Ranking Methodology for IndiVine Posts
Do you thing, the Ranking methodology in IndiVive is right???? Why should it be based on a blogger's IndiRank?? Shouldn't it be solely based on the no. of votes a post gets?? Isn't it kind of discrmination with newer bloggers?? Shouldn't the deserving post be ranked better??
In the present methodology, the ranking of the post submitted in Indivine, depends on IndiRank of the blogger. Like, if I have an IndiRank of 30, then 6 people voting for me means I get 6*1.3= 8(approximated) Hearts.
So is this right thing???
I was quite new and away from the details of indiblogger! Today got time to check this out!! It's cool!
We should surely remove the weightage by IndiRankand keep it solely to the votes because
We believe that any ranking system should not be taken too seriously - and that is because no system can be accurate. IndiRank is built to rank the majority of Indian blogs as accurately as possible. However, please do take note:
- Not every blog applies to our algorithm, and a blog may get a rank it does not deserve.
We can do something, ie, make a line dividing the IndiVine into 2. Right side be latest. Left side be trending, or most votes.
now aftr this new ranking system has been intoduced our indivine points will suffer big time!!
i do not know why my blog come on 46 rank some time and got some time 58 and other rank as well. please let me know what the system is there
No ranking system will always be 100% perfect and fool proof. Even Google keeps updating its ranking algo from time to time to keep in pace with latest trends and changes. However, I liked the ranking algo of giving higher weightage to the votes of blogger having higher rank. Quite in line with Google's way ...giving more weightage to the back links from high PR sites..
I wonder how it really works.. if a girl is writing on no matter what topic, she gets extra votes and views 
... a girl's blog on cricket earned her more views than a genuine cricket lover blogger who was a guy 
Here is a suggesstion: The IndiBlogger team should appoint someone to read all the posts posted on IndiVine. One person for each subcategory. That will amount to a great number of reviewers I suppose some 100 or even graeter. And that person will rate the posts on a scale of 1 to 10. And the final haerts that a post gets should be calculated in this way:
Number of hearts = x + Rating given/10* x
where x= Number of votes + (Indirank of blog + Indirank of the voter (average of all blogs)/2)
Considering this option everything will be atken into account: partiallity to established members and spam votes.
My blog: 'A light hearted talk'
Okay! People please don't mind but this is what i think according to what i've experienced.
Indivine is actually great. But there has to be some radical change in the system which can help quality posts go up the ladder even if it is from a newbie.
Honestly there are lots and LOTS of QUALITY posts which are SUPERB and deserve 10 times the number of hearts that they actually get.
Here is what happens(according to me): Most people browsing through Indivine click to view the posts of recognized bloggers who have good ranks or have made it to the front page often. They don't bother to view the posts of the other newbies out there. So they get lost in the ocean. Quality posts not getting the attention which they truly deserve is really sad.
So i think the indiblogger team should think up something nice that would solve this problem. Because honestly, this is a BIG disadvantage in the Indivine system.
I've seen IPL schedules get more hearts than wonderfully written poems and articles. Now THAT... is not good.
Hope you guys think up something fast.
true statement....wallah...agreed...
hi
fromwhere i apply for indi ranking. what i have to do .advice.......
yeah even i feel the same...
another glitch is that my blog has improved a lot now but my indirank has gone down!! i dont find any logic in this....!!
guys i agree the ranks do play a good role in boosting our confidence and i say this because i know how awesome it feels to have someones "likes" on your post..apart from that, i have noticed certain blogs are too technical , may not be upto my liking but really good for other who know the value of it. The same way my mush writing would disgust some completely...i guess the bottom line is if we can make our posts enjoyable, and genuinely get people to read them, instead of the ranks displayed on our blogs(which by the way is really cool too.
Thanks
Sulagna
yeah, remove contest posts from the regular posts.. its kind of boring to be forced to read such posts
My suggestions:
- How about the contest posts being separated from the mainstream posts? For those of us who are not very keen about entering a contest, a whole page of contest posts is kind of boring. And the requests on indimail are on the increase too!
- How about linking 'comment'/'vote on blog' with votes on Indiblogger instead of just viewing post? I mean, unless you comment or vote on a blog, you can't vote on Indiblogger.
Joining Indiblogger has to somehow improve the value of my blog.
What good is a rank if it doesn't improve the status of my blog in cyberspace?
I agree with the first point, the contest post should be separated!
And as for the second point, a person who reads a post does not necessarily comment on it, and moreover we might end up getting spam comments :D
I should have written //by number of promoters// instead of //by number of votes//
What a situational topic for me! I am brand new in indiblogger. And my blog hasn't been ranked yet. Though by number of votes, my post stands equal to a No.15, with the indirank matematics it is pushed to No. 40 
I sincerely feel this mathematics should be relaxed atleast for the contest posts.
help help help
i m very new on indiblogger
a week old
i hav no rank
what points do i get?
: (
how do i get a rank?
they said it would be re-evaluated on 30sep
but they did not
i m sooooo sad
i dnt mind having the last rank but at least i shud hav one :P
haha... u r still takin ur baby steps here.. by the way am just 2 months old here :P..u will get one soon.. by Oct 5th wait.. patience kid :D
hey nandita! I checked out your blog- I couldn't comment on a particular post because of some difficulties. Anyways, I found you here, so I thought I'd contact you this way- I love your poems! =) One particular post "Make Sure Your Death Isn’t The Same" inspired me to write a new one and its on its way. I'd be sure to tell you when it comes up.
Cheers!
-Mad Hatter
in my opinion, there should be a weight for the quality of blogs (ie indirank) to keep the spammers and gamers out.
I know this will hurt the new bloggers for first 2-3 months, but then removing the weight on the indirank will obviously bring down the quality. Juse as an example, see the state of rambhai these days...
Looks like not many persons are interested in this!!!! In that case, the final decision should be made entirely by the admin but respecting some basic logics 
why not have a time and vote ratio on every post submitted on indivine? What i mean is that all posts which have a high amount of votes but in the shortest time duration should figure on top of indivine. That way, as time passes the vine keeps getting refreshed with new posts and posts dont sit on the top of indivine for days altogether like they do now. I think digg and redditt follow the same rule.
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