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Which lensrank factors have made the biggest difference for your lenses?

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  • equestrianscience Jun 3, 2012 @ 8:35 am | delete
    Very useful - thank you!
  • glutenallergy May 25, 2012 @ 11:50 am | delete
    I'm still so new at this that I have no idea what makes a difference in my lenses. Some of the lenses I am most proud of are languishing in the middle or bottom of my list, so apparently it isn't just good content. This has been helpful.
  • MSchindel May 23, 2012 @ 11:19 am | delete
    The mind boggles at the amount of analysis you have done on which factors do and don't affect lensrank and to what degree! This information will help many other lensmasters to improve their lensrank, and I personally will be re-reading it a few times to make sure I absorb it all. Enthusiastically blessed by a SquidAngel!
  • Prophetic_Blogger May 22, 2012 @ 1:16 am | delete
    As always, I've found your lens to be incredibly well written and has influenced me into tracking my own lenses like you have in your spreadsheets. Thankyou for sharing your stats with us, it's been really helpful.
  • TLStahling May 20, 2012 @ 6:52 pm | delete
    Thanks for the insight. It's appreciated.
  • tembrooke May 20, 2012 @ 5:24 pm | delete
    Wow -- you've done a lot of analysis here! I haven't done that level of study, but I definitely note changes in lensrank when I do updates. Sales and clickouts also help.
  • salsym May 16, 2012 @ 11:41 pm | delete
    The best lens so that I have gone through. Thanks for sharing.. May be I will now perfom better in my lens building endeavour.
  • igorvragovic May 7, 2012 @ 4:17 pm | delete
    I have downloaded your data and now I am performing some quanitative calculations. It seems that there are correlations between lens ranks and many of the parameters that you took into account. Please, visit my new lens for more details. The lens title is " Analyzing Squidoo Lens Rank ", and the link is http://www.squidoo.com/analyzing-squidoo-lens-rank
  • GypsyWhim May 5, 2012 @ 7:01 pm | delete
    Now that I read all this, it makes me think ... oh heck, I'll just write and be happy. It'll all work itself out in the end, so long as I continue to create well-rounded content. This was a terrific lens, as are many of your other ones. i find your content very easy to read and understand. Best of luck!
  • passiveslimmer May 4, 2012 @ 12:10 pm | delete
    Thank you for being so generous - this gives some interesting pointers for newbies like me!
  • aalite Apr 29, 2012 @ 7:44 pm | delete
    Very thorough analysis. I suspect that because several factors are involved in a complex, interconnected way, it is very difficult to reverse engineer the algorithm. It always made sense to me that traffic would be a major factor, it is after all how the site makes money (x amount of traffic=y amount of ad revenue), I am surprised that sales don't seem to count more because they also bring revenue to the site. Squidoo is a business, you would expect it to reward the lenses that help it earn money, although it might be felt that people who build sale lenses get most of the rewards from the sales. One thought that I had, does clicking on an ad count as a "clickout?", I would have thought so.
    I am rather encouraged that comments and squid likes don't appear to mean that much, I think sometimes, people might do do that on other lenses, helping for reciprocal action, if I comment and squidlike 10 lenses, a couple of the lensmasters might feel they should return the favour. The fact that referral traffic appears to be important is interesting, I guess it can be interpreted as in, you are directly advertising your page, and therefore Squidoo, and getting people to come here from other places on the web, which has to be good. Of course referrals are frequently inbound links, which may help you rank with Google, it's all interconnected.
  • TheMummyNextDoor Apr 28, 2012 @ 11:48 am | delete
    I find it pretty confusing, my lenses can jump up and down thousands within a few days. I don't know why, but am keeping an eye on it.
  • Petar Apr 27, 2012 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing, this is really good information and a rare opportunity for those without a lot of tier 1 & 2 lenses to see such trending.
