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While I appreciate Viewbugs enthusiasm, which is wonderful and is an enjoyable photo exposure platform, However, something about is not transparent, and doesn't add up. After entering a competition, It doesn't show number of views but reveals rank after a while. I clicked on 'where my photo ranked', each seperate time the numbers of each image were distinctly different by thousands to the first click. The ranking and awards don't make sense. Am I really in the top 18,000 submissions and then it may change to 12,000, on clicking the same photo again. I would like to know how? As I am busy I don't enter enough but suddenly am notified I am a curator or am now silver level, and people send messages saying the same thing. I don't know how I got to silver level or what it means. I am quite new. I bought the pro but can't find how it all works, also who to ask about building a website from their platform.
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Hi Nicole,
Thanks for your input!
With regard to "page views" on ViewBug, we do not count photo impressions as 'page views'. Member's photos are seen on many different pages within the site (contest entry galleries, inspiration galleries, photo section, new photos, etc.) so we do not count every impression (aka when a photo is seen) as an actual page view. Views on our site are counted as a page view, when a photo is clicked on and the viewer is taken to the photo's individual page. This allows for the view count to be more focussed (and accurate), being tallied when a specific photo's page is viewed.
With photo contests, once a contest's voting period has begun, rankings are sent out to participants each week. The rankings are based on the voting for that specific week only, which is why rankings can change from week to week during the voting period. A photo can receive more votes in one week than in another, so each week's rankings are based on the voting during that week's timeframe.
The total number of entries is published on each contest's page, in the DETAILS section where it says "Here's How It Works". The total number of entries and your photo's ranking can tell you how your image is performing in relationship to other entries within that contest.
If you have additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our Member Support Team at bit.ly/EmailVB
Thank you again,
The ViewBug Team