Back in the day (what, 2005 maybe?) when I started using FeedBurner there was talk of being able to integrate AdSense into your RSS feed. Then FeedBurner went along and launched the FAN (FeedBurner Ad Network) which would allow you to run CPM ads on your RSS feed, integrating them with your blog content as well. All those months on and RSS advertising has become more popular, I run some ads through my Liverpool Access RSS feed thanks to Text Link Ads (affiliate link) and it pays off.
Advertising is a hot commodity at the minute, Google monetising YouTube, then buying DoubleClick; Microsoft lobbing six BILLION down for aQuantive and this afternoon Sam Sethi reports (through Vecosys) that Google are possibly going to wrap up the purchase of FeedBurner? Steve Rubel talked about it around this time last year but if the story turns out to be true it will mark a massive turnaround for FeedBurner and I think a great boost for Google’s already massive catalog of web services.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Google eventually acquired FeedBurner. As you say advertising is a hot commodity and from the looks of it, whoever gets FeedBurner will take over a large share of the blog advertising sector.
By the way – your new blog design is once again – amazing, good job.
Ah the ‘summer clothes’ were just that – a 3 column design until I could figure out what I really wanted to do with the design. I needed something that I could fit across a few other blogs as well, just with colour adjustments (give that ‘network’ effect)! Glad you approve, as always 🙂
Tying FeedBurner and Google Analytics together is something I’d like to see, really get the best stats out of your feed.