  • 10thingz Mar 26, 2012 @ 5:08 pm | delete
    Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
  • jwcooney Mar 26, 2012 @ 11:29 am | delete
    I'm still getting familiar with using squidoo, so this lens was very helpful in clearing up my questions about what exactly lensrank is and how it is calculated. Thanks for the detailed info!
  • MindPowerProofs Mar 26, 2012 @ 3:52 am | delete
    Tags are the most important factor
  • Greekgeek Mar 29, 2012 @ 2:55 pm | delete
    That is not true. Tags don't factor into LENSRANK at al. Squidoo lensrank measures performance: how many visitors, sales, clickouts, or visitor interaction a lens earns. Tags have nothing to do with performance; they just determine what lenses appear in the "Related" box in the sidebar.
  • bloomingrose Mar 25, 2012 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Very useful, beneficial to the whole Squidoo community. Thanks for sharing the details of your own lenses. Angel Blessed!
  • marsha32 Mar 22, 2012 @ 8:27 pm | delete
    lensranks and tiers have always confused me since I started here....You've done a lot of research and it does make a bit more sense to me. Basically I need to just get down to business here on squidoo.
  • MarcGuberti Mar 21, 2012 @ 9:24 pm | delete
    Thanks for the help. I have my best lenses going up and down, but they are staying at Tier 2. Lol, their lens ranks have exactly a 1,000 difference.
  • Mar 3, 2012 @ 11:43 am | delete
    I have been with Squidoo for less than a month and seen my lensranking go up and down quite a bit these last 2 weeks. Thanks for the information.
  • Timewarp Feb 22, 2012 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing your research, I agree with the conclusions.
  • Mistel Feb 22, 2012 @ 6:16 am | delete
    Very interesting study and nice of you to share some of your numbers with us! :)
  • hirephp Feb 16, 2012 @ 4:50 pm | delete
    nice lens thanks for sharing
  • favored1 Feb 5, 2012 @ 4:34 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing this. It has been helpful in understanding lensranking issues. I appreciate the time you took to compile this.
  • ScottiesRock Jan 24, 2012 @ 5:18 pm | delete
    I am too new to have formed an opinion yet. However, thanks so much for the valuable insight into lensrank.
  • NickyT Dec 29, 2011 @ 2:15 pm | delete
    I's classify this lens (and study) as somewhere between extremely good and fairly brilliant. Outstanding piece of research here. Thanks for this! Nick :)
  • nsixx99 Dec 27, 2011 @ 11:08 pm | delete
    Thank you for the helpful study. I was beginning to wonder why loads of Google traffic doesn't add up to a great lensrank. now I have some idea, thanks!
  • zap1994 Dec 25, 2011 @ 7:08 am | delete
    Super info and a lot to think about
  • LisaAuch Dec 24, 2011 @ 10:03 am | delete
    I make a lens thinking I have it figured and it drops! I make another one and it soars? I give up trying to work it all out and just build lenses now...IF I build they shall come! Happy holidays
  • Dec 22, 2011 @ 12:14 am | delete
    recently, I think that many factor show their effects after 1 or 2 days. But the problem is sometimes they dont. I just leave many of my assumpsitons. like updating or daily hit. The one thing I know which shows its impact immediately is CTR.
    About traffic
    Right now,
    lens1= weekly traffic 1577 rank 16163
    lens2= weekly traffic 759 rank 6716 both of them updated at the same day
    I am thinking about if page view/visit rate is a factor. It seems that it decreasing effect of traffic. What do you think about it ?
  • mauros34 Dec 1, 2011 @ 2:06 pm | delete
    well it seems squidoo is a profitable organization and stops people from getting their full potential which in return might make squidoo a better site with alot more lenses.Give more to get more..........my opinion
  • aquarian_insight Nov 17, 2011 @ 9:51 am | delete
    A remarkable lens and hate off to you for putting all this info together. One day, hopefully in the not to distant future I might get it, but for now a big thank you for this lens.
  • sousababy Nov 14, 2011 @ 12:05 pm | delete
    Dear Greekgeek,

    I think I figured out the unethical way that lensrank is being manipulated on Squidoo. Sidther recommended I check out your findings though.

