Flickr vs. Smugmug - why does one generate so many more views than the other?
Stuarte
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I share my photos online on two sites. One seems to generate far more views than the other.
Smugmug was the one I use d first, starting in June 2007. I just used it as a photo gallery and didn't take advantage of any of the community aspects. I didn't comment on other people's photos, and nobody has commented on any of mine. My bit of Smugmug is here >>>>
I started using Flickr around a year ago. It's the site my local photographic group uses, so there's a community aspect to it as well. We comment on each other's photos. Since I started using Flickr more, I pretty much stopped uploading photos to my Smugmug account. My Flickr photostream is here >>>>>
Now here's the puzzle. I'm been active on Flickr and passive on Smugmg. I know people on Flickr and I know nobody on Smugmug. YET the site stats show that I get far more views on Smugmug than I do on Flickr. According to the Smugmug stats, to date I had 823 views in May 2010. Last night I uploaded four photos and on May 30th alone I had 150 views. Compare this with the Flickr stats where my May stats look around 530 views. I uploaded seven photos to Flickr in the same session as the Smugmug upload yesterday, and my viewing stats combining yesterday and today to date show 51 views.
My question is this: Why is there the huge disparity in my views between the two sites? Especially bearing in mind that I'm active on Flickr and not at all on Smugmug.
Smugmug was the one I use d first, starting in June 2007. I just used it as a photo gallery and didn't take advantage of any of the community aspects. I didn't comment on other people's photos, and nobody has commented on any of mine. My bit of Smugmug is here >>>>
I started using Flickr around a year ago. It's the site my local photographic group uses, so there's a community aspect to it as well. We comment on each other's photos. Since I started using Flickr more, I pretty much stopped uploading photos to my Smugmug account. My Flickr photostream is here >>>>>
Now here's the puzzle. I'm been active on Flickr and passive on Smugmg. I know people on Flickr and I know nobody on Smugmug. YET the site stats show that I get far more views on Smugmug than I do on Flickr. According to the Smugmug stats, to date I had 823 views in May 2010. Last night I uploaded four photos and on May 30th alone I had 150 views. Compare this with the Flickr stats where my May stats look around 530 views. I uploaded seven photos to Flickr in the same session as the Smugmug upload yesterday, and my viewing stats combining yesterday and today to date show 51 views.
My question is this: Why is there the huge disparity in my views between the two sites? Especially bearing in mind that I'm active on Flickr and not at all on Smugmug.
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