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RE: Today's 100 Best Performing Steem Posts Based on Search Traffic. Who's Getting the Most Visits Via Google Searches?
I'd rather have the view counter back; I don't have time to also game the system in addition to spending several days on creating content. From a content consumer perspective this will get interesting as it will also generate more traffic to the listed posts.
I presume they removed the view counter because it is so tough to calculate views accurately. I think it's a good thing to expose the posts that are attracting the most traffic from search engines, as we can reward them for that - and it looks like a lot of them aren't being rewarded at all. I will aim to fill in the details of how these figures are being calculated in the next post on this topic.
That would be great, but keep in mind that even Google's Search Engine has been manipulated for years. Depending on your goals or target, it is possible to write an article that would rank high for certain search terms. There are SEO specialists that do this for websites as a paid service and this aspect will eventually apply to Steemit posts as well and articles could be specifically tailored to rank well for the SE rather than a human reader.
Either way, I look forward to seeing how this will work out; anything to provide an alternative to the trending page is a good thing. Great idea!
Thanks! Yes, I know that Google is heavily manipulated - my own site was effectively delisted for over 5 years. It certainly could be that the data I am getting is completely wrong - but there are a lot of companies relying on the same database, so I would hope it is at least accurate enough to be useful in most cases.
Yep, not everything about Google is bad, lol. I certainly like the possibility that otherwise unnoticed posts get another chance.
Since I have your attention I wonder if you'd give your opinion on steemflagrewards. They are flagging posts that in my opinion don't meet the definition of plagiarism and they are rewarding flaggers for their effort.
If you'd rather stay out of this discussion I understand. Greetings!
I have found that all of the vigilante downvote services have made bad decisions along the way - just like the offline 'police' do. I hadn't heard of steemflagrewards before - do you have an example of their poor logic/decisions?
I do, I think this one, certainly a low effort post, does not meet the definition of plagiarism since the poster did not copy and re upload the video, nor did the poster claim it was his work. I don't necessarily disagree with taking rewards away from zero effort posting, but I also think plagiarism is not proven.
https://steemit.com/ww/@punta/six-person-mixed-tag-team-match-smackdown-april-10-2012
Ok thanks - I have left a comment under that post for the pirate! (How ironic) ;)
Thank you!