Ranking question

[kotaco]

When I rank by pageviews, does that rank unique visitors, or is it literally ranking by all pageviews? I'd like to use that as my ranking method as it gives me the most accurate portrayal of how busy/ active a site is, but only if it's using unique visits vs just counting all the pageviews.

For example, I put a ranking button on a forum sidebar, would it count each page in the forum a person visited when the viewed the page? Or would it just count that one unique visitor visiting a page once and then not record them on other pages until the next day?

Also, I use the pageview method or ranking, does voting still play a role in determining a site's rank at all? I'd hope that sites are rewarded with a little extra "bump"if you will if they receive a vote when not using the "In"method of ranking.

Thanks for any clarification you can offer!

 

[Basti]

When I rank by pageviews, does that rank unique visitors, or is it literally ranking by all pageviews? I'd like to use that as my ranking method as it gives me the most accurate portrayal of how busy/ active a site is, but only if it's using unique visits vs just counting all the pageviews.

Its counting both, as you can see on their stats page for example. But ranking is by unique.
Not sure what exactly you want by "All pageviews"
visitor A visits, counts 1 pageview, he visit again and it displays another visit? If so thats the worst thing you can do ever. Once a member finds that out your list will nothing but a cheat cake.

For example, I put a ranking button on a forum sidebar, would it count each page in the forum a person visited when the viewed the page? Or would it just count that one unique visitor visiting a page once and then not record them on other pages until the next day?

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Also, I use the pageview method or ranking, does voting still play a role in determining a site's rank at all? I'd hope that sites are rewarded with a little extra "bump"if you will if they receive a vote when not using the "In"method of ranking

No, rank is only either of the 2

 

[kotaco]

Its counting both, as you can see on their stats page for example. But ranking is by unique.
Not sure what exactly you want by "All pageviews"
visitor A visits, counts 1 pageview, he visit again and it displays another visit? If so thats the worst thing you can do ever. Once a member finds that out your list will nothing but a cheat cake.


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No, rank is only either of the 2

No I don't want all pageviews, that's what I was trying to clarify. That if they put a button on the forums and went from index.php to topics.php for example, that it would only record 1 hit for the day, not 2, and so on. I only asked because I went into my stats button directly ( http://clanmxm.com/clans/button.php?u=ClanmXm&buttontype=stats ) when I had pageviews enabled and hit refresh and it would increase by 2 on each refresh, which I did not like.

 

[Basti]

Oh, you are miunderstanding ( or i did ).

Unique pageviews is what is counted as a real visit, that is used to rank the sites
a "total" is also recorded though ( stats page - Total in ), which is the thing you noticed, +1 each refresh ( Like a pages visited )