Comments on: Feed Compare – Feed Comparison Tool

By: Sire

Sire — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:30:36 +0000

I got the error message yesterday so I let it go and tried again today and it worked fine. perhaps they were having server problems because of the influx of visitors that Darren sent their way!

By: Robert Woods

Robert Woods — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:11:44 +0000

Great site and thanks for sharing it with us. My blog site is so new and undiscovered that it does me no good yet. I will bookmark this post and try it again later.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:40:58 +0000

This looks really cool. Comparing it to some other sites I am doing better with RSS than I thought!

By: Oscar

Oscar — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:55:20 +0000

Hi Darren,

I try with my “competitors” and friends and it works perfect even if you are spanish :-) (the numbers are much lower).

I see this tool very interesting but just for fun, I agree with Darren “center on your own results”.

Regards:

Oscar

I am going to Australia one month to see if I can become a better blogger. I will ask in the “out back” :-)

By: Noobpreneur

Noobpreneur — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:09:58 +0000

Darren,

Thanks for the tips – a great tool to benchmark my blog to others that use feedburner :)

And my blog went badly compared to the other business blog… LOL

Cheers!

By: Alex Cristache

Alex Cristache — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:30:36 +0000

Ok, figured it out. The “Error in data file” only shows up for those feeds that are set to private, that have disabled the “Feed Count”. I was almost worried about privacy issues with this tool. :)

By: Alex Cristache

Alex Cristache — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:26:11 +0000

This is an interesting tool that unfortunately returns “Error in data file” too many times.

By: * Miss Universe

* Miss Universe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:13:15 +0000

How do yoy account for Mashable’s sharp rise during 12/06….

on Technoratti, it was nowhere near where it is today

By: Yax - Dungeon Mastering

Yax - Dungeon Mastering — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:11:05 +0000

This will spur some friendly competition for sure! Thanks.

And Feed Analysis from Blog Perfume has a little more data but can only show 1 blog at a time:

http://www.blogperfume.com/feed-analysis/

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:46:41 +0000

If you’re getting the “Error in data file” message you need to activate the “Awareness API” in your feed under the Publicize tab.

By: Feed Compare

Feed Compare — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:33:48 +0000

Hi,

Thank you for the lovely review. For someone who did not enable their FeedBurner Chicklet Counter, you have to enable the Awareness API instead. You can view how to enable Awareness API on http://www.blogperfume.com/feed-analysis/index.php?months=6&uri=google

It will solve the problem of seeing “Error in Data File”.

Thanks

By: PositiveBlogger

PositiveBlogger — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:16:44 +0000

works fine for me.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:15:52 +0000

Haha, I can see how this would be extremely embarrassing data for some people (including me).

By: Robb Sutton (198)

Robb Sutton (198) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:38:59 +0000

I get the same “Error in data file” message.

By: Rajaie AlKorani

Rajaie AlKorani — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:28:36 +0000

All I get when trying to compare sites is an “Error in data file”

By: Louis Liem

Louis Liem — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:54:40 +0000

Thanks for sharing, Darren. I’d like to see how my new design takes effect. Hopefully subscribing will be easier now