Dave777 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Each thread counts up the number of 'views' it has - do these include when that thread comes up in searches or Googles or anything, or is it only when people actually open the thread and/or read a posting within it? No real reason for asking, just curious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I believe it is only when the page is actually accessed by the browser, so when someone actually opens the thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 It's only when someone lands on a page within the topic Dave, Google does store a cache of it though but it doesn't increase the count when the £100 layout turns up as on Google as a result for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 The count can be a little misleading - what it does not represent is the number of people having viewed a topic. The count goes up for example when someone reads each page, so moving from page 1 to page 2 is a count of 2. Another misleading count is when someone posts to a page, as the count is +1 for the initial read and +1 for the after post display. It certainly used to be +1 as well for the editor display. I'm not sure if it also is +1 for every click of Like/unlike as I believe that uses Ajax rather than a full page load. and another +1 is added on every button that triggers a page load (at least for me). All in all a pretty useless measure compared to a measure of unique members having read, or even the number of posts made to a topic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod5 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 < All in all a pretty useless measure compared to a measure of unique members having read, or even the number of posts made to a topic. We have another system in our area that counts the amount of times you have had anything positive to say Kenton. Not very high at the moment. Perhaps you have a system that works better and if so I feel sure Andy would like to hear from you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Multiple pressing of F5 is also used to boost the view count. With a bit of practice with 1st and 2nd finger you can get a few hundred in a minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Multiple pressing of F5 is also used to boost the view count. With a bit of practice with 1st and 2nd finger you can get a few hundred in a minute. I'd be careful admitting to things like that which place additional unnecessary loads on the server. What's the point anyway? A falsified indication of worth? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted January 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'd be careful admitting to things like that which place additional unnecessary loads on the server. What's the point anyway? A falsified indication of worth? Totally agree, Andy. Hell, I feel guilty about increasing my "Views Count" when I'm looking for something on my thread! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave777 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Okay, many thanks all, top stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted January 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2013 I agree with Kenton. (And Physicsman.) The views feature is (surely) used as a measure of page usage. Currently this figure is inaccurate, and as has been pointed out, open to abuse. I use the term “usage” instead of “popularity” as I feel this would not be wholly appropriate. (Especially in my case ). Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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