DocAndersen
Thank you to everyone that sent a message to the admin team yesterday.
I am planning a couple of tech reviews, but those can wait until we get some of the log jam of posts loose and on the site.
Over the last six months, we have seen three things happen. The first is a rather significant decline in views. It used to take 100 views in 24 hours to make it on the trending list; now, it takes around 50. It used to take a minimum of 16 comments to make the most commented (now it is eight and sometimes six remarks) to make the most mentioned list. A year ago, when you made the most suggested list, you would typically see a 40% bump in views. Now it is roughly a 10% bump in views making most commented. I know most of you are thinking, why do I care, but imagine you make a great post (all of you do!) it arrives in the most commented area of the site. In the old days, you would have 40 or 50 comments when you got to the most comment listed list. You would then get between 16 and 20 more views than you would on average. Now you get 4 or 5 more pictures, which doesn’t seem like a lot, but if you post takes off, the impact ends up being more prominent.
The other thing is the rate to 100 views on posts now takes two full days. We had rebounded a little over the past month, but in July, we have slid back to the May numbers. Forty-eight hours to make 100 views for most users, although now, fewer posts cross the 100 view threshold. These don’t speak to site health. They talk to readers and external shares. One o the things I started tracking two years ago was my internal versus the external rate of views. It is pretty easy to determine when the numbers are lower. The ratio for my posts in the past was 40 internal 60 external in the race to 100. That has changed a little but remains relatively stable at around 35 inner 65 external. External views are non-member views.
Overall the site still seems to be drawing a steady stream of external views (that is critical for the website to make money). The admin teams haven’t responded to any of the emails so far. We have several features, communication, and other issues that are open with the admin team. The biggest problem we have right now is the number of posts waiting for moderation right now. I have heard as many as 11 days that some authors are waiting for publication.
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Let’s have a great day today ok?
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Have you noticed polls work, and then don’t work?
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Do you have posts that make 100 views in less than 5 days?
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@Jaylar I don’t think they are hidden. I gather them in collections so I can spend an hour reading your work without interuption.
🙂 do @’s work in comments? i am very curious.
Well keep up the good work. We need an example to follow.
thank you so much for the kind words. I get my inspiration from many of the writers here on the site (you are one of those people that inspire me) so this means a lot to me!
Hello Doc. Thanks for your Herculean effort yet again. 👍💪(lol)🥇🏆
i will keep on trying pal! i don’t quit easy.
Q: LET’S HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY OK?
Yes (4 votes) – 100%
Q: HAVE YOU NOTICED POLLS WORK, AND THEN DON’T WORK?
Yes (3 votes) – 100%
Q: DO YOU HAVE POSTS THAT MAKE 100 VIEWS IN LESS THAN 5 DAYS?
No (3 votes) – 100%
Such a great analysis you have made. Very interesting. I like how you explain the current situation of Virily.
There has always (well in 4 of the last 4 summers) been a July/August dip on the site. Some of the dip is expected.
Just got to keep on hoping and to keep on doing what we’re doing and hopefully, things will improve,
i agree but we also have to keep asking. No one ever said yes to a question that wasn’t asked!
Visits have dropped dramatically in recent days. I don’t even get 40 views in 5 days.
it does seem that many are on vacation right now, we often have a July/August dip.
You are probably right. Now is the time for vacation.
i noticed last July we had a dip in views. The problem (small) is right now we have a dip in views anyway plus a summer dip.
I forgot that it’s vacation time and that it happens every year. 😊
you know me, I like to know the ebbs and flows of views!
I need some more encouragement. I am overwhelmed because nothing I do seems to matter or make a difference. I should be grateful that I can post, but it must not be worthwhile because it’s not bringing in the views. I would hope my friends here will tell me when I should just stop.
there is still value going forward, and what you are doing helps me a lot!
Holding onto hope that things will change here soon.
so am I, so am I fingers, toes and nose crossed!
I sent another email today, just in case somebody is reading them.
🙂 Hopefully, they act on these quickly!!! 12 days now for some authors.
The problem is that when you write a great post, it slips into oblivion instead of continually being in a ‘featured’ position. This is because no one in Admin reads a post. So I’m sure I’ve missed great posts as others have missed really good ones I wrote.
i find that is very true, and very frustrating overall. Not sure how we could fix that or what to recommend.
I’ve written like 800 posts and they are all hidden. There’s got to be a way that they can be seen.
what do you mean by hidden?