How to Connect FeedBurner to WordPress

FeedBurner is a free service provided by Google that enhances your RSS feed for your WordPress blog. The service provides you with information and statistics on how many RSS readers your blog feed has each day, which helps you to determine the popularity of your blog and posts. FeedBurner also offers ways to help promote your blog feed and get more subscribers. You must connect your WordPress feed to the FeedBurner service before you can track this information.

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Instructions

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  Sign up for a free Google account at the FeedBurner website. If you already have a Google account, you can use it.
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  Log into the site to access your FeedBurner dashboard.
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  Type your WordPress blog URL in the "Ready to Burn?" text box and click the "Next" button. FeedBurner will direct you to an Identify Feed Source page and automatically detect your RSS feed.
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  Type a feed name and a feed URL for your blog, then click the "Next" button twice. These can be anything that you choose.
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  Click the box next to the "Clickthroughs" and "I want more!" options to redirect your WordPress feed and activate the feed statistics, then click the "Next" button. Your feed is now linked to FeedBurner.