    If you wish, have a peek at my findings: http://www.squidoo.com/does-lensrank-make-sense

    (You can delete this post, just wanted to let another Squid know my study of lensrank).

    Sincerely,
    Rose
  • Greekgeek Nov 24, 2011 @ 10:31 pm | delete
    I took a look, but I'm disappointed you chose to delete my observations about lensrank... they are based on nearly 5 years of experience and study.

    But what content you allow on your lens is of course your choice. I'll leave your link here in case anyone wants to check out your speculations.
  • nightbear Nov 11, 2011 @ 9:34 pm | delete
    I do find it all fairly confusing. But I love your spreadsheets. Very helpful. My goal is to do the best I can, be helpful, keep my lenses updated and hope for the best. Thank you so much. The work you put into this is remarkable. Blessed!
  • emmalarkins Nov 7, 2011 @ 11:19 am | delete
    Wow, and I thought that I was anal...ytical when it came to Squidoo stats :p What a great, in-depth look at a variety of factors. With my recent experience, I've realized that CTR has a much higher effect than I was previously aware of, and adding some more click opportunities to a site that gets traffic is a pretty good way to increase rank.
  • wolfie10 Nov 6, 2011 @ 12:29 am | delete
    thanks for sharing. it must be difficult to share such sensitive information with everyone. thanks again
  • canoz Nov 2, 2011 @ 8:04 am | delete
    This is the type of lens that all of us who are on a steep learning curve will get to eventually... even if in the long run it's not our focus or worry! I'm glad someone is trying to figure it out and giving me a heads up!! I was wondering about it all. Thank you so much!
  • Ladymermaid Oct 26, 2011 @ 2:34 pm | delete
    Squidoo lensrank factors are indeed a confusing lot with such a wide variety of factors. I just thank you for having an exceptionally curious mind to investigate the lensrank issue for us. You truly are a sweetheart. Thank you.
  • RavenRunner Oct 25, 2011 @ 6:30 pm | delete
    Thank you so much! This is the in depth analysis for which I have been looking. I love crunching numbers and see what they mean!
  • dogface Oct 25, 2011 @ 1:31 am | delete
    Just what I was looking for, thanks!
  • kiwisoutback Oct 11, 2011 @ 11:13 pm | delete
    Traffic is the number one factor for me, followed by recent Squidlikes, then maybe sales, then clickouts. Clickouts do seem to matter. I haven't studied it too intensely, but I have a feeling clickouts matter quite a bit.
  • bhthanks Oct 3, 2011 @ 5:41 pm | delete
    thank you for this helpful info
  • JoeCinocca Sep 30, 2011 @ 5:24 pm | delete
    Does the blessing stat show up somewhere and I just don't know about it? I need to really bare down and start paying more attention to these metrics. I've just been focusing on backlinking/pinging/forum posting and hoping to improve traffic generation. I feel like I'm a veteran after only 1 month, but I'm still just a newb. I have so much to learn. Thanks for sharing this sensitive info. I know it wasn't easy.
  • Sep 27, 2011 @ 8:02 am | delete
    Thank you very much for this informative lens.
    I think frequency of updates works but because you can get better rank after every update. So, your lens rank go up like a rocket.
