I have three themes that are on pages 2, 3, and 4 of the "hottest" category. They are growing in use so that makes sense. Here's why I say something is wrong: I have themes with a few thousand users on pages 8, 27, 38, and 44 of the hottest section. They were put on almost a year ago. Then I have other themes that went on only a couple of months ago that are showing users of over 26,000 and 9,700 that don't show at all. (Or at least they were not in the first 336 pages, I got tired of looking). That's why I think there is a problem. Some of my themes that are not very popular (some only a few hundred that went on almost a year ago) show but those that are popular and went on much more recently don't show at all.
n Apr 22, 9:10 am, K3G <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
