Comments on: The FeedPass Conundrum http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-feedpass-conundrum An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Evans http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2233 Mark Evans Mon, 22 May 2006 13:15:03 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2233 <strong>Freepass: Vultures!...</strong> What's with Feedpass?   I create the content and someone else gets to monetize if they claim my blog? That's worst than the negative option billing used by cablecos at one time. When I tried to claim my blog, Feedpass makes you go through severa... Freepass: Vultures!…

What’s with Feedpass?   I create the content and someone else gets to monetize if they claim my blog? That’s worst than the negative option billing used by cablecos at one time. When I tried to claim my blog, Feedpass makes you go through severa…

]]> By: Randy Charles Morin http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2237 Randy Charles Morin Mon, 22 May 2006 11:05:48 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2237 Alec, You are correct. Feedpass and FeedBurner are not associated. Alec,
You are correct. Feedpass and FeedBurner are not associated.

]]> By: Randy Charles Morin http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2236 Randy Charles Morin Mon, 22 May 2006 11:05:22 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2236 Hope, Feedpass is not hijacking your feed. When you make statements like that, then I realize it's pointless arguing with you because you have already made your mind up. You are against Feedpass and prepared to say anything to validate your point. Hope,
Feedpass is not hijacking your feed. When you make statements like that, then I realize it's pointless arguing with you because you have already made your mind up. You are against Feedpass and prepared to say anything to validate your point.

]]> By: Randy Charles Morin http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2235 Randy Charles Morin Mon, 22 May 2006 11:03:31 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2235 I love the way the blogosphere started. It was all about openess and how the current closed media sucked. Hello blogosphere! Things have changed. Now, the blogosphere is doing the same protectionist crap. I wonder how many of you have spoken out against the DMCA? I love the way the blogosphere started. It was all about openess and how the current closed media sucked. Hello blogosphere! Things have changed. Now, the blogosphere is doing the same protectionist crap. I wonder how many of you have spoken out against the DMCA?

]]> By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2234 Alec Mon, 22 May 2006 09:31:35 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2234 Mark, Feedpass, and Feedburner are different companies, i think. If not, then it's all the more surprising. Mark, Feedpass, and Feedburner are different companies, i think. If not, then it's all the more surprising.

]]> By: mark evans http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2232 mark evans Mon, 22 May 2006 08:34:49 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2232 alec, i'm totally with you about feedpass - it's a questionable move by a company that otherwise has done some really interesting things with RSS and syndication. i tried to claim my blog yesterday as a defensive measure but the process was complicated - something about putting a string of number within the title, publishing it, and then taking them out, and republishing. there has got to be a simpler way to do it. frankly, i'm not sure why feedburner is taking this route. at least with google adsense, you have the choice of not participating - without having to worry about someone else claiming your blog for advertising real estate. cheers, mark alec,
i'm totally with you about feedpass – it's a questionable move by a company that otherwise has done some really interesting things with RSS and syndication. i tried to claim my blog yesterday as a defensive measure but the process was complicated – something about putting a string of number within the title, publishing it, and then taking them out, and republishing. there has got to be a simpler way to do it. frankly, i'm not sure why feedburner is taking this route. at least with google adsense, you have the choice of not participating – without having to worry about someone else claiming your blog for advertising real estate.

cheers, mark

]]> By: Hope http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2231 Hope Mon, 22 May 2006 01:59:24 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2231 Alec: I just wish FeedBurner were a little more user friendly. I just want to be able to set up RSS feeds on my company's intranet, zip, zip, zip. I have to drill down too much in FeedBurner and even then I don’t grasp much of it. It needs to cater more to dumbbells. That was a good response to Randy, by the way. Then Randy makes the point that, “…nobody could possibly compete with Google, because they are not Google.” I think there is a difference between a search engine and basically hijacking an entire blog, which is what FeedPass seems to be doing. The brouhaha about FeedPass would be quite unnecessary if FeedBurner would simply make it very, very easy to use it to set up RSS feeds on intranets. Corporate and institutional worksites would loooove that (so would librarians). That way, they wouldn't have to rely on outside consultants or never explore RSS at all for fear of entanglement entangled with sleazy outfits like FeedPass with all their attendant copyright infringement hazards and penny-ante Google AdSense baggage. Hope Alec: I just wish FeedBurner were a little more user friendly. I just want to be able to set up RSS feeds on my company's intranet, zip, zip, zip. I have to drill down too much in FeedBurner and even then I don’t grasp much of it. It needs to cater more to dumbbells.

That was a good response to Randy, by the way. Then Randy makes the point that, “…nobody could possibly compete with Google, because they are not Google.” I think there is a difference between a search engine and basically hijacking an entire blog, which is what FeedPass seems to be doing.

The brouhaha about FeedPass would be quite unnecessary if FeedBurner would simply make it very, very easy to use it to set up RSS feeds on intranets. Corporate and institutional worksites would loooove that (so would librarians). That way, they wouldn't have to rely on outside consultants or never explore RSS at all for fear of entanglement entangled with sleazy outfits like FeedPass with all their attendant copyright infringement hazards and penny-ante Google AdSense baggage.

Hope

]]> By: Vijay http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2230 Vijay Mon, 22 May 2006 01:30:36 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2230 I think at the end of the day, I want my content to stay where I put it and anything anyone wants to make out of directing people there is perfectly fine. But i've put too much time and effort into bringing my users to my page and I don't want them to get distracted. I visited the link and my first thought was... hmm... looks an awful lot like feedburner. And then I saw the other comments. I think at the end of the day, I want my content to stay where I put it and anything anyone wants to make out of directing people there is perfectly fine. But i've put too much time and effort into bringing my users to my page and I don't want them to get distracted.

I visited the link and my first thought was… hmm… looks an awful lot like feedburner. And then I saw the other comments.

]]> By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2229 Alec Sun, 21 May 2006 20:37:21 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2229 Your points are good. I'll have to think about that a little. Your points are good. I'll have to think about that a little.

]]> By: Randy Charles Morin http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2228 Randy Charles Morin Sun, 21 May 2006 19:05:35 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/21/the-feedpass-conundrum/#comment-2228 First, FeedPass helps people subscribe to your blog. Symbiotic? Second, that's entire unfair. By your logic, nobody could possibly compete with Google, because they are not Google. More... <a href="http://www.technorati.com/blogs/saunderslog.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.technorati.com/blogs/saunderslog.com</a> That page looks a lot like Feedpass. BTW, there's 1000 pages like Technorati's on the Internet. Some with ads, some without. Monetizing your content. First, FeedPass helps people subscribe to your blog. Symbiotic?

Second, that's entire unfair. By your logic, nobody could possibly compete with Google, because they are not Google.

More… http://www.technorati.com/blogs/saunderslog.com
That page looks a lot like Feedpass.

BTW, there's 1000 pages like Technorati's on the Internet. Some with ads, some without. Monetizing your content.

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