Justin ZW 395 September 24, 2013 Share September 24, 2013 Howdy, guys. I'm currently working on a development project for a high profile website which is looking to completely revamp its look. One of the main features of the revamp is going to be a method of display the most popular stories of the past week, and I'm looking for a decent way to calculate that. I don't want to just do page views + comments, since comments are a greater indication of popularity. Obviously, if someone takes the time to write a comment on something, it's a good indication of interest, whereas pageviews can be as simple as someone clicking to it, reading the first couple lines, and then leaving. If anyone has any ideas or algorithms, I'd appreciate some help. Google is proving to be useless, as usual. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest September 24, 2013 Share September 24, 2013 Do you have a like/dislike system on your website?Obviously would that be a nice idea to calculate the top stories.Otherwise maybe something like this: x=views y=comments(how many different people commented. One person could post a shitton to exploit it otherwise)x/4+y = your rating. I dont get the big problem. Just give views a lower amount of weight than comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin ZW 395 September 26, 2013 Author Share September 26, 2013 @@TwistedShadow No, no like/dislike system. Hm. Not a bad idea, actually. I was thinking of multiplying the comments, but I think dividing the pageviews by a reasonable number for the traffic would work much better. Thanks for the suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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