Feedburner Question

Dove L · 07-08-2009, 08:52 AM

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have been a lurker for some time. My real life job has been cutting my hours more and more and I decided to finally take the leap and try myself out with niche site making.

I sort of hit a snag, I understand that RSS is important for SEO so I was planning on using feedburner as my main source. A friend of mine though told me not to use this, because all of my traffic would be re-directed to a completly different source from my site. This will in turn make it unable for me to make money with my adsense. Escentially he said Feedburner is for reading not publishing.

So I was wondering if anyone can clear this up for me, because his suggestion on the topic does seem to make sense. No adsense = no profit.

Thanks for the help all. Nice to meet you.

The Expert · 07-08-2009, 09:01 AM

What he must be referring to is "Adsense for Feeds".

This is where you empower Adsense to slip Adsense adds into your feed. Whether or not these ads show up as crediting your account or feedburner for credit on clicks is beyond me.

The bigger point might be this. RSS has turned out NOT to be the "Holy Grail" that everyone was hoping for. With the exception of those deep into internet culture and business (pro bloggers & internet marketers) the majority of people do NOT use RSS readers. It's a plain and simple fact.

Ask any successful internet business owner whether he'd rather have 10,000 targeted people on his email list, or 10,000 RSS subscribers to his blog and they'll pick email subscribers every time.

That being said, you should work on getting people to opt-in to your email lists.

The good thing is that you can have the best of both worlds. Aweber has an RSS-to-Email function that will parse your feed into email format and send it to your email list on your pre-determined schedule.

This is a much more powerful option than RSS along.

In summary, don't worry about stuffing your feed with Adsense. Waste of tme if you ask me. Concentrate on getting email subscribers and finding ways to get them back to your site where they'll click on your Adsenes adds naturally.

07-08-2009, 08:52 AM	#1
Dove L Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Feedburner Question Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have been a lurker for some time. My real life job has been cutting my hours more and more and I decided to finally take the leap and try myself out with niche site making. I sort of hit a snag, I understand that RSS is important for SEO so I was planning on using feedburner as my main source. A friend of mine though told me not to use this, because all of my traffic would be re-directed to a completly different source from my site. This will in turn make it unable for me to make money with my adsense. Escentially he said Feedburner is for reading not publishing. So I was wondering if anyone can clear this up for me, because his suggestion on the topic does seem to make sense. No adsense = no profit. Thanks for the help all. Nice to meet you.

07-08-2009, 09:01 AM	#2
The Expert HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 357 Thanks: 26 Thanked 52 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Feedburner Question What he must be referring to is "Adsense for Feeds". This is where you empower Adsense to slip Adsense adds into your feed. Whether or not these ads show up as crediting your account or feedburner for credit on clicks is beyond me. The bigger point might be this. RSS has turned out NOT to be the "Holy Grail" that everyone was hoping for. With the exception of those deep into internet culture and business (pro bloggers & internet marketers) the majority of people do NOT use RSS readers. It's a plain and simple fact. Ask any successful internet business owner whether he'd rather have 10,000 targeted people on his email list, or 10,000 RSS subscribers to his blog and they'll pick email subscribers every time. That being said, you should work on getting people to opt-in to your email lists. The good thing is that you can have the best of both worlds. Aweber has an RSS-to-Email function that will parse your feed into email format and send it to your email list on your pre-determined schedule. This is a much more powerful option than RSS along. In summary, don't worry about stuffing your feed with Adsense. Waste of tme if you ask me. Concentrate on getting email subscribers and finding ways to get them back to your site where they'll click on your Adsenes adds naturally.