Flyheligirl From United States, joined Aug 2007, 352 posts, RR: 18 Posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 4633 times:
Hi all,
As most know, some hit counters are not being updated properly. This happens with specific searches such as a category or range search. The good thing is hits are being counted and by no means lost, they are simply not updating on the photos.
The short term solution is to update manually the hit counters once a day (starting today). A long term solution has not fully been found. Finding a long term solution is a top priority for us but we want to dedicate the proper time to find the best solution. We'll update you more when we have a definitive plan. In the interim, the hits will be updated once per day.
Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2423 posts, RR: 53 Reply 3, posted (5 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 4351 times:
Quoting Flyheligirl (Thread starter): The short term solution is to update manually the hit counters once a day (starting today).
Blimey - that sounds like an arduous task! For all the photos? I am imagining some poor person having to go through over one million photographs and doing some sums for each one .
Quoting Flyheligirl (Thread starter):
The short term solution is to update manually the hit counters once a day (starting today).
Blimey - that sounds like an arduous task! For all the photos? I am imagining some poor person having to go through over one million photographs and doing some sums for each one .
Paul
Paul, i dont think this has to be done manually for every pic. I think DM wil run a Query on the database wich will update the view counter.
GPHOTO From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 533 posts, RR: 13 Reply 6, posted (5 months 3 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 4173 times:
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Quoting Psych (Reply 4): I am imagining some poor person having to go through over one million photographs and doing some sums for each one .
It's a punishment for misbehaving members of the crew, like being given 'lines' or detention when at school. It's a very effective way of keeping us in line
Codeshare From Poland, joined Sep 2002, 1413 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (5 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 4130 times:
How should I know what the code is for counting? I didn't program the whole database, did I? I'm saying that maybe something in the original code got messed up?
It should be fairly simple: one opening of large photo = 1 view. In the meantime it's not, as was shown in other threads.
Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2423 posts, RR: 53 Reply 9, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 3972 times:
Is there any news on this?
The views for shots outside the top five or so photos remains very disappointing and way below what we would have expected in times gone by.
I had a recent shot accepted - the type (though 'standard') which you would expect would attract some hundreds of views at MAN. Nothing like that has been achieved and it calls into question why the views are that low. The counters are clearly not completely broken so can it be that the number of viewers has dropped a lot after all?
NIKV69 From United States, joined Jan 2004, 6737 posts, RR: 37 Reply 11, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 3910 times:
Quoting Psych (Reply 10): The views for shots outside the top five or so photos remains very disappointing and way below what we would have expected in times gone by.
I agree, I have been told my DM that the hit counters are fixed so I uploaded a JFK test shot. Will see what happens.
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Chachu201 From New Zealand, joined Apr 2006, 802 posts, RR: 7 Reply 12, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 3908 times:
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Wasn't there a bug that inflated view counts? If so, could DMs bug fix have actually fixed this bug too, and made the counters accurate for the first time?
Chukcha From Australia, joined Mar 2006, 389 posts, RR: 3 Reply 14, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 3889 times:
Quoting Chachu201 (Reply 13): If so, could DMs bug fix have actually fixed this bug too, and made the counters accurate for the first time?
Definitely not the case. I've been experimenting for a couple of days, accessing some old shots from my friends' computers and also computers from work, using various search methods. Only about one in four hits registered.
Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2423 posts, RR: 53 Reply 15, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3854 times:
Quoting Chukcha (Reply 15): Only about one in four hits registered.
Quoting Ptrjong (Reply 14): Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if the hit count was correct now.
I don't know what to think now - it still seems to me that things are wrong, but also I don't see evidence of 'manual' daily corrections. If so the photos I am looking at as tests are getting almost no views at all.
I have to say I find this disheartening - particularly as one who has worked to stick by A.net through all that we have been through recently. But I too am now considering withdrawing my photos from the queue and my future uploading in the present climate. I find it impossible to reconcile the highest of standards the site places on me as a photographer, through the screening team, with the standard of the service provided for photos that get through that filter. I cannot see the home page as reflecting the highest of standards and something seems to be working against my (less than eye-catching) photos that do not make it into the top few of the day getting to a viewing public - the whole point of uploading in the first place.
I consider A.net has the highest standards for its photos and the equivalent must be provided in return for photographers who invest their time and effort in providing such material. For too long now this has not been forthcoming.
I hope some news will be on the horizon as a new week begins.
INNflight From Austria, joined Apr 2004, 3409 posts, RR: 60 Reply 18, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 3798 times:
Quoting Ptrjong (Reply 14): Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if the hit count was correct now.
No way I'd think. How many unique visitors does A.net get a day, was it 500,000 or a million? No way only a very small percentage clicks through the top 24 photos...
but then again, it could be all the site's visitors are driven away again so quickly because the ads now get better placement on the new site.
Hmm lets see what was uploaded in the last....ooh uah, free ipod?
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Chachu201 From New Zealand, joined Apr 2006, 802 posts, RR: 7 Reply 19, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 3763 times:
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Quoting INNflight (Reply 19): No way I'd think. How many unique visitors does A.net get a day, was it 500,000 or a million? No way only a very small percentage clicks through the top 24 photos...
but then again, it could be all the site's visitors are driven away again so quickly because the ads now get better placement on the new site.
Hmm lets see what was uploaded in the last....ooh uah, free ipod? Big grin
I really dont think that a simple design change can drive away visitors in the way you describe - although most people around here don't like it, lots of others do, and when I've shown the design to those who've never seen A.net before they like it. So I really doubt that's going to be true. The top 24 photos now have a massive prominence on the page, so if anything, I would have thought that click would go up. Personally, I've been opening up the Top 24 a lot more often since the change.
I think it's more likely that this is just a bug, and hopefully we'll see a fix to this soon
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