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kylie wrote:
hifiboom wrote:I guess the rank is also based on clicks/views.
code a tiny script that loads the page frequently via cron and verify whether the counter goes up or not. if not (that's what I expect :lol: ), you're wrong.
depends, if you only count the clicks with different ip, you can click it 1000 times and it won`t change. :lol:
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hifiboom wrote:
kylie wrote:
hifiboom wrote:I guess the rank is also based on clicks/views.
code a tiny script that loads the page frequently via cron and verify whether the counter goes up or not. if not (that's what I expect :lol: ), you're wrong.
depends, if you only count the clicks with different ip, you can click it 1000 times and it won`t change. :lol:
that would mean companies with NAT gateways or even proxies would not be able to raise counter even if 1000 different people loaded that page... :)
maybe a cookie-based approach would fit better...
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or maybe they simply put the rank manually?. who knows.

what we know is that it is not calculated by sales. :D
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