    I want to emphasize that the important thing is not to update your lens, but changing content. what I mean is that it is not work if you just click edit lens then click publish. Yes your lens looks like updated but it will not affect your lens rank.
    I cant log my statistics so, I cant give you any proof of following claims right now.
    Variety of traffic source: It seriously works, especially, if these sources are search engines
    comments: It also affect your lens greatly. But also its effect might be minor too. My assumption is; if you do not update your lens for a long time when you get that comment. Its effect is wonderful. But It is really difficult to see any difference on regularly updated lenses.
  • SandyPeaks Sep 12, 2011 @ 11:07 am | delete
    Thanks for the research and effort that went into this lens - it is very much appreciated by this lensmaster! Blessed by a SquidAngel.
  • TheGourmetCoffeeGuy Sep 10, 2011 @ 10:25 pm | delete
    Thank you for all the disclosure, nice hearing how this ranking works.
  • PocketfulofParis Sep 10, 2011 @ 1:33 pm | delete
    great lens!
  • kaazoom Sep 10, 2011 @ 4:57 am | delete
    This lens must have taken a lot of work. Very helpful information on lensrank. I need to have a look at some of your other Squidoo tutorial lenses
  • ohcaroline Sep 8, 2011 @ 8:25 am | delete
    This is just great. It's so hard to keep up with these things. Thanks for sharing.
  • bernie74 Sep 6, 2011 @ 6:31 pm | delete
    What a wonderful and informative lens. I have learned a lot from this. I am going to have to review all my lenses and see what I can do to boost them.. Thank you so much for sharing
  • whiteskyline Sep 6, 2011 @ 6:38 am | delete
    Interesting, wow there are a lot of factors :) I hadn't thought much about it aside from seeing peculiar lens rank changes that I didn't understand :) Great information!
  • gonzalezdenise Sep 5, 2011 @ 8:40 pm | delete
    Thank you for the very resourceful information. Love your lens.
  • alwaysjules Sep 5, 2011 @ 7:19 pm | delete
    Wow! This is amazing and detialed information. I'm very new to squidoo, and trying to learn these thigns too. This is very helpful. Thank you for sharing with us. Now I can't wait to read some of your other lenses!
  • InquisitiveOne Sep 5, 2011 @ 12:54 pm | delete
    Wow! All of your stats and explanations for Squidoo rankings are excellent. Thank you for compiling this and sharing your knowledge and thoughts.
  • MysticTurtle Sep 5, 2011 @ 9:39 am | delete
    I don't know how you find the time to analyze all this! Thanks for the insights.
  • jc91583 Sep 5, 2011 @ 9:38 am | delete
    I am fairly new to Squidoo. It seems that I had a few wrong priorities. Thanks for the great lens. I am going to take a slightly different approach towards my lenses. Again, thank you very much.
  • AllThingsAnimals Sep 5, 2011 @ 12:20 am | delete
    Interesting article. I've always wondered about this!
  • rauspitz Sep 4, 2011 @ 7:26 pm | delete
    Very useful lens. Many thanks for taking the time to build it.
  • InLoveWithParties Sep 4, 2011 @ 4:58 pm | delete
    Thanks a lot -- Definitely deserve a purple star!

