Review: Transfer your website's RSS feed from Feedburner to FeedPress
Google has treated Feedburner like a bad impulse buy ever since purchasing it in 2007, leaving it in a state of neglect. After the announcement that Google Reader was being discontinued, the Internet grapevine began buzzing about what Google service was next on the chopping block. The general consensus is that it will be Feedburner (since both the API and Adsense for Feeds have already been closed). It would make sense, if you are a webmaster, to redirect your RSS feed and newsletter subscribers to FeedPress before it's too late.
The dashboard screen shows all of the information you are going to need, including your subscriber count and your statistics.
FeedPress (formerly URI.LV) is the only serious opponent to Feedburner right now. For years, Feedburner dominated the RSS aggregation market, but now that it is looking vulnerable, the scrappy upstart FeedPress has emerged to provide a serious viable alternative to those who are nervous about possible future events. The only slight downer about FeedPress is that the free basic service is restricted, with the muzzles taken off only if you pony up $30 a year (or $3 a month).
If you sign up for the free basic FeedPress service, the RSS feed restricts you to a maximum 5,000 subscribers. If you want to exceed that, you need to pay. The restriction will make no difference to most small sites, and commercial sites have the budget to afford the $30 a year.
The most important part of the feed is how often the site is checked and the feed refreshed. After all, if you are a breaking news website, it makes no sense if your feed lies unchecked for hours on end. The free version gets checked once an hour, and paid users get checked every 20 minutes. The totally free Feedburner, by comparison, gets checked every 30 minutes.
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