Comments on: Should you display a subscriber count?

By: Got burned with FeedBurner yet?

Got burned with FeedBurner yet? — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:37:59 +0000

[...] were discussions round the blogosphere whether bloggers should display subscriber count. I have chosen to display it now as the count is getting to a stable [...]

By: Lin

Lin — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:33:32 +0000

I used to have my subscriber numbers showing on my blog, but took it off because I couldn’t help but notice and be somewhat distracted by the fluctuations of numbers. I now only check out my numbers every couple of weeks or so, otherwise I think I’d go nuts if I saw the numbers drop of significantly.

I guess with any blogger, as hard as we try to create content that will interest many and bring in subsequent traffic, I always remember that you just can’t please everyone all the time.

By: David Kierznowski

David Kierznowski — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:05:16 +0000

Let us know how it goes. Like I said, we removed it from BlogSec because I just found it to distracting.

By: Marcin

Marcin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:37:10 +0000

Well, I just put mine up for all to see. We’ll see how things go… :)

By: Sarah Turner

Sarah Turner — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:12:08 +0000

It’s an interesting issue – people may take a subscriber count as *just* a number, rather than taking it into context of growth, how long a site’s been active etc.

By: Increasing Blog Traffic - Cross Blog Conversation : Blog Resources Online

Increasing Blog Traffic - Cross Blog Conversation : Blog Resources Online — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:02:23 +0000

[...] I came across a post at BlogSecurity.net called Should You Display a Subscriber Count? Here David discussed the pros and cons of showing how many subscribers your blog has, and he [...]

By: David Kierznowski

David Kierznowski — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:12:47 +0000

Neena, I'm happy with our growth (%) but with 2-3 million WP users alone, I don't think our reach is near enough. Neena, I personally think it can work in your benefit if its low or high but like Darren from progblogger.net often says, if in doubt experiment for a couple of weeks and see what happens, it wont hurt :)

By: Neena

Neena — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:49:06 +0000

Congratualtions on such a strong subscriber count. What you think the minimum subscriber count should be before you start to display your subscriber numbers?