| ▲ | danpalmer 4 hours ago | |
There's a ton of selection bias going on here. Terence writes mostly about open web standards and topics that would be of significant interest to folks with an RSS feed reader. Also, RSS readers are generally automated. I know I've had them around for years pulling in articles that I never read. Like a podcast "listen" is actually just an automated download, RSS traffic does not necessarily involve anyone actually reading the article, whereas search traffic is generally high intent and is at least resulting in eyeballs on the site, if not actual readers. | ||
| ▲ | protocolture 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
>There's a ton of selection bias going on here. The data doesnt purport to cover any more than the 1 website. Its not like there are any generalisations about other websites derived from the data. Its just "These are where my hits come from" | ||
| ▲ | sharkjacobs 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> RSS readers are generally automated. I know I've had them around for years pulling in articles that I never read They try to address that > I added RSS and Newsletter tracking. These data are very lossy. If someone is subscribed to my RSS feed and opens a post and their client downloads a lazy-loaded image at the end of the post, I get a hit. | ||