Feedburner Feedsmith
By Steve Smith & Feedburner (http://feedburner.com/)
Why it's awesome: Never having to worry about nefarious uses of your RSS feeds
Why it was picked: Built by the Google crew at Feedburner
Manual Install URL: http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78483
Automatic Install search term: Not available
Geek level: Webmaster
Configuration location: Settings | Feedburner
Used in: Feeds
Many times, hosting your own RSS feed can wreak havoc on your server without you ever knowing it. Due to RSS's out-of-sight-out-of-mind style, you often forget about it completely. Using Google's Feedburner is one way to ensure that a swarm of subscribers won't bring your server to a crawl. Feedburner acts like a conduit to your RSS feed by delivering the feeds from Google's servers instead of your own.
Not only does Feedburner offload your server traffic, it also gives you an amazing view of what people are doing with your feed. The stats alone are...
