[Phpip-support] HotScripts.com Listing Order Algorithm Revealed

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Dear HotScripts.com Listing Partner: 

We at HotScripts.com would like to take this opportunity to inform you on how you can enhance your listing order. A few months back, we instituted an algorithm to determine the listing order and posted it in the new HotScripts.com Forums. Since that time, we have continued to listen to feedback from our members and continually evolve our algorithm. We are now sharing this algorithm with you so you can work to increase your link's position in its category at HotScripts.com. 


Each day, scripts are assigned 0 points. 

POINTS = 0 


If the Script is less than 15 days old, it receives bonus points to give it exposure. We take 2000 divided by the number of days old the script is and add that to the total points 

POINTS = POINTS + (2000/DaysOld) 


Next, we add points for the average number of hits a link receives per day. 

POINTS = POINTS + (Hits / DaysOld) 


Next, we add points for the average number of download hits a link receives per day. 

POINTS = POINTS + (DloadHits / DaysOld) 


Next, we add points for rankings, averaged over the number of days a script has been listed. 

POINTS = POINTS + ((Ranking * Votes) / DaysOld) 


Next, we add or subtract points based on member reviews. The way this works is all reviews with a 5 receive 9 points, a 4 receives 6 points, a 3 receives 3 points, a 2 receives -5 points, and a 1 receives -10 points. All of these points are summed and divided by the number of days old the listing is. 

POINTS = POINTS + ((ReviewPoints * # of Reviews) / DaysOld) 


Next, we take the number of times the link has been recommended to someone, multiply that by 100 and divide by the number of days old the listing is. Yes, we do multiply it by 100 as this is an important stat as it helps draw people to HotScripts.com! But, don't be foolish and recommend the script yourself to a bunch of people in order to attempt to boost your ranking as we log details about the recommendation and there is a "spam" detector built in which will actually turn the recommend point
s
 into a NEGATIVE NUMBER if it detects this! 

POINTS = POINTS + ((Recommendations * 100) / DaysOld) 


As we want to encourage listing partners to keep their script information up-to-date, we next look at the number of days that have gone by since the last modification of the resource on HotScripts.com. If it has been over 180 days since the last update, we deduct one listing point for each day longer than 180 it has been. For example, if a listing has not been updated in 300 days, we take 300-180=120 and subtract 120 points from the running total.

If (DAYS_SINCE_LAST_MOD > 180) {
  POINTS = POINTS - (DAYS_SINCE_LAST_MOD - 180)
} 


Last, we have a table of credits and demerits for each link, and these credits and demerits are summed and then added or subtracted from the running total. Below is a list of the current reasons for credits and demerits: 

CREDITS
  * Points assigned by link owner based on the referral program

DEMERITS
  * -100 points are assigned to a listing if it claims it is FREE but actually costs money. This demerit lasts for 3 months.


All scripts then have a ranking with 12 decimal places (xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx) and are then sorted within their category according from highest points to lowest. 

We certainly hope this information proves useful in getting your resource listed higher within the category. Of course, you can always sponsor your lising and be within the top 5 in the category. Contact our sales department today!




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