As far as I can tell, the main complaint is latency, where the latency is still less than a couple hours, right? Are there other complaints? - Matt Cutts

i manage dozens of feeds there... but it isn't all that useful / necessary unless Google built it better into Analytics. Like Chris wrote, FeedFlare has become pointless with the evolution of blogging software like WordPress and services like ShareThis. E-mail RSS subscriptions are still great, however, Google has done little if anything to make FeedBurner's native service much more than a FeedBlitz clone, imo. - Andy Sternberg

I remember what I don't like about FF--it spreads the conversation all over the place. I'll paste what I commented on the original blog post. - Matt Cutts

Just a few thoughts: - I've heard a few people mention complaints about latency recently and I just passed on a couple of those threads to other people at Google. Fair feedback, and it's appreciated. - Duncan Riley mused that FeedBurner is more about advertising these days, but that's Duncan's take. Have you seen any statement from Google that backs up Duncan's opinion? I'm not aware of any statement by Google to that effect. - Dave Winer worries about outsourcing feed burning to Google, but with FeedBurner's MyBrand service (which is now free, courtesy of Google), you keep your feeds on your own domain. Do a Google search for [master feed domain] to see Danny Sullivan's excellent write-up on how to do this. This is how I handle the feeds on my blog, and I can leave FeedBurner any time I want just by where feeds.mattcutts.com points to, so I remain in control of my feed's destiny. :) - Matt Cutts

P.S. At the risk of talking too much: For more info about MyBrand and how to use it, see http://bit.ly/nIy7 and http://bit.ly/CFVF . I think everyone should at least use the free MyBrand feature to keep their feeds under their own control. - Matt Cutts

matt cutts in this thread, finally some response from google. - Steve Gillmor from IM

Yes, Matt -- thanks for Google's first peek over the top of the trench. ;-) - Chris Baskind

Matt, aside from the fact it's been all but ignored since acquisition and subscriber numbers seem to be generated at random some days, no other complaints ;-) Oh, and it is all about advertising, there's one BLOODY BIG STATEMENT: the NAME CHANGE. Adsense for Feeds ISN'T about advertising? really? ;-) - Duncan Riley

Oh, and if it wasn't about advertising, why didn't it end up in Webmaster tools or Analytics exclusively? - Duncan Riley

I like the look of the feed in emails.. well its nice and tidy... but sheesh whats with the time lag?? - Rob Sellen :o)

Happy to try to help. Duncan, I think FeedBurner has to fit in somewhere within Google. Given that FB allowed ads in feeds way before they were even bought by Google (e.g. http://bit.ly/F8lm is a reference from 2004), I'm guessing that was one place that it could integrate. It could also have been geography, e.g. FB was based in Chicago, while the Webmaster tools team is based in Kirkland, so that wouldn't have been a good fit. At any rate, I'm chatting with folks here about it. - Matt Cutts

Matt, if there's good news in the works FB wise even small, I'm always happy to cover it. It's only because many of us are passionate about the product that this thread is even taking place. - Duncan Riley

Point taken. It's certainly possible that in the midst of migrating the ping server location or over the holidays that something is falling through the cracks, in which case we should dig into it. - Matt Cutts

I am currently migrating my own (and blogs that I administrate) to WordPress. Had Matt not addressed this thread..... I probably would have gone to direct feeds. FeedBurner offers a different product that Google Analytics and is valuable but two of my own migrations were very bad experiences. Communication to the Google community is invaluable and in the event that anyone missed it, this IS the magic of Friendfeed .... not found elsewhere. - Charlie Anzman

FeedFlare is actually pretty cool, and deserves more development like other FB nooks and crannies, still the overall speed and reliability are most important - Mike Chelen

Matt - More direct answer. There were issues with accounts that migrated from personal e-mails. While now, FeedBurner recognizes my gmail acct , for some reason it didn't during the original migration, and, for some reason (that I never had the time to check out), I lost many of the 'free' features. Delivery time has mostly been fine for me, Finally, Friendfeed needs to be in the check-off default feedflare listings! ... (Just sayin' .... :) - Charlie Anzman

the feedflare system needs an open catalog with user submissions like for google gadgets, otherwise there is no way their team can keep up with all the latest websites ;) - Mike Chelen