I finally got around to writing some code to parse feed statistics from my log files. (Man, is my PERL rusty!) In January and February 2007, I had 53 subscribers, defined as repeat visitors from a unique IP address without “bot”, “crawl”, or “search” in the name of the user agent (browser or reader software).
The most popular reader by far was Firefox, both the 1.5 and 2.0 verisons on Windows and Mac. The Mac Safari browser also had a few hits, as did NetNewsWire. RSS Owl and NewsGator made solo appearances, and NewsGator is even nice enough to tell you how many NewsGator subscribers you have in it’s user agent string.
Another interesting hit was from Blue Coat DRTR, which is a Dynamic Real Time Rating (DRTR) system described on their website:
The new DRTR feature is based on patented technology that can ”on the fly” categorize new, unfamiliar Websites as they are being requested and then block or allow access according to the rating DRTR assigns and in accordance with the organization’s or user’s policies.
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