Okay, that's not gonna happen. But it really is sweet to read the proaction. great job.

Thanks for LISTENING. It's a start. I will update the email code and I'm glad to learn that those who subscribe to The Flack via email are not left in the cold.

Good weekend.

a) your email subscription html in your blog is setup wrong. You've got two double quotes after the href= instead of one, for example, so it will just reload the page instead of the subscription form. The form will work correctly once you fix your blog html.

b) email went out correctly to your subscribers this morning. You might ask some of your subscribers to check to see if it is being incorrectly categorized as spam. I will follow-up with you directly with a specific detail that will make it easier for subscribers to find your email this morning, but I assure you that it went out.

c) the subscriber number is a reporting issue with one of the aggregators, you have not lost any subscribers, and we are working with the aggregator to make sure the issue is fixed and to see what has to happen so that this kind of thing doesn't continue. We have seen this issue a couple times since we started migration – it could be for a few different reasons – and we'll sort these out as they arise and put in place mechanisms to mitigate any recurrences

Frankly, I can't wait until 2 million Feedburner users migrate to Google before improvements in the service magically appear. I am not alone: http://groups.google.com/group/feedburner-stati...

Of course it is frustrating to experience an issue where there previously was none. A publisher doesn’t care if a feed runs on system X or system Y, just as long as it works. My personal perspective is that publishers are experiencing a single pain point as we jump from the old boat onto the new and better and faster boat, and once everybody’s on the new boat, it can accelerate. It’s not a particularly good metaphor, but I got a D in creative writing, so what are you gonna do.

In the words of Inigo Montoya, let me sum up. We are excited about completing the migration of publishers to the new system because the team understands how well we will be able to innovate on the new system, and the team understands the superior design for growth behind the new system. I think it’s only a matter of time before this is clear to everybody.

Jon
http://WoodMarvels.com – Create Unique Memories

Sure, they had stats, and even if the feed ads never panned out as a viable business for publishers, at least the servers worked.

The question is, if you were building a blog/podcast today, would you use Google/Feedburner?