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A couple of ActiveRain changes

Early this morning we put up several small enhancements to the ActiveRain system. Ben pushes them live at about 4:00 am well before I'm awake, so I'm just now writting the post about them.

1. We added a hit counter to blogs as suggested by numerous people. This hit counter displays at the bottom of all blog posts provided you are logged into the system. There are two numbers, the first is the number of times your blog has been viewed, including as people are browsing through posts 10 at a time, but doesn't include views via RSS/atom feeds. The second number is how many times the post has been viewed directly or clicked on.

As a note, we just started logging these blog clicks this morning so only clicks as of 4:00 am PST Nov. 9th will be counted.

2. People can now rate their own blog posts. This was done for user interface reason, to reduce confusion over a control that was on some blog posts and not others.

3. We made a scoring change increasing the number of comments scored a day back up to 10. Reducing it from 10 to 5 comments scored per day had been one of several scoring changes we made two weeks ago. But after having two weeks to observe the effects we decided to revert the comment scoring (but not the change to scoring of posts).

What we are currently working on:

Better targeting on user content at consumers.
Group functionality allowing members to create groups or mini ActiveRain's within the bigger community.

Other posts to check out:

-Matt Heaton (ActiveRain CEO)

Posted by ActiveRain Real Estate Network on 11/09/2006 10:42 AM

Comments (39)

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39 Comments on A couple of ActiveRain changes

Nice work, now you need to rest up for the Big Easy...

11/09/2006 10:47 AM

by Kristal Kraft ~Denver Real Estate~303-589-2022 (The Berkshire Group Realtors)

cool!

11/09/2006 10:48 AM

by rudy bachraty (Trulia.com)

Keep up the great work

11/09/2006 10:55 AM

by Rick Daneau (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)

I like this change back - thanks for constantly re-evaluating. There's much to be learned from comments as well as from blogs.

11/09/2006 11:02 AM

by Sharon Simms St Pete Florida CRS CIPS CLHMS (RE/MAX Metro)

Hey Matt,

Thanks for everything that all of you do :)

Cool changes...

Scott

11/09/2006 11:09 AM

by Oak Valley Mortgage-California Home Loans and Refinancing

Wow. I'm so glad I found Active Rain. I hope I can be as response to need for changes in my business as you are with this community!

11/09/2006 11:11 AM

by Lisa Dunn www.TwinCitySeller.com (Edina Realty)

Cool deal thanks for the update

11/09/2006 11:16 AM

by Eddy Martinez (Nationwide Funding Group)

Most excellent... I like being able to see how many people read vs. comment.

Thanks...

11/09/2006 11:19 AM

by Knightlines Mortgage Services, LLC

Matt....isn't allowing the person that wrote the blog, to be able to rate their own blog, going to raise some rankings quickly, just to move up? I know we talked about this before.... I don't know....just food for thought....

11/09/2006 11:20 AM

by Jeff Belonger -- The FHA Expert.com -- FHA Loans -- FHA mortgages -- Mortgages (Infinity Home Mortgage Company, Inc)

You are all so smart! By golly you have made some major changes and I have only been here a short time! What are the other thigns you have planned here?

11/09/2006 11:20 AM

by Angela Santana (Century 21 Green Acres)

Another great change...

Thanks and enjoy New Orleans.

11/09/2006 11:27 AM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

Thanks so much for all your hard work guys~this place gets better all the time!

11/09/2006 11:31 AM

by Laura Monroe- Real Estate Virtual Assistant (Creative Agent Solutions.com)

Great! Can't wait! Thanks!

11/09/2006 11:38 AM

by Cynthia Sloop (Community Property Manager)

What is the point of the blogger rating their blog? Not sure that's necessary. Obviously, each person will vote for their own...am I missing something here?

11/09/2006 11:47 AM

by Sacramento Real Estate and Luxury Homes, Assoc. Real Estate Broker,Gena Riede (Remax Gold, Assoc Broker)

Thanks for the update much appreciated. It's funny how you see tweaks. I was on here at 6AM ET and also on when the change was made and I did notice the change but couldn't really figure it out. I understood the views but didn't know what the # in the ( ) meant.

I had it backwards. oh well.. Enjoy Nawlins

Thanks Jay

11/09/2006 11:51 AM

by Jay McGillicuddy~Real Estate Broker (Prudential Verani Realty)

As usual Matt, great improvements. Enjoy your trip!

11/09/2006 12:04 PM

by Bryant Tutas-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc

Your vast vision is only exceeded by your seemingly endless good looks. I want to see the shave before you head to the big easy. Stop by, I've got your mail.

