Today's Popular Photo

sinkorswim

Hi, I'm confused about Today's Popular Photo. I posted a photo on Saurday and got many views. The photo dropped out of the Popular page the next day but I continued to get "hits" on the image and it continues through Monday. The photo is not displayed anywhere that I can see (not in the all time favorites either), so how am I still getting thousands of views?? Thank you.

Rogue 1

sinkorswim wrote:

Hi, I'm confused about Today's Popular Photo. I posted a photo on Saurday and got many views. The photo dropped out of the Popular page the next day but I continued to get "hits" on the image and it continues through Monday. The photo is not displayed anywhere that I can see (not in the all time favorites either), so how am I still getting thousands of views?? Thank you.

Hi Sink -

You can read up on how 'popular' works on this help page - https://www.smugmug.com/help/search-online-photo-album

Your photos attain 'popular' status through the proactive actions of your visitors. Just looking at an image won't make it popular (of course ) So popularity is determined by a combination of 'comments left' and the use of the Photo Rank (thumbs up/down) button on the Pop-up window in the light box. (plus a little secret sauce that we keep in the vault.)

"Todays Popular Photos" reset every night to make way for a new set the following day > images that appear in the set early, may be 'knocked out' of the set as the day progresses, and traffic etc increases and causes other images to 'rise above.'

I do hop that clarifies - if you have more questions, don't hesitate to write us on the HELP desk: http://www.smugmug.com/help/emailreal

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Sean
SmugMug Support Hero