    Just a sharing: I added the external links to the images in my lens on Hello Kitty Birthday Invitations to increase clickout and the ranking did increase from 60K to 22K. The fact that it is recently updated is probably a big factor for my case.
  • studyaids Sep 4, 2011 @ 3:29 am | delete
    A truly wonderful post and lens. Very good indeed.
  • Tipi Sep 3, 2011 @ 7:39 pm | delete
    Congratulations on your new purple star!
  • Mac33 Sep 3, 2011 @ 7:11 pm | delete
    A very interesting and thorough lensrank analysis. Thanks for sharing!
  • missbat Sep 3, 2011 @ 5:39 pm | delete
    I did wonder why some of my top tier lenses had fallen. After reading this lens, I think I know why. You did a fantastic job researching this! Congratulations on your purple star!
  • Joie Sep 3, 2011 @ 4:17 pm | delete
    Thank you for the in-depth analysis - lots of food for thought here.
  • CrazyforCollecting Sep 3, 2011 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    Very interesting. Thank you for sharing -- I certainly haven't been able to figure much out on this topic.

    One thing that I have notice, though, is that my SALES seem to jump if I keep the lens updated. It doesn't seem to need to be a significant update, either; just moving some modules around will do it. But it doesn't do much for me lensrank-wise. Maybe it helps with google ranking?
  • susan300 Sep 3, 2011 @ 12:45 pm | delete
    Thanks for the great breakdowns. You really put a lot of effort into this! :)
  • CoolFoto Sep 3, 2011 @ 12:08 pm | delete
    I have not analyzed it as completely as you have. My best lens has the most traffic every week and every day and people buy products recommended therein. You are blessed by a travel angel. Have a great day!
  • quippingqueen Sep 3, 2011 @ 11:31 am | delete
    A very informative lens indeed, and hat's off to you for doing the research!
    I too noticed a dramatic drop or seismic shift in my tier 1 and tier 2 lenses in June. Methinks either Squidoo had an enormous number of top tier new lenses created or they changed their algorithm to reflect other factors they now considered important in their lens ranking formula.
    It all goes to show the importance of keeping an eye on things and looking for patterns that seem to be emerging or disappearing off the radar screen all together!
  • TopMovieSoundtracks Sep 3, 2011 @ 11:08 am | delete
    I think that's true about likes and Angel dust only being relevant for a 10 day spa vacation type of boost. I noticed a mini-boost when one lens got blessed by multiple lensmasters than just like coming back from a holiday, had to face the music a week or so later when the lensrank dropped from being artificially inflated.
  • TopMovieSoundtracks Sep 3, 2011 @ 11:03 am | delete
    Thanks for all you do for Squidoo.
  • artyfax Sep 3, 2011 @ 10:41 am | delete
    Well done, not sure how it helps but understanding is the first step, thanks for all yopur hard work
  • OhMe Sep 3, 2011 @ 9:48 am | delete
    Very interesting and thanks! My top lens continues to be the one with the most traffic and the most sales even if it is not updated regularly. The lens that I spend the most time on with at least 3 to 4 updates a week stays between 2nd and 3rd tier.
  • webnh Sep 3, 2011 @ 9:36 am | delete
    Thanks for the info, now I can stop tear my hair out.. :)
  • BFuniv.com Sep 3, 2011 @ 9:31 am | delete
    A short term lensrank pop from sales is the only consistent lensrank influencer I've noticed. Everything else seems to surprise me with a varying influence/lack of influence. I imagine it's the interplay of unknowns that makes it hard to pinpoint effects. Thank you for sharing your work.
  • Pastiche Sep 3, 2011 @ 8:49 am | delete
    I've personally not done a comprehensive analysis but my gut feeling is you're on the mark with what matters vis a vis lens rank. And that first month tip you share at the very end is important.
  • mbgphoto Sep 3, 2011 @ 8:35 am | delete
    I found this very interesting. blessed on the squidangel bus.
  • Joan4 Sep 3, 2011 @ 8:21 am | delete
    What an amazing amount of work you have done here. Certainly much to think about. I have never quite understood lensrank and you have helped me with that! Thank you!
  • fireblazzer Aug 29, 2011 @ 1:26 am | delete
    interesting lens.. thats for the info.
  • GonnaFly Aug 28, 2011 @ 2:50 am | delete
    Well done. I started doing research on this with my lenses but never completed it. Maybe one day I'll get back to it ;-)
  • KarenTBTEN Aug 27, 2011 @ 4:16 am | delete
    Wow, that is a very analytical impressive study of lensrank. I don't think I've seen one before that was so thorough.
  • ---Chazz Aug 26, 2011 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    A most impressive lens, Darcie. I think I"ll have to read and study it at least 10 more times to take it all in, but I did not want to wait to tell you how much I appreciate your efforts and your sharing this information. Thank you so much!
  • Greekgeek Aug 26, 2011 @ 8:02 pm | delete
    Darcie was indeed one inspiration for this lens -- I had been meaning to do it for a while, but her question in SquidU finally was the nudge that got me to do it. Her thread:
    http://www.squidu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=90113

