Second Life News: Linden Labs Considering Changing Popularity Stats
May 1st, 2008 | Published in Second Life News | 5 Comments
By Avarie Parker
According to a recent post from Reuters entitled ‘New SL site rankings may signal end to camping’, Linden Labs executive, Jeska Dzwigalski, has acknowledged that the current ranking system is ineffective. “It is clear that the current Traffic system is not an effective means of determining the success or popularity of a parcel, nor does it provide useful information about Residents visiting those parcels.”
Linden Labs is currently exploring other options and models to determine the popularity and success of a parcel. Already developed is a Second Life Showcase, http://secondlife.com/showcase/, featuring some of the more interesting and engaging destinations within Second Life.
Does this change signify an end to camping and bots used by land owners to boost ratings? Some business owners have voiced concern that camping is the primary means of earning Linden for residents, and that without this source of income, less money will be spent in their shops.
May 1st, 2008at 9:53 am(#)
[…] The SL500 has just been updated with monthly data from April. The overall visits were down this month by almost 1 million visits, quite a large drop. As usual the top 10 is dominated by parcels that incorporate camping; however this trend may be changing as Linden Labs looks to change the way they rate parcel popularity – http://www.slentre.com/second-life-news-linden-considering-changing-popularity-stats/ […]
June 11th, 2008at 1:59 pm(#)
[…] SLentrepreneur Magazine subscribers can now download the latest report here – http://www.slentre.com/the-slentrecom-sl500/. The number of visits in May increased after a serious drop in April. It looks like Linden may be considering changing the way they rank SL location popularity, which may put an end to techniques like camping, which artificially inflate these numbers. You can read more about this in the following post : http://www.slentre.com/second-life-news-linden-considering-changing-popularity-stats/. […]
July 2nd, 2008at 3:54 pm(#)
[…] toward obtaining more accurate visitor data. You can read more about this in the following post : http://www.slentre.com/second-life-news-linden-considering-changing-popularity-stats/. Some fear that this would deflate the somewhat skewed visitor stats and leave SL residents broke. […]
September 4th, 2008at 5:25 am(#)
[…] toward obtaining more accurate visitor data. You can read more about this in the following post : http://www.slentre.com/second-life-news-linden-considering-changing-popularity-stats/. Some observers fear that this would deflate already skewed visitor stats, leaving many SL […]
October 1st, 2008at 7:29 am(#)
[…] toward obtaining more accurate visitor data. You can read more about this in the following post : http://www.slentre.com/second-life-news-linden-considering-changing-popularity-stats/. Some observers fear that this would deflate already skewed visitor stats, leaving many SL […]