(Bonus Points in order........????)

11/09/2006 12:07 PM

by Brio Realty

This is a Great new tool for all of us to use. Looks great!

11/09/2006 12:22 PM

by Belinda Garza

Matt - thnks for the improvemrnts - keep 'em comming!

11/09/2006 12:22 PM

by PGA National, BallenIsles, Mirasol - Marc Blasi (Leibowitz Realty / Knightlines Mortgage)

"Group functionality allowing members to create groups or mini ActiveRain's within the bigger community."

Now THIS- I'm super excited about this one!!

11/09/2006 12:24 PM

by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

How does the rankings play into everything? I'm fairly new and don't understand why I want to rank anyone... I do know that I drive myself crazy for these points! I'm a fairly competitive person....

11/09/2006 12:29 PM

by Chris Tesch College Station, Texas Real Estate (RE/MAX Bryan College Station)

Thanks for the addition of the 2 viewing stats - it is most helpful. Also, thanks for providing all of us with ActiveRain. :)

11/09/2006 12:38 PM

by Glenn Ginsburg - Naples Florida Real Estate (A Delta Realty of Naples Florida)

I love the addition of a counter. It always helps to know what the "kids are reading" when you make a post.

Should I put this on AR or just leave it on my blog? Well last week only two people read it -- so it's not worth AR's bandwidth.

Thanks again for everything you do.

Toby

11/09/2006 12:48 PM

by Toby Boyce, MBA, Delaware Ohio (Keller Williams Consultants Realty)

Thanks, Matt. The constant sensitivity to members and the ability to make changes accordingly are major reasons for the continued success of this platform. Have a safe trip!

11/09/2006 12:51 PM

by Rich Jacobson ~ ActiveRain Community Builder (ActiveRain Corporation)

Have fun in New Orleans. I'm glad the NAR picked the Big Easy for the convention. The area could certainly use the tourist dollars. Perhaps we'll see a blog or two about the event?-Charles

11/09/2006 01:07 PM

by Jacqulyn Richey - Las Vegas Real Estate (Prudential)

Your tweaking of the system is appropriate...thanks

11/09/2006 01:40 PM

by Michael Roberts (Real Estate Professionals of Glynn)

Hmmm, very interesting. Although I have to agree with some of the comments above about being able to rate your own blog..

Would anyone give themselves a 1?

11/09/2006 01:55 PM

by Karen Hurst ~ Real Estate Broker ~ Warwick ~ Rhode Island (Storm Realty LLC)

Glad to hear about the changes thanks for your time and efforts.

11/09/2006 02:35 PM

by Teri Isner GRI, CRS, CIPS (Keller Williams Celebration)

Thanks for the update. It's amazing to see how quickly people read posts!

11/09/2006 03:21 PM

by Team Carroll Cranford NJ,Westfield NJ Scotch Plains NJ Real Estate (Team Carroll - RE/MAX Classic Group)

Matt,

Great work Thanks for everything you do here at AR!!!

11/09/2006 04:08 PM

by US Real Estate Directory Gary Schmitz (USRED)

Good changes I think you should give points for putting lisitngs on the site. I think it would make it more interesting for non relators and also help share inventory with other realtors.

11/09/2006 08:07 PM

by Christine Adler (Adler Realty)

Just a word of appreciation for making a great place even better. thanks Matt.

11/09/2006 08:34 PM

by The Blog Artist - marti garaughty (The Art Of Marketing You)

Thanks!

11/09/2006 08:59 PM

by Michael DeMello, CRS, ABR, e-Certified (Prudential Americana Group, Realtors)

Keep it up!

11/09/2006 09:30 PM

by David Love,CRS,GRI,SRES (Zip Realty,Inc)

Good imrovement. Thanks.

11/09/2006 09:51 PM

by Eli Magen (New World Mortgages,(Mortgage Company))

Thanks for the great service.

11/09/2006 10:33 PM

by 1SG (Ret) David J. Kucic Hawaii Relocation/VA Expert (RE/MAX Honolulu)

I lke the changes and appreciate all that you have done to make this blogging system so easy to navigate. I had several blogs and this seems to be the one I keep coming back to.

11/09/2006 11:34 PM

by Real Estate One Westrick

Nice updates and nice to see you are paying attention

11/10/2006 11:10 AM

by John Rogers (Century 21 APD)

As always, thanks for staying progressive with this site, that is one of the things that makes it so great.

Pete Willner
Who Will? Pete Will!

Broker Direct Real Estate
Murrieta, CA.
www.PeteWill.com

11/10/2006 09:58 PM

by Pete Willner (Broker Direct Real Estate)