    ;)
  • ---Chazz Aug 27, 2011 @ 8:21 am | delete
    So sorry about the error. I had just left that thread and then visited one of Darcie's lenses before this one and my brain didn't completely process the change. My Apologies for the error.
  • hakamike Aug 26, 2011 @ 11:41 am | delete
    Great work. Look I'm only very new here and my input is at best trivial or naive but here goes:

    Outside traffic, both referrals from other sites and particularly google search hits is what smashed tens of thousands off rank points off my best lenses. I went from mediocre to stellar in a few short days, and the only difference was the traffic and it's source as far as I could tell.
  • Heather426 Aug 26, 2011 @ 11:18 am | delete
    Love the lens, and thanks for doing all that analysis! Not sure of anything, I cannot figure it out at all based on my own dashboard !
  • Waxing-Lyrical Aug 26, 2011 @ 11:15 am | delete
    Very interesting analysis, GG! I noticed that most of my Tier 1s evaporated in June too. I put it down to the retirement of favourites and lensrolling at the same time. Tier 2 seems to have a glass ceiling now ;)
  • PaulOnBooks Aug 25, 2011 @ 4:21 am | delete
    One thing to throw into the mix and complicate the analysis: it's never been mentioned but I believe there's a possibility that lensrank itself is a factor. I won't try to justify that as it's a "hmm, I wonder" thought and not based on any sort of data analysis.

    One other point: HQ have stated that multiple blessings have a greater effect = so three "undecayed" blessings = more than three times one blessing.

    Excellent lens - thank you for doing this. I'll throw an Angel Blessing in as well to help the data collection :)
  • Greekgeek Aug 25, 2011 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    Thank you! Shoot, I'd better start tracking ALL daily stats on this lens to see how it goes up and down. Except it would take a better mathematician than I am to untangle which click, blessing, etc did what.

    (Which is just as well: on the one hand, I want to understand what Squidoo is favoring so I can optimize each lens, but on the other hand, if we start pursuing ranking factors instead of writing good content for real people, then we kill the meaningfulness of lensrank.)
  • karmicchristian Aug 24, 2011 @ 11:39 pm | delete
    Very nicely analyzed and explained. Thanks for this nice gesture.
  • Othercat Aug 24, 2011 @ 9:07 pm | delete
    I've found that clickouts and sales make the biggest difference in my lenses. All of my top lenses have a ctr of at least 700%.

    I heard that sales over $30 have a bigger impact than lower $ sales. Can you confirm this?
  • Greekgeek Aug 24, 2011 @ 10:35 pm | delete
    I haven't heard that -- evidently I'm still a baby when it comes to affiliate sales! Also, my best CTRs are much less than yours, which may explain why I'm not seeing much impact. You must be doing a better job of targeting your audience and/or nailing popular searches!
  • Othercat Aug 25, 2011 @ 7:29 am | delete
    What makes me think that ctr has such a big impact is because I have a tier 2 with less than 15 visits a week, very few likes, no backlinks and only 1 sale. But it stays steady in tier 2 with a ctr of 776%. Plus I've noticed that adding a targeted link list can get a lens near or in tier 2 (but not tier 1).
  • darciefrench Aug 25, 2011 @ 11:45 am | delete
    Hubby has a lens like this - I made it about 10 months ago, we do nothing to it, it sits there in tier two. Not complaining! :)
  • franstan Aug 24, 2011 @ 8:10 pm | delete
    Thank you for this explanation. I learned a lot from it.
  • darciefrench Aug 24, 2011 @ 7:52 pm | delete
    How about number of times a lens is emailed? I remember hearing a tip on a squidu thread, I believe coming down from Megan Casey to email lenses to friends who might be interested in checking them out. This was a tip to help improve lensrank. I keep saying to my fans, please email me your new lenses - that way, I don't have to go looking for them. Since the fan clubs have been deleted, I've lost the luxury of seeing my fav lensmasters' updates. I loved checking out new lenses this way. Feel free to use the contact me button if you'd like my email for this purpose. Back to lensrank - you did a wonderful analysis. I might include the emailing lens factor, and also, it certainly seems that trending information has an impact on lensrank - seasonal lenses are an example.
  • Greekgeek Aug 24, 2011 @ 8:04 pm | delete
    I don't think lensrank is using "number of times a lens is emailed" for the ranking formula anymore. Once upon a time, there was an "email" link at the top of our lenses where the Facebook and Tweet buttons are now. There was also a "number of times lens is emailed" counter on our lens stats. It was still there the last time I looked, but it no longer increases, because there's no direct link for people to email a lens and share it.

