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1. chaseman
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   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have an idea for a plugin, but for the plugin to work I need one information, which is:

   - Popularity (how popular the blog is)

   And I'm looking for a straightforward way.

   The best information I could have is the visitor numbers, but I'm guessing there may not be a way to get those or is there? If yes, how?

   Another way of measuring the popularity of a blog could be by counting its comments, a blog with many comments obviously tends to be popular provided those comments are not spam. What would be a straightforward way to measure those?

   Any suggestions?

   Thanks in advance.

2. chaseman
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If it's not possible to get the visitor count, perhaps I could:

   - count the number of articles
   - measure the time between the first article and the last article (a bigger time frame means an older blog which CAN hint towards a more popular blog, especially if it's combined with a high number of articles)
   - take the sum of all comments (high sum = popular)

   And that all together would be my popularity formula?

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