Is The Triond Hot Content List Broken?
Some of my observations and suggestions concerning the Triond "Hot Content" List.
Many Triond writers have in the past aimed to be on the Triond “Hot Content” List. There is a certain amount of prestige that goes with being featured there. It is also felt that placing there will in some way allow you to garner more views which is the aim of writing – for one’s message to be heard by as many of the world’s inhabitants as possible. However, as many before me, I am wondering if the Triond “Hot Content” List is not functioning as it should. If it is functioning well, Triond needs to let us know what is the criteria or else “irregularities” will be apparent.
From early let me say that I do not grudge any writer their space on the “Hot Content” list. I have nothing against any writer so I hope that all will be taken in good faith. I am merely trying to sort through things to make sense of the system. My questions and observations can only help the site to progress and that will benefit us all.
At this moment there are only seven of the usual ten spots visible on the “Hot Content” List. Here are the “irregularities.” (I realize that by the time this is published some of the data may have changed but consider this a snapshot in time (with snapshots too).
Image via Triond
(1) Webupon
We see Dale Walker with a Webupon article “You the Reader Proves Facebook Talks” yet that article is nowhere in the list of ten articles on the right side of the page in the “popular articles” section. (See below).
Image via www.webupon.com
(2) Telewatcher
Earth Mother’s article “ABC’s Dancing With the Stars…” has also long dominated the rankings changing the year in the title to stay current yet her article too is not one of the ten popular articles on that site.
Image via www.telewatcher.com
Both articles that I have just mentioned have been there since last year. See Five Reasons Some Articles Will Forever Remain on The Hot Content List
(3) Computersight
Zaso19’s article “Apple Introduced The New Mac …..” is presently on the “Hot Content” List but a casual look at the “popular articles” list does not list that article. Actually at the top of the list is my article The Pagerank of Triond’s Partner Sites. (See below)
Image via Computersight
(4) Newsflavor
Representing Newsflavor is Alistair Briggs article on Amy Winehouse which is listed second on the “popular articles” list. Well, at least his article is actually on the list and high up. (See below).
Image via www.newsflavor.com
(5) Writinghood
This is the only one that fits. Congrats to Melanie T whose article “What I Do When I Am Not Writing” is presently at the top of the “popular articles” list on Writinghood and is therefore on the “Hot Content” list, representing that site.(See below).
Image via www.writinghood.com
(6) Quazen
Ruby Hawk’s “Bat Protection” article is presently third on Quazen’s “popular articles” site but at least it is one of the ten popular articles there.(See below).
Image via www.quazen.com
It may be possible that there is no order to the ten popular articles list so that an article appearing tenth may in fact be the most popular one. If that is the case we need to know. I have usually found however that when an article gets more popular it moves up the list on Triond’s partner sites. Is the popular articles list at all related to the Triond “Hot Content” List? Triond, please let us know.
(Please note that I cannot speak about Socyberty since that site does not have a “popular articles” list as far as I can see).
I also have a suggestion. Triond, could you please give representation to other sites that are never on the “Hot Content” list, like Authspot, Relijournal, Picable and others. There are over twenty Triond partner sites and sometimes we see two or three articles from one site on the “Hot Content” List while other sites never see the light of day, without counting their being left out of every Bonus Month Specials. These are some of my questions and concerns. I do hope that they will be addressed.
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The Fastest Way to Find Sites Like Triond Etc
Five Reasons Some Articles Will Forever Remain on The Hot Content List
20 Triond Writers Whose Profiles Have a Google Pagerank of Three or Four
The Pagerank of Triond’s Partner Sites
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July 25th, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Interesting observation! Thank you for this information……
July 25th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
This is my first time since I started writing for Triond that I have been in the Hot Content list. I am not even sure how I got there myself and didn’t even know I was there as I gave up looking at that list a while ago. In fact it was Love Doctor who sent me a message to congratulate me and that is when I actually saw it.
I have been on the list for the past few days and dangled back and forth between the last few spots. I too have noticed that it is not 10 as it normally is but in light of this mornings issues (see my article from this morning) http://writinghood.com/writing/triond-is-experiencing-technical-difficulties/ I think the site might still have a few bugs.
Thanks for mentioning me in your article it truly means a lot to me and I hope all my fellow writers get their day on the list. There are many great writers on here!
July 25th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
Good observation, I was also wondering if it got broken or what…there are always the same articles over there,it just cant be that they are that much popular. An article on triond is usually popular for maximum a week….the list here got boring already.
July 25th, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Honestly, I sort of thought that they never fix the Hot Content list, and keep articles on by the total number of views. I’m sure the Facebook article has had hundreds of thousands of views and so it remains there. Maybe they keep articles by the totally number, as well as ones that receive ably in a short period. We’ll probably never truly know i guess heh. Nice research with all the screen shots!
July 25th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
You’re welcome Melanie T. Thanks for the comments everyone. It shows that others feel the same way.
July 25th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
I’ve never been on the list and don’t think a poem will get there so I just plug along and hope for the best.
July 25th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
interesting. Never know how these hot content list worked. I just do my writing and hope that one day my article will be listed.
July 25th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
You are so right my friend. It’s a ‘clique’ thing i think; I for one could care less about being popular at the extent of writing just anything to be posted. Several articles were written by Triond writers about Amy Winehouse, but only one (the one you mentioned) showed up on The Top Content List. Could be a particular writing style of the ‘top content writers’ that is being favored but i see no merit in justifying the same people all the time. Well written article. And to Cyni1106 comment about poetry; you’re right, poetry as never been or never will be in the top content line up. However write on!!!! Triond is not what it’s presented to be……
July 25th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
U no de try at al
July 25th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Ignore the Hot Content List. I once made it onto that silly little nonsense with 3 hits on an article!!!
July 26th, 2011 at 12:29 am
I did notice the list is shorter. It seems that Triond will never reveal how they determine what is put on the hot content list; many have asked but have never received an answer. Perhaps there is no particular set of rules – maybe someone just chooses the articles that personally interest them – who knows.
July 26th, 2011 at 6:14 am
It isn’t broken, doesn’t need fixing because that’s what it is. Fixed. It suits Triond so that’s the way it will stay. No point getting upset because whatever happens you only get paid buttons.
Waste of time really.
July 26th, 2011 at 7:25 am
Lol. You made me laugh observer1. Great use of wordplay! I do not have court clothes so I will ask questions “innocently” rather than make assertions.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
July 28th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Triond’s hot content algorithm is not known to any one.I wonder whether it should be kept as a secret. If Triond tells it, there could be a healthy competition between the writers.
I think the hot content is reasonably better than before. I think Triond at last has started making the necessary changes.
good observations friend.
July 29th, 2011 at 2:42 am
I have the same questions. Hope we can be given the answers soon.
October 5th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
hot content.
I am the king.
November 15th, 2011 at 8:41 am
ye it’s broken
September 23rd, 2012 at 9:55 am
I don’t think they will ever let us know, but thanks for very interesting observations.