ProBlogger research on “Why Readers Unsubscribe…”
Darren Rowse, blogger aficionado over at ProBlogger, ‘polled’ 109 of his readers on their opinions regarding what made blog readers, and more specifically what made -them-, more likely to unsubscribe from a blog’s RSS Feed.
Rowse organised the data into 34 separate categories (with some overlap, he says) but his findings provide a keen, overall view of the issue at hand.
His results are intriguing; there are more reasons than you may think for readership loss! I certainly learned quite a few things that I’m sure would go far in terms of ‘pleasing your audience’ . If that’s what you’re there to do in the first place, that is 
I’m going to hide under a rock about it, though, since the blogging’s been getting out of hand lately 
I apparently need sleep to function, and the mania’s getting silly, to say the least.
And I’ll go ahead and give Darren an extra-special ‘Blogger of the Year’ (Decade?!). My site would be even ‘worse’ than it may be now if it weren’t for him and his expert advice. There is no such thing as “too much” ProBlogger. 
At least, not in my household…
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:30 am
There’s a fine line between pleasing your audience and pandering to them. When your particular niche is money making, and the blogging craft in general, I imagine there must be a constant pressure to stay on message. Darren has a lot of good advice, but I think a lot of what he has to say really needs to be interepreted within the sphere he operates, which at the moment is saturated. It seems these days that every blog out there wants to show me how to make money online
March 3rd, 2007 at 5:14 pm
This might fall along the lines of mean, but I find that some who get ‘paid per post’ sometimes sacrifice their content.
I love reading and surfing blogs, but I kinda get turned off when it’s loaded with blinkies and product promotions… that may be just me though. ;D
Nice site btw.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:42 am
Wow. I done took a loooong time to reply to these comments. Sorry, y’alls :\
Dan, dan, dan - spot on, rock on, woot
(what a shit reply, hahah *sighs* ;P)
G(!!!) - I CAN’T BELIEVE IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO REPLY AUGHH!!! I would have ‘discovered’ your freaking AWESOME site AGES ago(!!!). *coughs*
I’m excited
Thank you for commenting, and in again, in-advance(!ahah) for not hatin’ ‘cuz I’m just replyin’ NOW ;D 
Oh yeah - a reply? Um… “True dat, ME TOOZ!” *coughs*
Now. Which of y’alls [okay, both of you shouldn’t(?) really constitute /warrant a y’alls, perhaps, but… erm, suck it trebeks ;P (guess who’s blog ’tis?). . :O *RUNS*] got the lamest response? *cringes*
And Ooh Ooh - I almost forgot(?!) -
go VOTE for Problogger /Darren’s Ingenuously and Amazingly Fantastic Efforts over the years at Blogger’s Choice Awards | Best Blog About Blogging
Oh geez, if this works without editing, I’ll be so gleeful. . . 8-0