Can I quietly redirect my RSS feed? Sep05 '07

I want to redirect subscribers to a new RSS feed, but avoid any interruption. Is this possible? (click to expand)

I'm like most web authors - I want to know who's reading my site. I use Mint to stay informed on basic web site stats, but one thing Mint doesn't track is RSS subscribers. For that, I need a service like Feedburner.

OK, so let's do it. I've signed up for the service, and received a shiny new URL:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/matthom

This is great. Anyone subscribing to that URL will be "tracked," so I can monitor stats and basic usage.

Problem is, my existing readers are already subscribed to this URL:

http://matthom.com/feed/matthom.xml

Here's what I want to avoid:

Having existing subscribers re-subscribe to a new feed URL.
Regurgitating all of my posts in subscribers' feed readers.

I don't want the subscriber to notice anything. They can stay subscribed to the old URL, and I'll still have the benefit of tracking them with the new URL.

Is this even possible?

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