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[81] Why? Because they sponsored me to do the London Triathlon this Sunday so it’s the very least I can do. In no particular order (well, other than the order which they sponsored me):

[82] @wadds
@harrietcrosse
@timhoang
@gavb
@PVRtweets
@shelleyw
@adparker
@darylwillcox
@emilya
@danhowarth
@katiemoffat
@markpinsent
@fulbeck
@alexpearmain
@cmrlee
@chieforiginals
@benayers
@jordanstone
@jedhallam
@russhirst
@nickleonard
@helenium
@reema80
@matslofgren
@theredrocket
@jkerrstevens
@JazCummins
@StuartBruce
@saturngirl
@pkellypr
@MorseLives
@ADwyer
@bradleyomahoney
@JonnyStark
@GabbiCahane

[117] Other people who aren’t on Twitter sponsored me also for which I’m very grateful.

[118] No tweety, no linky though.

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Media

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[138] From Flowtown via We Are Social

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Business, Media

[159] There’s a handy a trick I’ve known for a while (sorry I can’t remember the source) which allows you to view a FeedBurner subscriber count even if it’s not visible on a site. It doesn’t work in all cases but it’s basically a flaw in Google FeedBurner.

[160] To find our the number of subscribers to a FeedBurner feed all you are required to use is this URL – http://feedproxy.google.com/~fc/ – along with the user’s FeedBurner name. Still with me?

[161] Here’s an example:

[162] My FeedBurner name is prblogger (that what this blog used to be called) so all you are required to do to view my subscriber account is this:

[163] http://feedproxy.google.com/~fc/prblogger

[164] Easy.

[165] You can do it with other blogs too. Surprisingly I compared the two heavyweights of the Social Media blog world and the results are interesting. I’ve always thought Mashable and TechCrunch to be on a par in terms of size and readership. Granted TechCrunch has always had the upper-hand but in my own sphere of friends, colleagues, peers and industries (PR, marketing and media) it’s Mashable that seems to be the de facto social media news source.

[166] However comparing both feeds TechCrunch has almost ten times as many ~~readers~~ subscribers as Mashable.

[167] http://feedproxy.google.com/~fc/techcrunch

[169] http://feedproxy.google.com/~fc/mashable

[171] This is only one measure of course and if we were to take a look at traffic data using Compete.com you’ll see that Mashable has surpassed TechCrunch since May last year. My thoughts are it’s down to Mashable’s link baitable retweetable content.

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