Comments on: Decoding Lensrank Decay

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Netbook Laptop Notebook Deals — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:51:20 +0000

Captain, Haven’t seen any posts from you in August and none so far in Sept? You busy on other ideas?

By: Gandree

Gandree — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:19:51 +0000

So if you want your traffic to affect ongoing lensrank,you have to keep promoting it so that the traffic keeps increasing? That has to be only part of the equation because traffic that is interacting, commenting, adding links, etc. as opposed to those who come and as quickly go, must be a factor as well.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:08:41 +0000

In other words, the effect that traffic has on lensrank expires over time, yes? I’ve known this to be the case for ratings, Angel blessings and such, and now we see it’s the same rule for traffic.

The fact that the lens in question receives very little visitors makes the effect much more obvious and easier to see. I also have a number of such lenses and every visitor makes the lensrank soar compared to what it was before for a while.

By: Gandree

Gandree — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:32:02 +0000

Yeah and I have one that was created last January and only had about 150 hits total. However, people like to comment on it. It’s ranking 7,059. Guess I ought to promote it a little. :0)

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:04:30 +0000

“…how a few ticks of traffic to your lens don’t necessarily mean you will instantly climb to the top of the lensrank ladder…”

Amen! I have a lens that has hovered around 400-1000 hits a week, however, the lensrank is stuck at around 10,000. Go figure!

By: JaguarJulie

JaguarJulie — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:30:57 +0000

As a seasoned lensmaster of nearly 3.5 years, I can attest to the ‘lensrank decay.’ There are a number of factors involved that contribute to the sinking lensrank. I’ve read Mac33’s post and find it compelling. The algorithm has been a ‘mystery’ to the general public as we know algorithms are intended to be. It’s obvious that traffic matters as does clickouts, purchases, audience participation, ratings, and favoriting. Then, of course, you must take into consideration the big of a boost for giant squids, purple stars, lens of the day, and angel blessings — angel dings can also strategically impact that lensrank. Sometimes there are disparities noted in the top lenses throughout the topic categories — it’s a bit of an artificial lensrank that defies the dashboard stats. When a number of angels decide to bless a particular lens, it can raise it up from obscurity to an elevated lensrank. But, we all know, this is temporary — right?

By: Mac33

Mac33 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:47:14 +0000

Thanks for the mention, Captain, glad someone else thought it interesting too! I like your term ‘lensrank decay’…that describes it well.