i used to think it correlated with the rate at which new users are added but tbh i have seen summer ocean at the top spot for over a year now. but at the same time, the popularity of my theme has been about right with the hottest list so yeh im not sure
On Apr 22, 1:37 am, "Don Dixon, www.igooglethemes.net" <[email protected]> wrote: > Since Google has not established any other categories to make themes > more discoverable, users are dependent on the existing categories of > "most users" and "hottest". In the middle of the tons of themes from > Theme Maker, I have had a few themes posted. Despite the fact that > they are buried, some of them have a reasonable following. One of > them, "Blossoms in Spring" has 9,107 users. Another theme I posted, > "Oregon Coast" (it was on shortly before the flooding of themes) now > has 25,996 users. So, I spent a few minutes going through the > "Hottest" section. Here's what I found: Neither of the above > mentioned themes shows in the hottest section going through 336 pages > (I got tired and quit looking). But, I have themes that went on a > long time ago with small numbers of users that are showing. For > example, my theme "Hawaiian Sunset", which has 2,097 users and was > posted about 10 months ago is showing on page 36 of the "Hottest" > section. And I found other of my older themes with a small following > showing but not the more recent themes. So, I don't know what is > going on. I assume that the "Hottest" section is supposed to be a > combination of when a theme was posted and how many are using it over > period of time but I really don't know. Something is not right. I > wonder if maybe more recent themes are not being coded properly for > date, or whether the "Hottest" section has just been ignored due to > over load. But, one thing is for certain, it is not working properly > so even the limited categories that are available are not valid. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Themes API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-themes-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
