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   9/11/08

   furniture27

   Feedburner will do that. It has problems from time to time. They should be back in a day or two. Mine usually gets cut in half when there is a feedburner issue.

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      9/11/08

      chanteusesanders

      Thanks soo much. I didn't know that till now!
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   9/11/08

   ThriftShopRomantic

   Often Feedburner just doesn't register new subscribers until later in the day. In the morning (US Eastern time) it'll be 0, and then by afternoon, the Feeds will have updated. This is possibly what you're seeing?

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      9/11/08

      chanteusesanders

      Yes, I guess. Its kind of peculiar how all of it had gone to zero. It was like my world almost crumbled. Almost. I wish the zero subscribers wasn't true. I WISH.
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   9/11/08

   reddyschintu

   hey ya same for me also i also lost my subscribers nearly 60 subscribers ,and my feed buttuon showing now only 1 reader i dont know why it happened suddeenly my site imp became very less from 3000 imp to jus 700 like that please help me check out my site www.blog2vishnu.tk

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   9/11/08

   thewriterspulse

   Yeah, it happens. In the early morning, mine will usually read 0, then it'll update later toward the afternoon. Also, there's a lot of fluctuation day-to-day (might be actual numbers, but I also hear that sometimes Feedburner doesn't catch every reader). Here's an article about it:
   
   www.problogger.net/archives/2007/08/16/why-does-my-feedburner-subscriber-co...

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      9/11/08

      dougist

      If I'm not mistaken Feedburner subscriber numbers are derived from an algorithm, hence they are a sophisticated guess at your subscriber base. The are not an actual count. Feed burner says "Subscribers (are) inferred from an analysis of the many different feed readers and aggregators that retrieve this feed daily."
      
      Since its an algorithm there are days when it could report 0. Models are like that. Sometimes they just rest, restart, or have division errors.
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      9/12/08

      chanteusesanders

      Really? Is that error commonly acceptable or is it something I should be worried about?
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      9/12/08

      chanteusesanders

      Thanks for the reply...
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      9/12/08

      chanteusesanders

      Thanks for the link up thewriterspulse! It was an eye opener.
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   9/11/08

   footiam

   Don't worry. Just don't lose yourself. Happy blogging!

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      9/12/08

      chanteusesanders

      Thanks for that reply footiam! My subscribers are back on now and the number increased. Although based on dougist's comment, I'm wondering if that number trully refers to my subscribers or just daily visitors.
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   9/11/08

   guitar425

   I'm glad you posted this because I was wondering the same thing.

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