that Feedburner option has been there, but it’s taken me 15 months since starting my blog to change it over!

Cheers!

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I came to your post from another blog which highlighted the problem with the Feedburner redirects. Finding this has saved me time and will, hopefully, improve the readership on my site, so your post is very much appreciated. Thanks!

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Cool… I didn’t knew I could switch this off so a big thnx!!:D

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BioTeck, you are very welcome. Hope you spread the word as I really would love to see everyone doing it.

I never thought of this nice tip thank you a lot. I applied this to my feed and seems to be working. Wonder how many redirected links I have around from participating in fellow bloggers blogs that have comment luv but are pointing to my feed.

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Hi Archie, it warms my heart anytime someone comes across this tip and turns it off. So thanks a lot to you for taking the time to comment to let me know. I posted this before CommentLuv plugin was popular but it has become a very nice side effect for those using it. Have a great day.

Gracias por el dato, excelente solución, lo andaba buscando y no me había percatado de eso.

Saludos

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I have a WordPress blog and continue to host my own feeds so I have total control. Not sure how much benefit I’m losing from not being able to track my feed subscribers, though.

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Thanks for the information, I was wondering why when I’d left comments on CommentLuv sites they had pointed to feedburner. And then I came across this post – synchronicity in action!

Thanks again, Jon

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This is a very cool recommendation, I really appreciate the tips I get by following great blogs like yours,

I will ad your feen to my Thunderbird

Have a great day

Richard

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I am going to do it now:)

Didn’t impress me. I will continue with the same after this article too!

Will try soon

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What’s dangerous in trying:p

great tip. doing this right now after im done commenting. thanks admin

pepe.. thanks!

Louise.. Feedburner offers a few neat options but I hardly spend much time there each month.

John.. glad you found it useful and found it at a time you were thinking about it.

Richard, you are very welcome. Comments like yours make my day and motivate me to share more things with you.

Dueces.. hope you are enjoying the fruits of it now.

C. Laeuse.. it’s definitely up to you!

cheap jordans.. great!

great tip! stumbled

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Matthew, great to see you man! I just updated the post with a couple of cool links to posts that highly relate to this tip as well as how it could help you leverage CommentLuv + DoFolloow goodness. Appreciate the stumble.

Have now unchecked the ‘Item link Clicks’ in Feedburner. Thanks for the article.

Gary, now enjoy the power of making it easy for others to link to you.

Will try this method definitely

It’s a great new thing:)

Wow, I never even knew this existed. Who knows how many people have wanted to link to me and were not able to, I know I wouldn’t go through all the extra hassle. Thanks so much for poting this

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Very nice post, mate. Thanks a lot. I bookmark it!

This is a great tip and is very appreciated.

Best wishes!

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Sweet Thanks for the tip and walkthrough. I agree with you about the importance of directing my visitors rather than worrying about my stats. Thanks again and greetings from New Zealand

Great tip. I hadn’t known how to do this, so this was a big help.

Thanks.

Awesome. Thanks. I’m making the changes now!

Thanks for the tips. this link juice is very important.

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I appreciate your posting. Let me try out this.

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thanks for this information. was rather annoyed to find that commentluv would link to feedburner, and not directly to my blog. am hoping this’ll fix that.

I used commentluv and keywordluv on my blog but I didn’t turn this off yet. I’ll do it now. Thanks for this great tips.

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This is a great tip that I really hadnt thought about. Most people I have spoken with just turned comment luv on and that was it…

Great tips. This will improve my blog’s user friendliness and in turn improve my blog readership indirectly.

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Great tip, I hate redirecting links…

Great tips of feed reader. I wish more people were aware of the power of RSS and how it can bring people back to a website!

Awesome blogging tips.. and very nice comments as well. Thanks for providing such a quality article.

K,

This solved a puzzle. THANK YOU.

Alec

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Great work, such a crucial function often overlooked and forgotten about. Made a world of difference to my blog cheers.

I don’t seem to have that on mine, what version are you using??

lol dude its present in every version, its pretty easy to change that option. There is also a plugin (only for wordpress) that gives you alot of options to do with this feature.

Not all versions, the beta versions did not include this and i think it is only available in versions 1.1 and above. Anyway, its not exactly hard to find, its in the settings :S and you could just read the manual?

Thank you!

Finally commentluv works. I have been posting comments all over and it just showed one of the posts I published several weeks ago.

I used a wordpress plugin that redirected my feeds to feedburner. I turned it off, and now everything is perfect

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It give a bit strange feeling, but it all depends upon the taste of the user.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! I was searching Feedburner to try to find how to do this. Your instructions with helpful screen shots were just what I needed. Thanks a bunch!

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Hi , I had no idea about this feedburner thing. Thanks, will look into it and see what my settings are.

Cheers, this will come in handy when i do my next update. I think lots of content is good for users but to much and they can drown in it.

Interesting, thanks.

Great article (I found you via the CommentLuv/Feedburner Blog post). I don’t know that I knew what those Item Clicks Stats were anyway

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Excellent tip. Definitely employing this on our new blog!

Thanks for sharing this tip and the link on how to turn these off in Feedburner. Much appreciated

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Great tip. I have been guilty of this very thing. I have since changed my settings though. Thanks!

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Some of my RSS subscribers were complaining of this issue. Thanks for helping me resolve it!

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Thanks for the hack! We need to do anything we can to make sure we get credit for our links. I learn something new everyday in this business.

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Great thread here, I use RSS feeds and they work like charms for my syndication of blogs.

Thanks for the tip, saves a fair bit of server resources.

You really seem like you know what you’re talking about. Good stuff, keep it up!

I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

This is a cool blog, i’ll definately be coming back. I like the layout.

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I used a wordpress plugin that redirected my feeds to feedburner. I turned it off, and now everything is well done

Thanks, have never used the feed burner on my sites. I’m going to give it a try and will us your setting that is recommended. Thanks again for the tip i will let you know how it turns out.

Well, this one doesn’t solve my problem.. I even have tried to deactivate the FeedBurner plugins but to no avail. Still got the cURL error 6: name lookup timed out..

*sigh*

Thanks for the tips help me alot much obliged
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Thanks for lots of great info you’ve got posted here.  It seems like every time l learn something new, I only realize how much more there is.  It all keeps unfolding.  I’ll be back to learn more from you.  Thanks again.

Nice one ! I think I might stick with bloging all times.

Nice one ! I think I might stick with bloging all times.

Yes i agree i’ll stick with bloging.