Do you measure a blog's success with its feed count?

**Farrhad A** · 4 July, 2009, 20:20 PM

Hi,

Do you measure a blog's success with its feed count?

Many buyers give it great importance, so I want to know what you guys think.

Thanks

**CoreyFreeman** · 4 July, 2009, 20:41 PM

I don't. The kiwidia blogs haven't even hit double digits for RSS subscribers but I'd say they're pretty successful.

**cheth** · 12 July, 2009, 08:38 AM

well i dont think so.. I have almost 2k counts but numbers hardly matter.. its the blog content quality that does

**Forsaken** · 12 July, 2009, 09:31 AM

I don't measure a blogs success with its feed count. I see number of comments (excluding the post author's) as a good measure.

**bogart** · 30 August, 2009, 08:03 AM

Money is the best way to measure the success of your blog. The revenue for ppc, banners ads, freelance jobs or leads for your business are all measures that put a value on your efforts.

**badmash** · 30 August, 2009, 08:05 AM

If my adsense CTR rate and Cpc revenue is increasing and providing good earning than I think my blog is popular . Because what ever I earn right now I spend to get more quality stuff from it and publish it on my blog .

**gavenecko** · 30 August, 2009, 09:08 AM

Feed counts are silly to be honest. While they ARE great, I never use them, and my friends don't use them. I never subscribe to them either. And some people manipulate their stats like that too, so you never know if its genuine. Blog success is determined by the money you make, I think. At least if your GOAL is to earn money. If your goal is to just be a blog without earning anything, then you can say that the success is determined by feed count, subscribers, comments, etc.

**bogart** · 30 August, 2009, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by gavenecko

Feed counts are silly to be honest. While they ARE great, I never use them, and my friends don't use them. I never subscribe to them either. And some people manipulate their stats like that too, so you never know if its genuine. Blog success is determined by the money you make, I think. At least if your GOAL is to earn money. If your goal is to just be a blog without earning anything, then you can say that the success is determined by feed count, subscribers, comments, etc.

I would say that for a blog that is not monetized success could be measured by the number of citations that the blog has been credited with.