manuscriptx
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Now and then when someone makes a comment about my writing; I thank them. Normally I say the number of views within a short time period; like a full month tells me all I need to know.
If the number of views is ten or more per day; there's roughly 300/400 by the end of the month. That's been a consistent thing since I became a member in '06. Naysayers tend to chalk it up to something they call " googlebots ".
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Meaning a significant portion of the view count isn't really genuine.
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But that's not the only thing that will increase a posted message's view count. Replies do also. Most of my poems in Writer's Showcase usually aren't responded to; they're just read.
After a month it reaches 300/400 views on it's own.
Other content ( you notice ) that gets 10/20 or more unexpected replies will eventually reach the same view count.
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So my question is this?
Why should people think " googlebots " inflate the view count since replies can do the exact same thing?
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Someone wants to tell me I shouldn't look at a 300 or 400 view count as something positive about my writing - it's just googlebots.
That would make sense if only other messages didn't get that same view count with a lot of replies.
If the number of views is ten or more per day; there's roughly 300/400 by the end of the month. That's been a consistent thing since I became a member in '06. Naysayers tend to chalk it up to something they call " googlebots ".
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Meaning a significant portion of the view count isn't really genuine.
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But that's not the only thing that will increase a posted message's view count. Replies do also. Most of my poems in Writer's Showcase usually aren't responded to; they're just read.
After a month it reaches 300/400 views on it's own.
Other content ( you notice ) that gets 10/20 or more unexpected replies will eventually reach the same view count.
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So my question is this?
Why should people think " googlebots " inflate the view count since replies can do the exact same thing?
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Someone wants to tell me I shouldn't look at a 300 or 400 view count as something positive about my writing - it's just googlebots.
That would make sense if only other messages didn't get that same view count with a lot of replies.
