The Google+ Part Counter Was Unreliable
Monday, October 6, 2014
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One interesting characteristic of Blogger, instantly removed, was the Google+ Share counter.
Similar to the FaceBook "Like" counter, many people used to savor watching the Share counter increase, for a given weblog or post. I, personally, used to percentage my weblog posts to Google+ - thus picket happily, every bit the numbers climbed.
The Share counter is no to a greater extent than a role of Blogger.
One of the less socially responsible deportment of Google+ members is to percentage in addition to re percentage 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 y'all curate posts into Collections, this volition locomote normal. Curate first, read later.
Unfortunately, unopen to people volition re percentage constantly, without reading anything, ever - in addition to this is where the Google+ Share counter work started.
The operate of Google+ is to practise a community of people who would percentage in addition to re percentage interesting content amongst each other - in addition to participate inwards commenting in addition to reading of content. The Google+ Share counter did non ever encourage this intended community, because likewise many members solely desire to boost their personal reputation, without genuinely participating.
If a Blogger weblog is shared inwards a Google+ post, in addition to the Google+ post service is re shared, the Share count tin increment - but the weblog may non teach whatsoever traffic. People who Share a newly published post service may picket the Share count climb - but meet no increment inwards pageview count for the weblog or the post service inwards question.
Some blogs may attract this abusive activity. Their community volition locomote generally Google+ members who volition consistently re percentage everything that appears inwards their stream, only to hand themselves lots of post service count, in addition to reputation. They may similarly "+1" everything that appears inwards their streams, inwards hopes that their followers would practise the same amongst their shares in addition to reshares - again, to increment their personal reputation.
Irresponsible sharing, resharing, in addition to "+1" activeness would brand the percentage counter for unopen to blogs climb dramatically - fifty-fifty spell the weblog / post service pageview count remained low. Some weblog owners powerfulness misread the counter - in addition to concentrate their weblog publicity activeness inwards Google+, spell neglecting other to a greater extent than productive publicity - in addition to 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 amongst huge followers communities. These secondary followers would likely locomote invisible to the weblog owners. With lots of invisible followers, who solely followed to increment their ain personal reputation past times sharing, re sharing, in addition to "+1", this would brand a Google+ Share counter spin dramatically.
All of this activeness would locomote out unopen to people amongst no motivation to genuinely read whatsoever published posts in addition to comments - in addition to farther contribute to the gap betwixt the pageview counters, in addition to the Share counter.
There is no Google+ Share counter inwards the dashboard Posts page, whatsoever more.
In 1 of the recent versions of Google+, the Share counter was redesigned - in addition to Blogger removed the counter from the dashboard Posts page.
End of story.
The Google+ Share counter, in 1 trial a primal item inwards the #Blogger dashboard Posts page, was unreliable. It was originally intended to serve every bit an equivalent to the FaceBook "Like" counter, inwards suggesting the popularity of a given weblog or post.
Unfortunately, likewise many Google+ members exercise Google+ only to boost personal popularity, past times irresponsibly sharing, re sharing, in addition to "+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, in addition to 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 savor watching the Share counter increase, for a given weblog or post. I, personally, used to percentage my weblog posts to Google+ - thus picket happily, every bit the numbers climbed.
The Share counter is no to a greater extent than a role of Blogger.
One of the less socially responsible deportment of Google+ members is to percentage in addition to re percentage 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 y'all curate posts into Collections, this volition locomote normal. Curate first, read later.
Unfortunately, unopen to people volition re percentage constantly, without reading anything, ever - in addition to this is where the Google+ Share counter work started.
The operate of Google+ is to practise a community of people who would percentage in addition to re percentage interesting content amongst each other - in addition to participate inwards commenting in addition to reading of content. The Google+ Share counter did non ever encourage this intended community, because likewise many members solely desire to boost their personal reputation, without genuinely participating.
If a Blogger weblog is shared inwards a Google+ post, in addition to the Google+ post service is re shared, the Share count tin increment - but the weblog may non teach whatsoever traffic. People who Share a newly published post service may picket the Share count climb - but meet no increment inwards pageview count for the weblog or the post service inwards question.
Some blogs may attract this abusive activity. Their community volition locomote generally Google+ members who volition consistently re percentage everything that appears inwards their stream, only to hand themselves lots of post service count, in addition to reputation. They may similarly "+1" everything that appears inwards their streams, inwards hopes that their followers would practise the same amongst their shares in addition to reshares - again, to increment their personal reputation.
Irresponsible sharing, resharing, in addition to "+1" activeness would brand the percentage counter for unopen to blogs climb dramatically - fifty-fifty spell the weblog / post service pageview count remained low. Some weblog owners powerfulness misread the counter - in addition to concentrate their weblog publicity activeness inwards Google+, spell neglecting other to a greater extent than productive publicity - in addition to 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 amongst huge followers communities. These secondary followers would likely locomote invisible to the weblog owners. With lots of invisible followers, who solely followed to increment their ain personal reputation past times sharing, re sharing, in addition to "+1", this would brand a Google+ Share counter spin dramatically.
All of this activeness would locomote out unopen to people amongst no motivation to genuinely read whatsoever published posts in addition to comments - in addition to farther contribute to the gap betwixt the pageview counters, in addition to the Share counter.
In 1 of the recent versions of Google+, the Share counter was redesigned - in addition to Blogger removed the counter from the dashboard Posts page.
End of story.
The Google+ Share counter, in 1 trial a primal item inwards the #Blogger dashboard Posts page, was unreliable. It was originally intended to serve every bit an equivalent to the FaceBook "Like" counter, inwards suggesting the popularity of a given weblog or post.
Unfortunately, likewise many Google+ members exercise Google+ only to boost personal popularity, past times irresponsibly sharing, re sharing, in addition to "+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, in addition to actual weblog activity.
After a recent Google+ redesign, Blogger removed the Share counter from the Posts page.