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Rankings clarification
The rankings are calculated based on the number of paying subscribers who read the blog during the past seven days. Each subscriber gets a single "vote" per day, i.e. even if you read a blog ten times, you are only counted once for ranking purposes.
The method is reliable because all other visits, e.g. from nonsubscribers, are ignored. In addition, the calculation is designed to provide an accurate 7-day ranking, which means that 24-hour rankings -- as shown on Most Popular Today -- intentionally have very little impact.
posted by
BlogitStaff
on October 14, 2003 at 12:12 PM
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Maybe someone has managed to spoof the BN counter?
I know that interesting and subtle things could theoretically differentiate dollars from hits, given the right set of circumstances (i.e., somehow magically attract the bloggers who read very few other bloggers, versus the ten or so who read and post obsessively).
posted by
majroj
on October 13, 2003 at 2:56 PM
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Sorry, don't think it possible for a blog to go from fifth to out of the top 100 in less than 24 hours, and still retain its rating in its particular section. Mathmatically, not possible, in my opinion.I take it there's not way these ratings can be manip
lated? Perhaps, I am flailing at windmills, but I find it very, very strange, especially since a popular blogger came out with basically the same theme a few hours later.
posted by
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on October 13, 2003 at 2:17 PM
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Most Popular Today
This list only covers views in the last 24 hours, so it is extremely volatile. For example, say all of the views of a particular blog occurred 23 hours ago. In two hours, the blog will no longer appear in Most Popular Today.
The general rankings are more stable, since they cover the past 7 days.
posted by
BlogitStaff
on October 13, 2003 at 12:36 PM
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