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By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:26:00 +0000

I’m flattered you subscribed 5ub .

Actually, it’s just a problem with my blogging setup. I’ve got an opt-in for the frontpage but I don’t like to use it as the opt-in is supposed to be for my best material. Lately I’ve broken that rule, but I’m trying to be more disciplined (not to mention get this site fixed!). The reason I want it fixed is for permalink structure. If I can get another KW in the url, it might boost the rank and/or get higher CTR.

Anyways, subscribing then deciding whether you like it or not would work if you weren’t concerned about reader-clutter. My guess is that most people who are serious about their feeds – and these are usually the readers you want most – are reluctant to add feeds because it adds to the clutter. Think a Darren Rowse with hundreds of feeds or a Maki with similar volume of reading…

Thanks for sharing your 2 cents dude!

By: 5ubliminal

5ubliminal — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:36:33 +0000

You’re right but one thing I fail to understand.
You say that you need to read several good posts in order to subscribe to a feed. This means you visit that page (bookmark or typein) and read several times before you are sold.
Wouldn’t is be more convenient to subscribe to blogs with one cool article and the decided whether too keep it or not. You won’t have to watch out for new content and if you feel ‘let down’ you opt-out. I’d say this method is much easier.

PS: This article is not featured on homepage. If I just bumped into your blog (at your last post) and also have to judge several posts before deciding to subscribe, do you imagine I would guess you post articles only to feed? How would I see your posts in order to decide to subscribe.
You could add something like: Some posts are for subscribers only so SUBSCRIBE … so people know.

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:49:19 +0000

Hey Avinash,

Thanks for dropping in and sharing your thoughts.

I certainly agree with you that igniting Sphinn/SU is a means rather than a goal (the means to distribute remarkable, unique content). While Sphinn/SU aren’t perfect barometers, they’re reasonably good at letting you know when something you produced was high quality – if it’s really good, chances are it’ll go hot.

By: Avinash Kaushik

Avinash Kaushik — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:13:28 +0000

Very interesting post Gabriel. You share three examples of segmenting your data and that will always yield interesting insights.

I do recommend that igniting Sphinn or StumbleUpon orgies should not be a goal in of itself. The focus should be on producing remarkable unique content. Measure how much of that you produce. If you do then I am utterly convinced that orgies will follow.

-Avinash.