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Re: A response on how PostRank works

thornley — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:15:39 -0000

"PostRank scores in the widget and PostRank scores on the website are calculated slightly differently"

Melle, I think that PostRank absolutely rawks. But I think you can improve it further to make it more useful as part of an enterprise analytics suite.

A basic rule of measurement is that I should be able to compare results against a baseline. A second rule is that I should be able to replicate the results.

Right now, it's not easy to do either with PostRank. It would be great if you could tackle this challenge.

Re: A response on how PostRank works

Melanie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:45:43 -0000

I completely agree, and it's something we're working on all the time. It's a slow process, sometimes, since it seems everyone learns differently online. Sometimes text, sometimes graphics, sometimes video...

That said, no one's completely cracked Google's algorithms, and they're doing alright for themselves. :)

Until the day we don't need explanations, I guess I've got some job security. :)

Re: A response on how PostRank works

Andy Beal — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:50:19 -0000

I left a reply for you in the link above (see profile link), but I think you've answered my concerns yourself:

"And certainly it can be a bit convoluted to understand if you haven’t been provided with the right explanatory examples."

For you guys to hit the big time, PostRank needs to make sense without the explanations.

I know you're working to improve things, so I wish you the best of luck!