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@ICECrush: The subscriber numbers do fluctuate, I think more due to the Feedburner service than anything. Just this past week, I went from 116 to 100, and then today, 127.

@Bishwajeet: It’s always good to know what you’re readers are coming for in order to keep their interests.

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@Dennis: I know that feeling. I have lots of ideas that just haven’t been properly researched yet too.

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OH, one thing before I go, where did you get that feedburner chicklet as I can’t seem to find it. I had a male’s look for it but it’s obvious that I need a female to point me in the right direction.

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@Frank: It wasn’t really homework all at once, so much as bits of information I have learned here and there since I began to really optimize this site. I was pretty proud when I hit a hundred subscribers.

@Eric: Those are good reasons. I usually keep inactive people too, especially if I was active on their site. Sometimes I even worry about people, depending on their last post. But some people just lose heart in posting, or move on to another subject elsewhere.

@Boris: You’re welcome. It all depends on what your goals are for your website. I always hope that people subscribe, and that when they see a post with valuable information, they will make the leap and click through the feed to the site. That’s also why I include links to older posts in the article and in the related posts area – that way if they see something interesting, they really have to come to the site to see the older posts referenced.

@wholinks2you: Thanks. Interesting information that link provided me on backlinks to my site.

@Sonia: Thanks for the input. I’m hoping to generate lots of good reasoning through the comments so future readers can get insight on what is going through reader’s minds when they unsubscribe. It will help bloggers in building more sticky, subscribe-worthy sites and content.

@khaled: Interesting approach. Thanks for sharing!

@Brian: Thanks for the input. I think there are bloggers who do something to incite readers to subscribe (like contests) and then do not put so much effort into future content to keep people interested.

@Brian D.: Thanks! That’s very true. I start reading a blog that sounds just amazing, and then, after a while, none of the posts have any solutions, just a link to buy an ebook or service.

@Dennis: Thanks for mentioning those. I just added those to the ends of my feeds. I like that it shows the number of Diggs/Delicious bookmarks to each article.

@Leanie: Quality content definitely keeps a subscriber’s interest.

@Make Money: I have mine moderated because, even with the question, I still get trackback span and other things that have nothing to do with the article. I think if bloggers aren’t going to check or approve their comments, they should just close them, so no one spends a lot of time making a valuable comment, just for it to never go anywhere.

@Clickktdotcom: Thanks! I hope you enjoy my tweets.

@YS: Very true. Without interaction, and getting to know an author a bit more personally, there is little draw to remembering to visit their site.

@WD Favour: I think drastic fluctuations like that could be a blip in the Feedburner count. I remember for 4 days, I went from 100+ to 20, and then it jumped back to the 100+ again. A slight fluctuation is probably accurate, but unless you write something totally awful, there shouldn’t be anything dramatic. And I’m glad you found this article useful!

@William: As far as the complications, I think the only way to get the RSS to direct to the right reader is to have a link to subscribe customized to that particular reader. But considering how many there are out there, there would be a lot of individual links that would also confuse people who may have never subscribed to an RSS feed, and then would be confused as to which on to choose.

I think I’m the same about not unsubscribing. If there isn’t anything new, I just keep browsing the rest of the feeds I’m subscribed to.

I’ve never used Bloglines, but maybe it only counts readers who are subscribed to that site through Bloglines?

@Steve: I’ve been seeing more and more about the RSS footers, and I think that is because there has been a lot of problem with content hijacking from full RSS feeds. I guess the perk is that if someone finds your content on another site, they will have the direct link back to you now. Plus, it gives you a chance to write a little bit about yourself and some contact information for people who may have subscribed, but not looked at your author bio and other info.

@Mitch: Me too, it was helpful. Interaction is definitely key. I used to send emails to the people who commented, but then I read that was a bad idea. So I started replying to comments on the site, and that’s when the comments and subscriptions boosted dramatically.

@Google Money: Thanks. I hope you enjoy my Tweets.