The Google+ Part Counter Was Unreliable
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Edit
One interesting characteristic of Blogger, right away removed, was the Google+ Share counter.
Similar to the FaceBook "Like" counter, many people used to taste watching the Share counter increase, for a given weblog or post. I, personally, used to part my weblog posts to Google+ - hence lookout happily, equally the numbers climbed.
The Share counter is no to a greater extent than a purpose of Blogger.
One of the less socially responsible demeanor of Google+ members is to part together with re part diverse Google+ current posts, without reading the content of the posts - only to increment personal reputation inwards Google+.
Almost every Google+ fellow member re shares unopen to posts, without previosly reading the content or clicking on the links. If you lot curate posts into Collections, this volition live on normal. Curate first, read later.
Unfortunately, unopen to people volition re part constantly, without reading anything, ever - together with this is where the Google+ Share counter work started.
The purpose of Google+ is to practise a community of people who would part together with re part interesting content alongside each other - together with participate inwards commenting together with reading of content. The Google+ Share counter did non ever encourage this intended community, because also many members alone desire to boost their personal reputation, without genuinely participating.
If a Blogger weblog is shared inwards a Google+ post, together with the Google+ post service is re shared, the Share count tin increment - but the weblog may non larn whatsoever traffic. People who Share a newly published post service may lookout the Share count climb - but run across no increment inwards pageview count for the weblog or the post service inwards question.
Some blogs may attract this abusive activity. Their community volition live on to a greater extent than oftentimes than non Google+ members who volition consistently re part everything that appears inwards their stream, only to hand themselves lots of post service count, together with reputation. They may similarly "+1" everything that appears inwards their streams, inwards hopes that their followers would practise the same alongside their shares together with reshares - again, to increment their personal reputation.
Irresponsible sharing, resharing, together with "+1" action would brand the part counter for unopen to blogs climb dramatically - fifty-fifty piece the weblog / post service pageview count remained low. Some weblog owners mightiness misread the counter - together with concentrate their weblog publicity action inwards Google+, piece neglecting other to a greater extent than productive publicity - together with wonder why their weblog has no followers, readers, or subscribers.
Some weblog owners would accept followers who attracted followers, only for increasing their ain personal reputation, past times following people alongside huge followers communities. These secondary followers would likely live on invisible to the weblog owners. With lots of invisible followers, who alone followed to increment their ain personal reputation past times sharing, re sharing, together with "+1", this would brand a Google+ Share counter spin dramatically.
All of this action would operate out unopen to people alongside no motivation to genuinely read whatsoever published posts together with comments - together with farther contribute to the gap betwixt the pageview counters, together with the Share counter.
There is no Google+ Share counter inwards the dashboard Posts page, whatsoever more.
In i of the recent versions of Google+, the Share counter was redesigned - together with Blogger removed the counter from the dashboard Posts page.
End of story.
The Google+ Share counter, i time a fundamental item inwards the #Blogger dashboard Posts page, was unreliable. It was originally intended to serve equally an equivalent to the FaceBook "Like" counter, inwards suggesting the popularity of a given weblog or post.
Unfortunately, also many Google+ members exercise Google+ only to boost personal popularity, past times irresponsibly sharing, re sharing, together with "+1" - without genuinely discussing, following, or reading shared content. The Share counter would climb rapidly, without whatsoever actual weblog content beingness read. Blog owners were confused past times the divergence inwards the Share counter, together with actual weblog activity.
After a recent Google+ redesign, Blogger removed the Share counter from the Posts page.
Similar to the FaceBook "Like" counter, many people used to taste watching the Share counter increase, for a given weblog or post. I, personally, used to part my weblog posts to Google+ - hence lookout happily, equally the numbers climbed.
The Share counter is no to a greater extent than a purpose of Blogger.
Related
One of the less socially responsible demeanor of Google+ members is to part together with re part diverse Google+ current posts, without reading the content of the posts - only to increment personal reputation inwards Google+.
Almost every Google+ fellow member re shares unopen to posts, without previosly reading the content or clicking on the links. If you lot curate posts into Collections, this volition live on normal. Curate first, read later.
Unfortunately, unopen to people volition re part constantly, without reading anything, ever - together with this is where the Google+ Share counter work started.
The purpose of Google+ is to practise a community of people who would part together with re part interesting content alongside each other - together with participate inwards commenting together with reading of content. The Google+ Share counter did non ever encourage this intended community, because also many members alone desire to boost their personal reputation, without genuinely participating.
If a Blogger weblog is shared inwards a Google+ post, together with the Google+ post service is re shared, the Share count tin increment - but the weblog may non larn whatsoever traffic. People who Share a newly published post service may lookout the Share count climb - but run across no increment inwards pageview count for the weblog or the post service inwards question.
Some blogs may attract this abusive activity. Their community volition live on to a greater extent than oftentimes than non Google+ members who volition consistently re part everything that appears inwards their stream, only to hand themselves lots of post service count, together with reputation. They may similarly "+1" everything that appears inwards their streams, inwards hopes that their followers would practise the same alongside their shares together with reshares - again, to increment their personal reputation.
Irresponsible sharing, resharing, together with "+1" action would brand the part counter for unopen to blogs climb dramatically - fifty-fifty piece the weblog / post service pageview count remained low. Some weblog owners mightiness misread the counter - together with concentrate their weblog publicity action inwards Google+, piece neglecting other to a greater extent than productive publicity - together with wonder why their weblog has no followers, readers, or subscribers.
Some weblog owners would accept followers who attracted followers, only for increasing their ain personal reputation, past times following people alongside huge followers communities. These secondary followers would likely live on invisible to the weblog owners. With lots of invisible followers, who alone followed to increment their ain personal reputation past times sharing, re sharing, together with "+1", this would brand a Google+ Share counter spin dramatically.
All of this action would operate out unopen to people alongside no motivation to genuinely read whatsoever published posts together with comments - together with farther contribute to the gap betwixt the pageview counters, together with the Share counter.
In i of the recent versions of Google+, the Share counter was redesigned - together with Blogger removed the counter from the dashboard Posts page.
End of story.
The Google+ Share counter, i time a fundamental item inwards the #Blogger dashboard Posts page, was unreliable. It was originally intended to serve equally an equivalent to the FaceBook "Like" counter, inwards suggesting the popularity of a given weblog or post.
Unfortunately, also many Google+ members exercise Google+ only to boost personal popularity, past times irresponsibly sharing, re sharing, together with "+1" - without genuinely discussing, following, or reading shared content. The Share counter would climb rapidly, without whatsoever actual weblog content beingness read. Blog owners were confused past times the divergence inwards the Share counter, together with actual weblog activity.
After a recent Google+ redesign, Blogger removed the Share counter from the Posts page.
