Detection theory

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I did a little experiment last night and the results at this point confirm my hypothesis. The WA ranking algorithm has many parts to it.

I have noticed for some time that when I do not post, the ranking figures go steadily down (up) But last night with one post there was a slip of 6. Last week with a posting of 2 there was a slip of 8. There was no similar swing at any other interval.

I predict that with 2-3 more posts I'll be out of the top 200 (172) to 201+ in very short order. My hypothesis is that if the helper and activity ranking points are wildly out of whack, points are borrowed to pump something into them. Even when I have posted creatively 3 times in some days I have no creativity rise because I theorize the points are bled off to balance helper and activity areas.

This used to be adjusted upwards for these 2 areas previously without loss in the creativity area. It appears the algorithm has been "improved"

I'll be talking to you from the invisibility zone on the other side of 200 in a week or less. Mike

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Interesting, but I don't chase rank anymore. It takes too much time away from my niche blog. I do think that activity and posting on WA is noticed by Google, so it helps in that way, but my priority right now is, as I said, my niche blog and getting it to the authority site level.
A lot of people like to have a great ranking here at WA though, so maybe there's something about it that I don't have a handle on yet.
I think that when we post regularly at WA and our ranking slips, that just means that someone else has worked at it a little more and jumped ahead.
Grant

Exactly a lot to do isn’t it ? Wish you success 😘

You are so true, ranking is not the priority at WA.

I got up to around 209 and have continued to work in the same way, while steadily slipping to 353.

You always top with us and much appreciated.

I faded down under 200 once. This time it's for real! You can always find me by going to the gray bar insert at the top and entering my user name

Good evening Mike,

Does it really matter where we are rank wise? To people who know you and appreciate you, it does not.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

I realize this Taetske but going out of visibility range 201+ is another ballgame!

With over 2000 posts, if you are steadily declining, I don't stand a chance. Thanks for sharing.

Cmon up I need some impetus to launch to the 22nd century!

Hi Mike. I've noticed that you have not been posting as much lately.

As I said on my post today, I try to use the ranking system as my speedometer to stay in the "zone" that will allow me to work the most.

As result, I have spent very little time analyzing how the ranking system works. My rank doesn't earn me money.

Yet, after reading this, I will theorize that maybe time spent helping via answering questions in chat and other places is worth more.

Whereas a lot of people are producing blog posts and training daily, so only those that are getting lots and lots of engagement add significantly to the overall score. ????

You are a wonderful part of the community. So please do not worry. Stay happy.... I like happy Mike.

I've been busy lately Sondra in other pursuits (not in WA) but every so often I swing by and spy on my friends. Thank you!

I hear you, Mike. I've worked on my site, was in Live Chat, replied to WA posts, commented on website posts, replied to comments on my website posts, and noticed that my rank was going down doing the things I normally do. Figured that as I write more posts each week on my site or have time to do more Site Comments, I might see my rank improve again.

Although, I must say that rank has not been a big deal to me, b/c it doesn't mean that the member is a long-term member or that the person has expertise. So I'll keep doing what I need to do to get my online business successful. That's more important and that's why I'm here.

I suspected that the algorithms had changed a bit, so thanks for sharing your research. :)
Colleen

Interesting, Mike.

I've been trying to figure out that whole dynamic myself, as I have noticed that "working" wasn't getting me anywhere in terms of rank. Meaning if I'm just logged in and posting to my website, there is very little change, or the ranking goes down (up).

I wondered what community activities I needed to be helping with to improve my rank. I still don't know what the weight is for each activity, but have noticed my rank slowly going up (down) as I help in different areas.

No where near you yet ;-) but I've still got a lot to learn.

Thanks for sharing your findings.

BTW... I posted yesterday about my 3 month mark and listed some helpers, knowing I had forgotten a few names. You definitely should have been on my list! Your posts have helped me in several cases.

I notice a member here has built a successful business on FB based on the Mediterranean Diet. This has been going on for some time and apparently wasn't noticed until recently. Even though on FB, Building a business ranks very high to the tune of a jump in 50 points overnight!

Thank you for your support Cris!

Trying to make sense of it all is mind boggling.

The first thing ti to do away with the orchestrated inversion confusion. Going up is down and going down is up!

I'll be joining you there shortly as well. I never did posts all that much...and was able to stay in the top hundred but no more. That's OK...we just do what we regardless

I'm with you there Deb. It's just enough to know that friends like you can find someone by going to the gray embedded bar at the top after they no longer appear on the top 200 list!

Thanks for sharing Michael!

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