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FeedBlitz Launches FeedBurner Alternative for RSS Automation

Source: louisgray-com

Mar 26, 2009

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Since Google's acquisition of FeedBurner in mid-2007, the complaints have come hard and fast, as FeedBurner's integration saw frequent disconnects between the acquiring company and its new prize, slowness in updating feeds, and a complete lack of innovation, all amidst silence from Mountain View that had many wondering if the service would go the way of DodgeBall and other services into Google's black hole. At the end of 2008, I predicted an alternative would rise up to give bloggers an option to switch. Today, FeedBlitz, which has powered my e-mail distribution for nearly three years, has offered to do just that.

The new RSS management service, announced in a blog post, says it will offer publishers, marketers and bloggers improved branding, integrated search engine optimization, and some interesting additions, including social media marketing and metrics.

If you are already using the company's e-mail marketing services, the RSS addition is free. For all others, you can start using FeedBlitz to run your RSS feeds for as low as $1.49 a month.

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Comments (2)

Internetmlmnow,

Mar 26, 2009

I have so many feeds and so little time. I'm not taking advantage of what services feedburner has - strike that - had to offer and now I'm just not going to worry about it.

I hope feedblitz has better tutorials!

I know that RSS is critical to marketing online. Good article!