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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 12:43 pm
by hifiboom
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

), you're wrong.
depends, if you only count the clicks with different ip, you can click it 1000 times and it won`t change.

Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 11:33 pm
by kylie
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

), you're wrong.
depends, if you only count the clicks with different ip, you can click it 1000 times and it won`t change.

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...
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 4:14 am
by hifiboom
or maybe they simply put the rank manually?. who knows.
what we know is that it is not calculated by sales.
ATM.