    Of course, if people DO email and share a lens, that brings traffic to the lens, and the visitor's actions on the lens plus the traffic can help lensrank indirectly. So lensrank doesn't count the "emails" directly, but indirectly, they help.

    There's a lot of factors like that which make it even harder to figure out what's cause, and what's effect; what Lensrank is actually measuring, and what might be happening *at the same time* even if lensrank doesn't measure it directly. For example, getting a page to rank well on Google for a popular search may not be something the lensrank formula notices directly(traffic + clickouts + sales +...? = LR), but getting lots of visitors from Google -- or, alternatively, getting fewer visitors who are extremely interested in a product in one of your Amazon modules -- could trip factors that lensrank DOES measure.

    And thank you for the offer. I may be cutting off my nose to spite my face by concentrating more on search engine traffic than anything else, but I have so many lenses, (a) I don't have time to go around promoting them all manually and (b) I'd be a spammer if I did. But thank you! (Also, my email box is always overflowing... I am terrible at keeping up with email as other Squids have noticed *sad smile* )
  • darciefrench Aug 25, 2011 @ 11:43 am | delete
    Good morning! This lens went up in rank dramatically since yesterday - congrats! It's been posted all over the internet in the past 24 hours. Keep up the good work :)
  • zdaddyo Aug 24, 2011 @ 4:56 pm | delete
    One thing you might want to do is group your lenses by traffic or total likes or someother stat and then compare the ones that are very close. That might give you some sort of insight as well.

    My guess is that they are using some sort of rating system like a chess rating.
  • theoxingyi Aug 24, 2011 @ 4:49 pm | delete
    Exactly the kind of analysis I was craving. Thank you for taking the time to publish this. It is easy as a new lensmaster to get caught up in the monster game, but it's good to be reminded that I didn't come here for the clip art :)
  • Dkprincess6 Aug 24, 2011 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    Thanks for taking the time to make this and for sharing it with the rest of us. I don't think I would have the patience for this.
  • MisterJeremy Aug 24, 2011 @ 4:23 pm | delete
    Thanks for gathering these factors that do (or may) play into lensrank. Like you, it bothers me that a lens that isn't recently updated drops in the rankings. Some lenses just don't need the updates, and if a lens is the kind that needs to be updated frequently, it will naturally lose traffic as it grows stale. You are very generous to share your raw data. I'm going to play with it and if I notice anything you didn't cover, I'll be back with another comment.
  • Greekgeek Aug 24, 2011 @ 4:39 pm | delete
    I'd be thrilled if someone better with numbers than I am gave it a look-over. For one thing, I don't know how to calculate standard deviation...thingie... which I think might be relevant in sifting out noise from significant results. (For another, long-term figures would be even more useful, but then this page would be ginormous.)
  • aj2008 Aug 24, 2011 @ 3:28 pm | delete
    I am going to have to come back to this Ellen, with my hubby who is very good at analyzing data like this, because my head is spinning. But thank you so much for taking the trouble to put this together AND for being prepared to share :)
  • Greekgeek Aug 24, 2011 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    My head is spinning too! I had to write that summary just to help remind myself what I'd said.

    I wish I were better at statistical analysis. I can look at a chart and guesstimate patterns, but I can't analyze it scientifically, so instead I have to explain my reasoning, which is longwinded.

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