FeedBurner Finally Doesn’t Suck

The primary advantage of FeedBurner, for me, is the fact that it's an indirection between the RSS feed and the site. It meant that I could start with a blogspot blog, move it to a different domain, and ultimately transition to a different blogging stack, all the while not breaking subscribers.

The analytics were secondary. Google Analytics, while not specifically tailored for RSS feed usage models, still give a good picture of usage.

I've been using FeedBurner for years and am "sorta" locked in and the main value for me has been the value others place in the subscriber counts. No matter how many pageviews I can demonstrate I get, the (inaccurate) subscriber count given by the official FeedBurner widget is a massive driver for my ad sales (which is odd, since the ads go on the site, not in the feed).

My biggest issue with Feedburner is that the feed count seems erratic (and often inaccurate). After I post a new article to my blog, the Feedburner count sometimes jumps dramatically, and then within about 24 hours drops by 50% or more.

Looks better, but significantly less configuration functionality. Also, still no way to remove the ads in my feed that I've long since had turned off.

When did it suck?