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Sarah D



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 04 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    


Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 04 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I wonder if First Steps is doing remarkably well considering it's hardly a page turner, because it's full of references like HFW, Seymour, what not?

If so it might be worth making a point of including relevant reading lists in every article?

jema
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 04 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bugs wrote:
I wonder if First Steps is doing remarkably well considering it's hardly a page turner, because it's full of references like HFW, Seymour, what not?

If so it might be worth making a point of including relevant reading lists in every article?



Well that is I am sure why "Meat Book" got an xmas lift. Name dropping is always useful

jema

jema
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# Title Page Impressions
1  Top Ten Wild Foods to Gather in Winter (2004-12-02 12:15:22)  1084
2  Deck on a Hill (2004-10-26 04:07:12)  895
3  First steps in finding out about downsizing (2004-11-05 05:12:11)  847
4  Filing Cabinet Hot/Cold smoker (2004-10-26 05:49:42)  737
5  Chicken Keeping (2004-11-03 05:51:01)  727
6  Top Ten Wild Mushrooms for the Beginner (2004-11-08 12:45:25)  702
7  Home wine making (2004-11-05 03:08:27)  667
8  Creating a Store-room (2004-11-14 15:29:09)  611
9  In praise of the humble allotment (2004-10-26 10:23:26)  494
10  River Cottage Meat Book - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (2004-11-04 02:29:33)  409
11  Feeding Chickens (2004-11-09 17:03:31)  325
12  Small Scale Coppice Production (2004-12-02 10:12:21)  270
13  Building Your Own Home (2004-12-02 10:00:36)  229
14  Creating a wood working shop (2004-11-18 11:23:55)  218
15  Mooncup Memoirs (2004-12-02 06:08:51)  216
16  Eggonomics or the maths for keeping chickens (2004-11-23 12:17:25)  206
17  Going Organic Isn’t Just About Food (2004-12-09 05:50:41)  199
18  Installing a wood burner (2004-11-22 09:46:34)  198
19  Personalised Knitting and more (2004-11-02 10:51:12)  192
20  Living Memorials (2004-11-15 13:31:50)  181
21  Bread Making (2004-12-01 16:42:37)  179
22  Keeping Geese…..easy as pie! (2004-12-14 05:24:49)  173
23  Big small wind power! (2004-11-18 07:24:34)  161
24  Home Education Basics (2004-11-29 10:08:22)  157
25  Sloe Gin and Vodka (2004-11-09 09:12:03)  148


funny to see mushrooms drop to 6th place from 1st!

jema

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The one that I find amazing is Sarah's knitting ad, it's tucked away in trading post and has still had almost 200 hits Obviously a pent up demand for personalised knitting services...

mrsnesbitt



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How does this work? ie over a period of time etc. what factors comeinto the equation?
My article on keeping geese is just below my Living Memorials.yet it is quite recent....

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

At the moment it's just total hits since the site's been going, we need to analyse the data by week or month if we're going to keep up with the top 30 etc.

mrsnesbitt



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

so you will be producing this Tahir? Do I sound competative here?

I really dont mean to sound that way at all!

jema
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
At the moment it's just total hits since the site's been going, we need to analyse the data by week or month if we're going to keep up with the top 30 etc.


It is one of the reasons for posting it, so we have some sort of record, that could be put in a spreadsheet if anyone wants to make the effort.

At the moment the major factor is the "Popular Articles" listing on the frontpage, but this will look stupid as winter ends and Cabs article is still getting pride of place on the front page.

jema

mrsnesbitt



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mrutty is good at stuff like that isn't he?

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mrsnesbitt wrote:
so you will be producing this Tahir?


We'll definitely have to look at some kind of reporting to determine what's popular and when but I don't know what's technically possible. I'm sure we'll do something in the new year.

jema
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
mrsnesbitt wrote:
so you will be producing this Tahir?


We'll definitely have to look at some kind of reporting to determine what's popular and when but I don't know what's technically possible. I'm sure we'll do something in the new year.


ANything is technically possible The question is always one of:

effort v worth

I could knock up a simple script to help import the data to a spreadsheet/database in an hour or three.

I could modify Mambo to track monthly hits. Which might sound more complicated, but would I think actually be quicker and much more powerful.

I could wait for someone else to code it for Mambo, all sites face the same sort of issue, sooner or later someone will do this.

Or we could drop "Most Popular" in favour of "Editors Choice".

jema

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think Editors Choice is a good idea because we can then "bring back" topical items or items that we think didn't get a good enough airing first time round.

Still think we need proper reporting but we should wait and see what the mambo comunity comes up with.

jema
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
I think Editors Choice is a good idea because we can then "bring back" topical items or items that we think didn't get a good enough airing first time round.

Still think we need proper reporting but we should wait and see what the mambo comunity comes up with.


Editors choice is also my preferance. A computer programme may be dispassionate and avoid sour grapes if your own article ain't featured, but it can never make intelligent choices, and that is what I think we need.

jema

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 05 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

jema wrote:
tahir wrote:
I think Editors Choice is a good idea because we can then "bring back" topical items or items that we think didn't get a good enough airing first time round.

Still think we need proper reporting but we should wait and see what the mambo comunity comes up with.


Editors choice is also my preferance. A computer programme may be dispassionate and avoid sour grapes if your own article ain't featured, but it can never make intelligent choices, and that is what I think we need.

jema


Editors choice is also good for thinking what should we show for the forthcoming month. Ideal for putting the winter topics up near the end of autumn for example. It is also good for giving a varied list, not much point in having three poultry or three growing articles. A good mix is best.

I'll have a word with the ed.

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