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Info panel not showing your information

feedburner-link-message

If you see the above picture on your heart info link then it will be because you are using Feedburner to display your feed and you have item click tracking enabled. What this does is replace the links that point to your posts within your feed and instead, point them to Feedburners own site so they can track how many clicks you get on your feeds post titles.

The problem with this is, even though they say it doesn’t affect your Google juice, it will not associate your title keywords with the URL that the link forwards to unless the link is followed. It also has the disadvantage of making your luvlinks look just like most other feedburner links. If the ComLuv API can’t recognize your link then it can’t send back all the lovely info you typed into your profile.

Solution

Switch off item click tracking…

1. Visit Feedburner.com and login to your account.
2. Choose the feed you want to change the settings on.
3. Click “configure stats”
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4. Deselect the checkbox marked “Item link clicks”
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5. Click “Save”

That’s it, you’ve configured your Feedburner feed to not forward your feed links and instead, point them direct to your site so you can have an awesome info panel like this one.
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Comments

  1. Not only that – Feedburner also steals away link love too. I wrote about that at Danger Will Robinson! ttp://tinyurl.com/5e3blq
    .-= Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog ..YOU tell ME – what do YOU want to learn about making money online? =-.

  2. Kestrel says:

    Andy, I use Feedburner because when I first started my blog it was on Blogspot, then WordPress.com, and now it is self-hosted. I simply want an easy way for people to subscribe; I’m not too interested in SEO.

    So what makes WordPress’ built-in feeds more powerful than FeedBurner’s?

    (Thanks for the tutorial, btw…while I’m not *too* interested in SEO, I still want more luv coming my way than Google/Feedburner’s!)

    • Andy Bailey
      Twitter:
      says:

      I prefer wordpress own feed handling because you can have separate feeds for any category so if you write about a particular niche subject on your site, you can specify a feed link that allows users to subscribe only to that subject. Feedburner will redirect any feed request just to your main feed.
      .-= Andy Bailey´s last blog ..CommentLuv URL registration updated =-.

  3. Is there a comluv member list? How can you go about finding other blogs that use comluv to better support the network?
    .-= Jesse Jameson´s last blog ..‘Cove’ Director Surfaces Deep (And Dark) Secrets : NPR =-.

    • Andy Bailey
      Twitter:
      says:

      I have been working hard behind the scenes writing the classes and functions for putting in a top list and active sites list in the near future. I should have it on the site sometime soon!

      • Patricia
        Twitter:
        says:

        Yippee that will be soooooo good when that comes out Andy. I trawl through Twitter each day looking for good posts to read and comment on. Also visit here couple of times a day to see who is commenting, who are top commenters etc. There is already heaps of really good information here but that will be mega :-)

        Appreciate all that you do to make this community such an amazing one to be part of. Thanks Andy. You really are appreciated.

        Patricia Perth Australia
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  4. JournalStone says:

    I like Feedburnder for all the info it provides, but I may have to revert back to the WordPress blog after learning about the link redirect.
    .-= JournalStone´s last blog ..Lutherans and the Gay Community =-.

    • Andy Bailey
      Twitter:
      says:

      you can switch the link redirects off if you want but it still leaves you having to manually burn a feed for each category if you want separate feeds for each one. WordPress does it automatically

  5. gingerwench
    Twitter:
    says:

    I’ve followed your instructions here, and turned off all feedburner plugins… but I just registered my domain with your site today. Is there a lag between registering and our links showing up correctly?
    .-= gingerwench´s last blog ..Updating WordPress Tips and Tricks =-.

  6. Corey
    Twitter:
    says:

    Genius, I love feedburner and the functionality it gives me, but I love commentluv more. Thanks for the help!
    .-= Corey´s last blog ..More GPS enabled photography =-.

  7. Mathdelane
    Twitter:
    says:

    You’re awesome Andy! I’ve never thought of that until I’ve read your post.
    Thank you for this tip.
    .-= Mathdelane´s last blog ..Keywordluv Abuse and No Follow Free on Do Follow Blogs =-.

  8. goodfeel says:

    Is there a way to make the heart icon and link show up retroactively? I posted a comment on a commentluv site before I knew what commentluv was all about…

    Or specifically for this topic, will the links that already exist on other people’s blogs change once I follow this advice?
    .-= goodfeel´s last blog ..How to Overcome a Mental Block =-.

  9. Mikkel
    Twitter:
    says:

    Thanks, I think it works. I just changed it, but doesn’t work, so I let the site point to /feed/
    .-= Mikkel´s last blog ..6 Easy Steps to Get Started With Podcasting =-.

  10. This works. Thank you. I was looking for that tip :-)
    .-= ejendomsservicesnerydningtrappevask´s last blog ..Snerydning =-.

  11. Michelle Mangen
    Twitter:
    says:

    I do have my stats configured as indicated above in Feedburner but I am still getting an error message when I post on blogs (such as this one) that has CommentLuv enabled.

    Any other suggestions on how to get my feed to work?

