Could someone explain where the views come from? I posted a market report on Frederick Maryland last night at 11 and had 52 views by 5 am this morning - but no comments (which is fine).

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Lise Howe, Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC (Keller Williams Capital Properties)

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Jan 15, 2016 10:18 PM

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Richard Alan Naggar

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On my websites with analyztics installed, the first couple of dozen views are bots, spiders and crawlers. I assume the same to be true on AR.

Jan 15, 2016 10:14 PM

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Richard Alan Naggar

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Dorie Dillard Austin TX

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Someone is clicking on your market report and your traffic is great! You are training those in your area to check out your market reports..awesome!

Jan 15, 2016 10:11 PM

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Beth Atalay

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Lise, it means that someone has found your post and clicked on it. Could be from a consumer searching Google. And the fact a market report has that kind of traffic is excellent.

Jan 15, 2016 10:05 PM

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Beth Atalay

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That's interesting Lise.

Jan 15, 2016 10:04 PM

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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...

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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist

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Lisa, looks like Ronald Gombach has this more than covered. It is not uncommon for no comments on market reports.

Jan 16, 2016 02:37 AM

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Barbara Todaro

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Ronald Gombach provided a great explanation....a good member to follow...

Jan 16, 2016 02:16 AM

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Thanks for asking Lisa I was wondering too

Jan 16, 2016 01:06 AM

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Some will be the various search engine bots and other bots that are indexing your post or doing other things with your post.

Jan 16, 2016 12:07 AM

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Linda Guess

Keller Williams Tri-Lakes Branson, MO - Branson, MO

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I will just read the responses and learn.

Jan 15, 2016 10:50 PM

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Rainmaker
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Very interesting question Lise. I've often wondered this myself.

Jan 16, 2016 07:56 PM

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Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS

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I wish we could track or view them

Jan 16, 2016 02:12 PM

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Debbie Laity

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I had to check in on this question. It's a great one and should be featured. I hit the like button for you. I've gotten some great information from the answers.

Jan 16, 2016 02:01 PM

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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties

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AR used to have views and clicks and changed it to just views which means your clicks. AR changed it just over a year ago. It can be from sources other than the AR community if the post is public.

Jan 16, 2016 09:25 AM

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Bob Crane

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I dont have a lot of confidence in the stats, always amazes me that the second you post it on facebook your number of views shoots up by at least 20.

Jan 16, 2016 07:57 AM

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Roy Kelley

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It appears that you have received some very good advice. This will be a good blog topic for you.

Jan 16, 2016 06:06 AM

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Greg Cremia

Shore Realty of the Outer Banks - Nags Head, NC

The search engines did not rank your post that fast so it was probably not live viewers. But the search engines did find your post and when they looked at it they loaded up all the pictures on the page. On a lot of logs, which is what shows the views, every request made of a page is counted as a view and each picture gets a request. I counted at least 12 pictures on your post so the first se that found your post would have made at least 12 requests for the page which get logged as 12 views.

When counting views, divide by the number of pictures on the page and you will have a somewhat better idea.

Jan 16, 2016 12:07 AM

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On my websites with analyztics installed, the first couple of dozen views are bots, spiders and crawlers. I assume the same to be true on AR.
Someone is clicking on your market report and your traffic is great! You are training those in your area to check out your market reports..awesome!
Lise, it means that someone has found your post and clicked on it. Could be from a consumer searching Google. And the fact a market report has that kind of traffic is excellent.
Lisa, looks like Ronald Gombach has this more than covered. It is not uncommon for no comments on market reports.
Ronald Gombach provided a great explanation....a good member to follow...
Some will be the various search engine bots and other bots that are indexing your post or doing other things with your post.
Very interesting question Lise. I've often wondered this myself.
I had to check in on this question. It's a great one and should be featured. I hit the like button for you. I've gotten some great information from the answers.
AR used to have views and clicks and changed it to just views which means your clicks. AR changed it just over a year ago. It can be from sources other than the AR community if the post is public.
I dont have a lot of confidence in the stats, always amazes me that the second you post it on facebook your number of views shoots up by at least 20.
It appears that you have received some very good advice. This will be a good blog topic for you.
The search engines did not rank your post that fast so it was probably not live viewers. But the search engines did find your post and when they looked at it they loaded up all the pictures on the page. On a lot of logs, which is what shows the views, every request made of a page is counted as a view and each picture gets a request. I counted at least 12 pictures on your post so the first se that found your post would have made at least 12 requests for the page which get logged as 12 views.

When counting views, divide by the number of pictures on the page and you will have a somewhat better idea.