Wouldn't it make more sense for Google to first shut down FeedBurner and then Google Reader?
That way Google could ensure all FeedBurner subscriptions in Reader would be replaced A) with the location of the new feed provided by the site owner, or B) in case of no action from the site owner fall back to the original feed as known by FeedBurner.
When they've done that, they can shutdown Google Reader and all the new RSS readers out there that let you import your Google Reader feeds would have the new updated non-FeedBurner feeds.
I guess having a 301 redirect option in FeedBurner and advising other RSS readers to implement would work as well, but it seems more error prone than Google solving as much of this problem as possible themselves. With Google Reader they are/were in the ideal place to do so. I realize it requires some development costs, but it would be a nice gesture to their user base.
Of course this is all hypothetical. We don't know what Google's plans are for FeedBurner. Perhaps the fact they shutdown Google Reader is an indication FeedBurner is here to stay for the time being as otherwise they would have taken the above approach.
That way Google could ensure all FeedBurner subscriptions in Reader would be replaced A) with the location of the new feed provided by the site owner, or B) in case of no action from the site owner fall back to the original feed as known by FeedBurner.
When they've done that, they can shutdown Google Reader and all the new RSS readers out there that let you import your Google Reader feeds would have the new updated non-FeedBurner feeds.
I guess having a 301 redirect option in FeedBurner and advising other RSS readers to implement would work as well, but it seems more error prone than Google solving as much of this problem as possible themselves. With Google Reader they are/were in the ideal place to do so. I realize it requires some development costs, but it would be a nice gesture to their user base.
Of course this is all hypothetical. We don't know what Google's plans are for FeedBurner. Perhaps the fact they shutdown Google Reader is an indication FeedBurner is here to stay for the time being as otherwise they would have taken the above approach.