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  30th Sep 2014, 4:02 PM#1  REPORT  
vidman45

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Is the CD Albums Top 50 list being used to promote CD's that are currently-available at a certain chain of coffee shops? I have noticed the same CD's have stayed in the top 5 for several weeks.


  30th Sep 2014, 5:39 PM#2  REPORT  
Orbiting Cat

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It's all strictly calculated by pageviews. However, if the top 50 has remained static, then perhaps the daily recalculation isn't happening! I'll check.


  30th Sep 2014, 5:41 PM#3  REPORT  
Orbiting Cat

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The top 50 is correct, it seems those Starbucks CDs are getting lots of views at the moment.


  1st Oct 2014, 6:31 PM#4  REPORT  
gregs45s SUBS

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Is this a true reflection of popularity,or is it affected by people just typing "Starbucks" into a search engine??(in which case it will need looking at).


  1st Oct 2014, 10:55 PM#5  REPORT  
zabadak

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gregs78s wrote:
Is this a true reflection of popularity,or is it affected by people just typing "Starbucks" into a search engine??(in which case it will need looking at).

Would you prefer...? :wink:

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  2nd Oct 2014, 1:18 PM#6  REPORT  
nboldock

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gregs78s wrote:
Is this a true reflection of popularity,or is it affected by people just typing "Starbucks" into a search engine??(in which case it will need looking at).

The Top 50s are based on page views, but much of the site's traffic comes from Google, so it''s possible that's how people arrived on the pages.

That doesn't, however, make the Top 50 inaccurate - it still shows the most viewed pages, how people ended up there is another matter.

We used to see it a lot on 45Cat when Ed bloody Sheeran was frequently in the Top 50 - primarily as a result of people typing his name into Google.

Such is life.

Of course the other thing is that entries often hang around in the Top 50 because people look at the chart and then click on things to see what they are about - thereby giving them a head start on the next day! Also mentioning them in the forum, as here, will give them a boost, so Starb*cks could be around a while yet!


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