# Unfamiliar feeds occasionally appear in top level **URL:** \ **Category:** problem\ **Created:** [September 12, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/unfamiliar-feeds-occasionally-appear-in-top-level/7115 "2018-09-12T16:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yaomtc](https://forum.newsblur.com/user_avatar/forum.newsblur.com/yaomtc/32/174_2.png) [@yaomtc](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/yaomtc)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/unfamiliar-feeds-occasionally-appear-in-top-level/7115/1 "2018-09-12T16:16:21Z")
For the third or fourth time in the last few months, I have a feed in the top level section that I did not subscribe to, Smarterware. Previously I’ve also seen BBC appear there, and I don’t even live in the UK… One or two other sites I don’t recall the names of have also appeared, which I’ve since deleted. Why could this be happening? ---
**Author:** ![yaomtc](https://forum.newsblur.com/user_avatar/forum.newsblur.com/yaomtc/32/174_2.png) [@yaomtc](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/yaomtc)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/unfamiliar-feeds-occasionally-appear-in-top-level/7115/2 "2019-04-19T22:11:12Z")
Happened again, this time with [SmashingApps.com](http://SmashingApps.com). I haven’t heard of this site and wouldn’t have subscribed to it. ---
**Author:** ![samuelclay](https://forum.newsblur.com/user_avatar/forum.newsblur.com/samuelclay/32/857_2.png) [@samuelclay](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/samuelclay)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/unfamiliar-feeds-occasionally-appear-in-top-level/7115/3 "2019-04-21T16:43:03Z")
Anytime I’ve seen that happen to me it’s because some feed I had subscribed to went dead and then that url pointed to another feed. It happens, considering it’s a valuable way of stealing an audience. Though I’ve heard of SmashingApps and BBC doing that before so it may have something to do with their use as a default url. ---
**Author:** ![yaomtc](https://forum.newsblur.com/user_avatar/forum.newsblur.com/yaomtc/32/174_2.png) [@yaomtc](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/yaomtc)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/unfamiliar-feeds-occasionally-appear-in-top-level/7115/4 "2019-09-03T16:39:54Z")
Hi Sam, Thanks for the info. This has happened again recently, this time with [ReadWrite.com](http://ReadWrite.com) ([http://feeds.feedburner.com/readwriteweb](http://feeds.feedburner.com/readwriteweb)). I wonder if this is feedburner’s doing this time? It would be nice if there was a “history” where I could see when/if a URL changed, like how Steam lets you see people’s past display names. Though, it’s such an uncommon event it’s probably not worth the time to program that. Also, whoops, I did not see your response for a really long time. Looks the email did come through though. ---
**Author:** ![samuelclay](https://forum.newsblur.com/user_avatar/forum.newsblur.com/samuelclay/32/857_2.png) [@samuelclay](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/samuelclay)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/unfamiliar-feeds-occasionally-appear-in-top-level/7115/5 "2019-09-06T23:08:26Z")
A history of feed urls is a brilliant idea. Adding a ticket: > > > Idea is from https://forum.newsblur.com/t/unfamiliar-feeds-occasionally-appear-i…n-top-level/7115/4. > > Since some feeds change urls, I'd like to store all urls for a feed. Maybe some additional information? It should also be displayed in the statistics dialog, at the bottom in its own section: "Feed URL history"