One day or another you’re going to have to face it – your blog is most likely not a problogger.com . I’m not saying that your future is completely void of blogging stardom, but only your effort and dedication will tell whether you will reach those heights. Unfortunately, some people try to look past these ever so present facts. As you would guess, only bad things could arise out of such irrational thinking.
Let’s Fake My RSS Count
A blog’s RSS count is a very good indicator of how successful a blog really is. RSS count is really straight-forward – the higher the count, the higher the chances are that a particular blog is successful. Since the number of RSS subscribers a blog has can be used to paint an accurate picture of the success of a blog, some “smart” minds have devised a way to make their blog appear more authoritive than it actually is.
The method these devious minds employ to deceive their visitors is as follows – they place a fake RSS chicklet on their blog. Since most people use Feedbuner to manage their feeds, this is actually quite simple. The chicklet which Feedburner provides is basically a widget which tells your blog’s visitors how many RSS subscribers you have. These crooks use a chicklet which belongs to another blog on their site and thus inflate their RSS count.
Faking Traffic? Why Not?
Traffic has always been a solid indicator of the success of a site or blog. Naturally, people have also tried to find ways to lie about the volume of traffic their site receives. The methods which are employed to achieve such a feat usually entail creating doctored screenshots of website analytics programs. As stupid as this sounds, some bloggers and webmasters find this very effective.
Why You Shouldn’t Be Doing This
As the number of deceitful tactics have grown, so have the smarts shared among bloggers and other web surfers. This has been anything but a good thing for those looking to cheat their way through the system. What was easy yesterday is no longer so simple today. Things like faking your RSS count and traffic stats are easy to detect in this day and age. A simple visit to the Feedburner or Alexa website can easily discredit any and all of your deceitful activities.
Do yourself a favor and always act in good faith. If you don’t try to trick your visitors, you will most always benefit.
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