  12. rskrodzki2 says:

    Cool, didn’t know this.
    .-= rskrodzki2´s last blog ..Remember this ? ~ Personal =-.

  13. Great heads up Andy. Also thanks to my friend Lean Life Coach for highlighting this post!

    Best,

    Sam
    .-= Financial Samurai´s last blog ..Everything Is Rational – The Answer To All Things Irrational =-.

  14. mcdpoker
    Twitter:
    says:

    very cool indeed, ive been a member of comluv for less than a few hrs and I have learnt a lot already. Thanks, hope it works, will soon see when i click on submit.
    .-= mcdpoker´s last blog ..Poker Tour News: Dec. 21-27, 2009 =-.

  15. zenmoments
    Twitter:
    says:

    Ahhh, someone above has just answered my question regarding if there was a lag time between links showing after registering the URL.

    I thought though that if the URL was registered, that I would get a drop-down list on a commentLuv enabled site to select from a list of articles instead of just having the latest one show. Perhaps I misunderstood something?

    John
    .-= zenmoments´s last blog ..Satisfaction For Sale =-.

  16. zenmoments
    Twitter:
    says:

    Hi Andy,

    In reference to my problem of not seeing the 10 posts to choose from, yes I am using the same format for the URL here and on comment forms (always with the http:// prefix and the www). I noticed just now however that when I checked my registered URL after setting it yesterday with all the details, that today the details were gone (only the address remained but without the http:// prefix as I had set it). Because the details (title, description, feed address, keywords) had disappeared though, I removed the address and began again just now so everything is there again. We’ll see if I get the 10 choices now.

    Thanks for caring :-)
    John
    PS: I notice I am not getting the choices here on this comment
    .-= zenmoments´s last blog ..Satisfaction For Sale =-.

  17. Andy Bailey
    Twitter:
    says:

    It can only show what it gets given. It must be seeing the one with 5 on it. have you set your feed url in the member page? try setting it to http://www.zen-moments.com/feed/ to see if the forwarding option works better than the direct access via feeds2.feedburner

  18. zenmoments
    Twitter:
    says:

    Thanks, but when I navigate to http://www.zen-moments.com/feed/ it redirects to the same feeds2 address and still only shows the last 5 posts. I’m surprised that I don’t get a choice in a drop box for at least those last 5 posts. I get no drop box at all with any choices.

    I think I’ll let it go now. Perhaps in a week or so I’ll look at this again. It’s too much of a time sink right now. I appreciate your efforts and quick responses.

    Best,
    John
    .-= zenmoments´s last blog ..Satisfaction For Sale =-.

  19. naz says:

    thanks. great tips! just want to test here, whether it work or not ^_^
    .-= naz´s last blog ..Kontroversi penggunaan nama Allah : Gereja di bakar =-.

  20. yulian
    Twitter:
    says:

    I turned off “Item link clicks” but info panel wit my profile doesn’t appear at all. :/
    .-= yulian´s last blog ..RedLine theme has a multilingual interface =-.

  21. webduck
    Twitter:
    says:

    Thanks for the great tips Andy. I think I have my feeds updated now so I can have more SEO juice. :::crossing fingers::::
    .-= webduck´s last blog ..Old Bordeaux Washington – Mumby, McIver, Costigan =-.

    • Andy Bailey
      Twitter:
      says:

      yup, your feed is working fine to show the proper links.
      If you use feedblitz, their system can use the item tracking and when commentluv asks, it sends back the normal link so you get maximum SEO

  22. Cemil says:

    OK, so I edited my Feedburner account and yet when I enter the URL in the website CommentLuv still pulls the feedburner address – is there a period of time that must pass before the the settings propagate through?
    .-= Cemil´s last blog ..What Is The Google Sandbox =-.

  23. jeffster says:

    Starting to feel the Luv now – didn’t even know it wasn’t configured right. As a bonus, I found out some people had subscribed to feedburner, magical!
    .-= jeffster´s last blog ..Beating the Feeling of Disconnected and Isolated =-.

  24. Dave
    Twitter:
    says:

    Thanks for the great tip, I just made the update.
    .-= Dave´s last blog ..Holiday Extras Travel Insurance =-.

  25. Ryan
    Twitter:
    says:

    I just updated the settings in my FeedBurner account. Let’s see if this works!
    .-= Ryan´s last blog ..Mt. Baldy California – Photography =-.

  26. Ganapathy
    Twitter:
    says:

    Like the linkluv concept. Thanks.
    .-= Ganapathy´s last blog ..feedbackify =-.

  27. mielabeille says:

    Why did my name suddenly start saying “no last blog posts to return?”

  28. techchunks
    Twitter:
    says:

    Okay, I’ve changed the FeedBurner settings. NO CHANGE!

