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WTF Google/FeedBurner???

I HATE GOOGLE! 

I know I didn’t ask for my FeedBurner accounts to be transferred to a Google Account! Where did they get the info FOR my Google account anyway? I didn’t give it to FeedBurner or anyone else!

WTF, is this why my subscriber numbers have decreased? Does everyone have to RE-subscribe? Do they have to change their (my) feed address in their feed readers?

I just got this in the e-mail and I’m pissed to say the least!

Success!

As you requested, we have moved your feeds from your mcbsconsulting 
FeedBurner account to your mcbsconsulting@hotmail.com Google Account.

Here is the full list of feeds we moved for you:

http://feedproxy.google.com/WahWebpageArchive (WAH Webpage Archive)
http://feedproxy.google.com/MyComputerBackInService (My Computer Back in 
Service)
http://feedproxy.google.com/JoesFreewareFinds (Joe’s Freeware Finds)
http://feedproxy.google.com/WorkingatHomeontheInternet (Working at Home on 
the Internet)
http://feedproxy.google.com/WorkingAtHomeJobBoard (Working at Home Job 
Board)
http://feedproxy.google.com/ShortStoriesSeepingFromSomewhere (Short Stories 
Seeping from Somewhere)

You may now view and manage all of your feeds and their settings by 
visiting this address:

http://feedburner.google.com

You will no longer be able to sign in to feedburner.com, but that’s okay: 
from now on, there is no reason to do so. Also, your old FeedBurner feeds, 
found at feeds.feedburner.com, will automatically redirect traffic to their 
new addresses on the feedproxy.google.com domain. You may still want to 
update any links or buttons on your website to use the new 
feedproxy.google.com address.

All of your feeds have been moved into this new account, and an initial 
batch of your most recent 30 days’ traffic stats has been loaded up. (Your 
entire stats history, should it go beyond the last 30 days, will be added 
at a future date. If you see “0″ for the most recent full day, don’t panic! 
It may take up to a week for a feed’s full dose of stats to appear in your 
new account.)

/// Getting Started with AdSense for feeds ///
Finally, to set up AdSense for feeds, you now need to visit AdSense at 
http://www.google.com/adsense and choose the AdSense for feeds option under 
Manage Ads > Get Ads. (Ads won’t appear in your feeds unless you set up new 
ad units for them there.) You may also visit the AdSense for feeds section 
of the Google AdSense Help Center:

https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?topic=957

/// A Note for Publishers Who Use Email Subscriptions ///
feedburner.google.com has a more robust email subscription management 
feature; you may now search your entire subscriber base to locate 
subscribers and view their status, regardless of whether you have 100 or 
100,000 of them. Visit Publicize > Email Subscriptions > Subscription 
Management to try it out.

Thank you for moving your feeds to the new FeedBurner. If you have any 
questions, please contact us at aff-support@google.com. We hope you enjoy 
the new place and the changes we have in store!

I tried to log into my FeedBurner account and am redirected to sign in/up for a Google Account.

I HATE GOOGLE!

Anyone else get suprised like this? Did you see it coming? I didn’t.


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    4 Comments

    1. Posted December 11, 2008 at 9:51 am | Permalink

      I didn’t know that Feedburner got bought out…well it sounds like the did permanent redirects with your feed urls, so you shouldn’t have to worry about changing them.
      Yea freaking Google.

    2. Posted December 11, 2008 at 10:01 am | Permalink

      Hey Adam,
      Yeah, they bought out feedburner a while back, I really should have seen this coming. I don’t know how long they will keep the redirect active. I do have to check out all the links I have for subs now though, just in case.

    3. Posted December 12, 2008 at 4:27 pm | Permalink

      I did not have this happen to me…and I still have you in my feeds – so that should make you feel a tad better.

    4. Posted December 12, 2008 at 5:00 pm | Permalink

      Hey Brooke
      Are you using FB or straight RSS? So far the redirects seem to be working, but no idea how long that will last.
      I still have to change all the buttons for Feed Subs, but they haven’t updated all the codes yet, so I’ll wait for a little while yet.

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