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  • UnseenWorld
    Confirmed User
    • May 2001
    • 5279

    #1

    Stupid Question About Toplists

    I've been looking at toplists and adding sites to toplists lately and have started to wonder how these things work, since it seems (if the toplist stats are to be believed...and if they are not, what a surprise, eh?) that almost everybody on the list gets far more hits from the list than they put in.

    I suppose this may be due to some of the traffic being search engine traffic and other nonreciprocal sources. Otherwise, something seems to be amiss.

    Anybody got any insight into this? I never really thought about it before.
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  • jact
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2002
    • 9134

    #2
    One hit comes in, that one person clicks several outlinks, thus giving each person they sent traffic to a click registered.. Of course this is assuming the toplist has at least a 101% productivity.
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    • darnit
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2001
      • 2439

      #3
      Originally posted by jact
      One hit comes in, that one person clicks several outlinks, thus giving each person they sent traffic to a click registered.. Of course this is assuming the toplist has at least a 101% productivity.
      Exactly its called productivity. Tgps use the same idea. If surfers click on 3 links when they visit the page then the productivity of the design/site is 300% Some are more productive some are less. Depending on the sophistication of the toplist software they are using however it could be packed full of hitbots - so keep an eye on the productivity (used that word again) of the traffic they send back to you......

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      • SpaceAce
        Confirmed User
        • Jul 2002
        • 6493

        #4
        There are two causes for what you're talking about.

        #1: Traffic that comes in from sources not counted by the toplist (typeins, bookmarks, search engines, etc).
        #2: Productivity greater than 100%. If a toplist and the sites it links to are relatively clean, most surfers will click more than one link. Therefore, one surfer you send becomes 2, 3 or more clicks out.

        SpaceAce

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        • gothweb
          Confirmed User
          • Jun 2002
          • 8849

          #5
          Plus, they can always cook the stats they report publically.

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          • foe
            Confirmed User
            • May 2002
            • 5246

            #6
            they all shave

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            • Antonio
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Oct 2001
              • 14136

              #7
              Plus, they can always cook the stats they report publically.
              and they do.....

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              • GeXus
                Confirmed User
                • May 2003
                • 3320

                #8
                99% of toplists set the ratio to like 1:3 regardless of hits.. you send in 1.. and boom 3 are showing as out

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                • MrSpeed
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2003
                  • 158

                  #9
                  99% of toplists set the ratio to like 1:3 regardless of hits.. you send in 1.. and boom 3 are showing as out
                  I belive that. The stats at the toplist never agree with the server logs.

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                  • UnseenWorld
                    Confirmed User
                    • May 2001
                    • 5279

                    #10
                    Originally posted by MrSpeed


                    I belive that. The stats at the toplist never agree with the server logs.

                    Yeah, I was going to say: I never see nearly as many hits coming in (in my server stats) as the toplist says it sent.
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                    • Gator
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2002
                      • 1119

                      #11
                      It also depends on resets. Maybe the toplist resets every 3 days or something.

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                      • AaronM
                        GFY Royality ;)
                        • Oct 2001
                        • 46923

                        #12
                        Originally posted by UnseenWorld
                        I've been looking at toplists and adding sites to toplists lately and have started to wonder how these things work, since it seems (if the toplist stats are to be believed...and if they are not, what a surprise, eh?) that almost everybody on the list gets far more hits from the list than they put in.

                        I suppose this may be due to some of the traffic being search engine traffic and other nonreciprocal sources. Otherwise, something seems to be amiss.

                        Anybody got any insight into this? I never really thought about it before.
                        The answer may be in this thread.

                        http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...ghlight=gossip

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                        • Gator
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 1119

                          #13
                          Didn't see it there.

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                          • AaronM
                            GFY Royality ;)
                            • Oct 2001
                            • 46923

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Gator
                            Didn't see it there.
                            My bad....Perhaps we should check again....

                            http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...ghlight=gossip

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                            • Donny
                              As you wish...
                              • May 2002
                              • 13754

                              #15
                              Originally posted by AaronM


                              The answer may be in this thread.

                              http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...ghlight=gossip
                              Aaron...

                              Ah, never mind. You'll never learn.

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                              • AaronM
                                GFY Royality ;)
                                • Oct 2001
                                • 46923

                                #16
                                Originally posted by DonovanPhillips


                                Aaron...

                                Ah, never mind. You'll never learn.
                                Repeat after me..."I don't care."

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                                • UnseenWorld
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • May 2001
                                  • 5279

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by AaronM


                                  Repeat after me..."I don't care."

                                  Okay, "I don't care."
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                                  • AaronM
                                    GFY Royality ;)
                                    • Oct 2001
                                    • 46923

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by UnseenWorld



                                    Okay, "I don't care."
                                    Funny that you can reply when you are NOT being spoken to but not when I speak directly to you.

                                    Oh, and you do care because you still continue to run your mouth to people I know.

                                    News flash Tom...Nobody around here likes you (except Miko). It all gets back to me.

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                                    • UnseenWorld
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • May 2001
                                      • 5279

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by AaronM


                                      Funny that you can reply when you are NOT being spoken to but not when I speak directly to you.

                                      Oh, and you do care because you still continue to run your mouth to people I know.

                                      News flash Tom...Nobody around here likes you (except Miko). It all gets back to me.

                                      I reply when I feel like it. And whatever you hear, you are sure to repeat. Without checking.

                                      Oh, and YOU are the one who runs his motormouth about other people constantly because you live and die with what other people think about you.
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                                      • AaronM
                                        GFY Royality ;)
                                        • Oct 2001
                                        • 46923

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by UnseenWorld



                                        I reply when I feel like it. And whatever you hear, you are sure to repeat. Without checking.

                                        Oh, and YOU are the one who runs his motormouth about other people constantly because you live and die with what other people think about you.
                                        Yeah...Whatever helps you sleep, jackass.

                                        Keep trying to live in your fantasy world...Keep trying to date the majority of your models.....Keep replying to me even though you do not care.

                                        Most people who have been in this industry as long as you, have made a lot of money and have something to show for it...You have nothing but your pics to jerk off to and a single model who respects you. It's pethetic...Really.

                                        You're a joke, and not a very funny one.

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