    As a test I’ve changed the CommentLuv feed URL to point at my blog’s feed URL. Still no change? Please help! :(
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  29. techchunks
    Twitter:
    says:

    Looks like it is working, finally. :)

    But I guess I had changed the feed URL to my blog URL. Need to change it to Feedburner URL to be sure all are really fine now. Will keep you posted. Thanks.
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  30. amater
    Twitter:
    says:

    Followed these steps, but the link still redirects to Feedburner, as you can see. I sent a support ticket about it, but maybe you can reply here and see if we can figure something out.

    Thanks, Andy!
    amater recently posted..Transcription Crash Course Review – Become a Home Transcriptionist TodayMy Profile

    • Andy Bailey
      Twitter:
      says:

      maybe it hasn’t updated your feed yet. See if there’s an option to reburn your feed.. (or use feedblitz which is 100% compatible and wont show proxy urls if it detects it’s a commentluv link)

      • amater
        Twitter:
        says:

        Something interesting I noticed is that “Original Feed” is showing this: http://feedproxy.google.com/WorkFromHomeResourcesBlog. If I’m correct, shouldn’t it be my actual blog feed URL instead? Could this be causing it?

        As far as updating, I can’t imagine it would have taken a whole month to update. As I mentioned in my ticket, I did this about a month ago, but I still have this problem.
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        • Andy Bailey
          Twitter:
          says:

          make sure that the feed url you have set in feedburner is pointing to your wordpress feed and go over your settings again.

          If it wont change, try feedburner support, I don’t use them and haven’t for over 2 years because of all the issues I had with them so I’m not familiar with their setup any more.

          • amater
            Twitter:
            says:

            I got it working, but something definitely got messed up with Feedburner. For some reason I have two burned feeds for my blog, and the one does point to my actual blog feed. I unticked the box for that feed also, and all is working now. Must have been when everything got transferred over to Google after they took over.

            Thanks for your help, Andy!

  31. selina213 says:

    Oh sorry lol, it’s working now. I guess it needed some time to refresh or whatever :) . Thank you very much for this tip, i was afraid im stuck with feedproxy links. Tnx
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  32. I’m already adjust this setting.. now its working.. great..
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  33. Boy am I glad I found this article! I checked a comment I had left, and sure enough, Feedburner was redirecting my link. I turned it off, made another comment, and everything looked fine. I checked another old comment and it still showed the redirect, so I guess I lost the link luv for all my comments up till now. Something about this should probably be very prominently posted on the home page and somewhere in the sign-up process.
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  34. Saw this same info @ Mavis Nong’s blog and immediately rectified the error. All that’s left is for me to start building my dofollow minks from scratch again.
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  35. shoppinqueen
    Twitter:
    says:

    just made the feedburner corrections, posting here hoping it works:)
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  36. cascd says:

    how to enabled xx last blog in my blog??
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  37. jay1522 says:

    Im having a bit of a problem .. I dont get the option to add my URL, after I click link add URL the page is just blank with a little text on it, but no form to fill out my information. Do anyone know why that is ?
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    • Andy Bailey
      Twitter:
      says:

      please could you submit a support ticket with the url you are trying and the page you are trying it on. copy and paste the text you are seeing into the ticket too so it will be easier to track down what the problem is.

  38. fitness21 says:

    I use both Comment Luv and Keyword Luv. Both are great.

    However to get my feed to appear I have to enter http://www.example.com/feed/ in the website address, then when I fill in my name: Fitness 21 @ Winter Running – Keyword Luv links my keywords to my feed rather than my site. Is there away arounf this?

    Thanks in advance
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  39. mitchman says:

    Andy,

    You’re asking people to submit support tickets, but I click on the support link and there’s nothing there about a support ticket. And trust me, I need to submit a support ticket right now. The link about to show as mine isn’t even something I’ve written; now it’s really weird.
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  40. Thanks for the info but is there no other workaround instead of turning the feedburner tacker off???
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  41. Dang! It’s still not working! What’s the problem? I’m at http://TheBusinessCoachforMom.com

  42. Gustavo
    Twitter:
    says:

    Thanks for this great tutorial. I was just looking for this, hopefully it works now.
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  43. thank you very much for the help!
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  44. Suhaib says:

    Hey Andy,

    I am really pissed on this bug. I put in hours of hardwork and made hundreds of valuable comments and then noticed that backlinks were pointing to feedproxy. Anyhow thanks for this valuable post and now I had fixed this.

    Do you know if fixing this will make all previous comments link directly to my site?

    Also if possible can u mention this bug on the plugin page itself coz many bloggers doesnt know this thing and realise this after several months or even years. Luckily I realised this after a month.

    Thanks again
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    • Andy Bailey
      Twitter:
      says:

      once the links are in, they keep the url intact so there’s no way to change them.
      the next version of commentluv will be ready soon and it completely eliminates all these types of problems.

  45. mike says:

    ahhh…had no idea this could be an issue…very cool…thx
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  46. Sona says:

    Thanks for the tutorial. I am using feedburner and never think about my link juice is stolen by google. I now will fix this issue too
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  47. Usman
    Twitter:
    says:

    This is certainly helpful for me to get deep links. Great post.
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